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Derived from Proserpine River. Area on which town developed known from 1882 as Glen Isla Estate, however the overall area around where the town now stands was known as Lower Proserpine (ie lower down the river that the original Proserpine Creek Run) throughout the 1890s and into the new century when Proserpine began to emerge. Date of official naming not known. Proserpine derives from Roman mythology wherein the maiden Proserpina is abducted by Pluto, God of the Underworld.