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County Of Way
The County of Way is one of the 49 counties of South Australia on the state's west coast. It was proclaimed circa 1889 by Governor William Robinson and named for Samuel Way, the Chief Justice of the state's Supreme Court at the time. It covers a portion of the state's west coast from Acraman Creek Conservation Park, just west of Streaky Bay, to Watraba, about west of Ceduna The northern half of the county spans most of the Yumbarra Conservation Park. Hundreds The County of Way contains the following 13 hundreds, covering approximately the southern half of its total area: * Hundred of Horn, established 1889 ( Charra) * Hundred of Catt, established 1889 ( Watraba, White Well Corner, Koonibba, Uworra) * Hundred of Bartlett ( Charra) * Hundred of Moule, established 1889 (Nadia, Denial Bay) * Hundred of O'Loughlin, established 1896 (Koonibba, Kalanbi) * Hundred of Bonython, established 1893 (Ceduna) * Hundred of Goode, established 1893 ( Kalanbi, Wandana) * Hundre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thevenard, South Australia
Thevenard (postcode 5690) is a port town in the far west of Eyre Peninsula, South Australia. It is contiguous with the larger town of Ceduna. Its name derives from nearby Cape Thevenard, which in turn was named after Antoine-Jean-Marie Thévenard, a French admiral. In the , Thevenard had a population of 563. The port handles bulk grain, gypsum, salt and zircon. Thevenard is a terminus of the privately operated Lake MacDonnell–Thevenard railway, which delivers three trains of bulk gypsum daily from the Lake MacDonnell mine, to the west. Production from the mine, owned by Gypsum Resources Australia, is about 3.5 million tonnes (3.4 million long tons) per year. Iluka Resources exports about 300,000 tonnes (295,000 long tons) of zircon concentrate from Thevenard per year, which the company mines and processes at the Jacinth Ambrosia Mine, north-west of Thevenard; delivery is by road.Regional Development Australia – Whyalla & Eyre Peninsul"Port of Thevenard , Major Project ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
