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Hundred Of Barunga
The Hundred of Barunga is a cadastral unit of hundred located in the Mid North of South Australia on the approximate area of the Barunga Range, centred on Bald Hill. It is one of the 16 hundreds of the County of Daly. It was named in 1869 by Governor James Fergusson after an indigenous term meaning ''gap in the range''. ''See Barunga Range § Etymology'' The following localities and towns of the Wakefield Council area are situated inside (or largely inside) the bounds of the Hundred of Barunga: * Snowtown (most part) * Hope Gap * Mundoora (southeast quadrant only) * Lake View (western half) * Burnsfield (western half) * Wokurna (eastern half) * Barunga Gap (northern half) Local government On 5 January 1888 the District Council of Snowtown was established, along with many other new local government bodies in South Australia, by the District Councils Act 1887, incorporating the entirety of the hundreds of Barunga and Boucaut. The Hundred of Barunga contained the Barunga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Snowtown, South Australia
Snowtown is a town located in the Mid North of South Australia 145 km (90 miles) north of Adelaide and lies on the main road and rail routes between Adelaide and Perth – the Augusta Highway and Adelaide-Port Augusta railway line. The town's elevation is 103 metres (338 feet) and on average the town receives 389 mm of rainfall per annum. History The settlement of Snowtown by non-Indigenous Australians initially grew up around a railway station on the Brinkworth-Wallaroo line. Located on what was traditionally the land of the Kaurna, an Aboriginal people, the first pioneers arrived sometime between 1845 and 1869 due to thrapid expansion of grazing then farming to the north of the area. ''Bailliere's South Australian gazetteer and road guide'', published in 1866, contains a brief description of "Hummock's Run" located north of Port Wakefield. This farmland, according to the publication, contained the farming stations of Barunga, Bumbunga and Wokurna and consis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Government Of South Australia
The Government of South Australia, also referred to as the South Australian Government, SA Government or more formally, His Majesty’s Government, is the Australian state democratic administrative authority of South Australia. It is modelled on the Westminster system of government, which is governed by an elected parliament. History Until 1857, the Province of South Australia was ruled by a Governor responsible to the British Crown. The Government of South Australia was formed in 1857, as prescribed in its Constitution created by the Constitution Act 1856 (an act of parliament of the then United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland under Queen Victoria), which created South Australia as a self-governing colony rather than being a province governed from Britain. Since the federation of Australia in 1901, South Australia has been a state of the Commonwealth of Australia, which is a constitutional monarchy, and the Constitution of Australia regulates the state of South A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
District Council Of Wakefield Plains
The District Council of Wakefield Plains was a local government area in South Australia from 1983 to 1997, seated at Balaklava. History The District Council of Wakefield Plains was established on 1 July 1983 as a result of the amalgamation of the District Council of Balaklava, the District Council of Owen and the District Council of Port Wakefield. It was divided into seven wards: Balaklava (3 councillors), Hamley (2 councillors), Port Wakefield (2 councillors), and Avon, Goyder, Owen and Stow-Hall (1 councillor each). Margaret Gleeson, the last Balaklava chairman, was elected interim chairman until elections were held, and was succeeded by Reginald Shepherd, the last Port Wakefield chairman, following October elections. It amalgamated with the former District Council of Blyth-Snowtown to form the Wakefield Regional Council with effect from 1 July 1997. Chairmen and mayors * Margaret Gleeson (1983) * Reginald Ernest Shepherd (1983–1989) Projects Among the projects undertak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
District Council Of Blyth-Snowtown
The District Council of Blyth-Snowtown (established as the District Council of Blyth and Snowtown) was a local government area in South Australia from 1987 until 1997. On 9 December 1987 the council was established by the amalgamation of the District Council of Blyth and the District Council of Snowtown, having been promulgated by the state government on 9 July 1987. At its establishment the council consisted of 16 councillors representing 11 wards. The ward boundaries were unchanged from those of the two constituent councils. Former Snowtown wards were Barunga (2 members), Boucaut (2 members), Snowtown (2 members), Cameron (2 members) and Everard (2 members). Former Blyth wards were Anama (1 member), Hart (1 member), Blyth (1 member), Central (1 member), Kybunga (1 member) and Hoyleton (1 member). On 1 July 1997 the council was merged with the District Council of Wakefield Plains to form the new Wakefield Regional Council, with the entire former council area forming the larg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
District Councils Act 1887
The District Councils Act 1887 was an act of the Parliament of South Australia. It received assent on 9 December 1887, and its provisions came into effect when proclaimed by Governor William C. F. Robinson on 5 January 1888. The legislation introduced local government to many areas of South Australia in which it had not previously existed, especially in the north and west of the state, and involved substantial change to many existing municipalities. In total, it involved the creation of 20 new councils, the expansion of 35 existing councils into lands previously without local government, and the amalgamation of 17 pre-existing councils into eight larger councils. The remaining existing councils were left unchanged, as were individual incorporated towns. The legislation fixed both a minimum number of five councillors and a maximum of ten councillors for District Councils across the state. The Governor appointed councillors for all of the new councils, to hold office for six months ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
District Council Of Snowtown
The District Council of Snowtown was a local government area in South Australia from 1888 to 1987. History The District Council of Snowtown was officially proclaimed on 5 January 1888 by the ''District Councils Act 1887'' as constituting the Hundreds of Barunga and Boucaut. The council was headquartered at the new government town of Snowtown and six inaugural councillors were appointed by proclamation on 19 January 1888: Joseph Turner, William Henry Hall, David Edward Paterson, Joseph Harris, Daniel Painter, and John Shepherd, junior. In 1889 and 1890 the council expanded south, gaining the Hundred of Everard from the District Council of Blyth on 26 September 1889 and the Hundred of Cameron from the District Council of Port Wakefield on 6 February 1890. On 8 April 1909 the council expanded slightly east to gain the south west portion of the Hundred of Hart (land west of the Gladstone-Brinkworth rail line) from the District Council of Hutt and Hill Rivers. On 8 Decembe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barunga Gap, South Australia
Barunga Gap is a locality in South Australia about south west of Snowtown. Barunga Gap was named in reference to the co-located pass between the Barunga Range to the north and Hummock Range to the south. The word 'Barunga' derives from an indigenous term meaning "gap in the range". ''See Barunga Range § Etymology'' Barunga Gap was a station between Bute and Snowtown on the Kadina-Brinkworth railway line (1879-1990). History Robert Barr Smith, the rich and influential new owner of the Hummocks Run, arrived in the locality accompanied by surveyors in February 1870. The first paved road to Kadina was completed at Barunga Gap in 1874, and a railway was connected from Kadina in 1878. The railway line from Kadina to Barunga Gap was begun in approximately August 1877 by day labour and piecework, to afford employment for the miners thrown out of work on the (Yorke) Peninsula. The completion of this contract was expected by December 31,1878. The railway allowed Barr Smith to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wokurna, South Australia
Wokurna is a locality in the Mid North region of South Australia to the west of the Barunga Range The Barunga Range is a range of hills in the northern Mount Lofty Ranges starting near Clements Gap and Merriton in South Australia's Mid North. At the range's southern end it merges with Hummock Range at Barunga Gap, approximately south wes ... and southeast of Port Broughton. The name ''Wokurna'' is believed to be an Aboriginal word for "to arrive". There was a school in the area from 1888 to 1923. Part of the Snowtown Wind Farm is on the ridge on the eastern edge of Wokurna. References Towns in South Australia {{SouthAustralia-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burnsfield, South Australia
Burnsfield is a locality in South Australia's Mid North. It is north of Snowtown on the eastern side of the Augusta Highway. The locality is named for the Burnsfield railway station which was near the southwestern corner of the locality. The station was named for the Burns family, owners of the land at the time of and prior to the Salisbury-Redhill railway construction in 1925. The Burns family first took up land at the site at the western foot of the Hummocks Range in about 1878. In 2011, an eight-year mining lease was granted to mine salt from a site in the north west of Burnsfield. See also *List of cities and towns in South Australia A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America * SC Germania List, German rugby union ... References External linksWakefield Regional Council Towns in South Australia [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lake View, South Australia
Lake View (alternatively Lakeview) is a locality in South Australia beside the Augusta Highway Augusta Highway is the part of Australia's ring route ( Highway 1) located in South Australia between Port Wakefield and Port Augusta. Route Augusta Highway starts at the intersection with Eyre and Stuart Highways in Port Augusta West, then ... between Snowtown and Redhill. The name is from that of the historic railway siding, Lake View Railway Station, within the locality and refers to the string of small salt lakes at the location, beside Barunga East Road. References Towns in South Australia {{SouthAustralia-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mundoora, South Australia
Mundoora is a settlement in South Australia, 16 km inland from Port Broughton, to which it was connected by the horse-drawn Port Broughton tramway around 1876. Its tram, dubbed "The Pie Cart", which was described as a "kind of second-hand coffin drawn by one horse" and still in operation in 1923 was later relegated to the Railways Museum and the line dismantled. At the 2006 census, Mundoora had a population of 248. Governance The first local government established in the area was the District Council of Broughton, later called District Council of Redhill. Mundoora was never served by the historic District Council of Mundoora, which was instead based at Port Broughton, to the west. Today the township of Mundoora is in the District Council of Barunga West but the locality is at the meeting point of three local government areas, the Port Pirie Regional Council spanning the north east and Wakefield Regional Council spanning the south east corners of the locality. Mundoora ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hope Gap, South Australia
Hope Gap is a locality in the Mid North region of South Australia. It is north of Snowtown on the western side of the Augusta Highway. Hope Gap is named for a gap (previously known as Hope's Gap) in the Barunga Range on its western side which is traversed by the road from Lake View to Mundoora. Hope Gap includes the northern part of the Snowtown Wind Farm The Snowtown wind farms are located on the Barunga and Hummocks ranges west of Snowtown in the Mid North of South Australia, around north of the state capital, Adelaide. They were developed by Trustpower and owned by Tilt Renewables, which de .... See also * Clements Gap * Barunga Gap References Towns in South Australia {{SouthAustralia-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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