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Pyap
Pyap is a locality in the Riverland region of South Australia. It is on the left (south) bank of the Murray River The Murray River (in South Australia: River Murray) (Ngarrindjeri: ''Millewa'', Yorta Yorta: ''Tongala'') is a river in Southeastern Australia. It is Australia's longest river at extent. Its tributaries include five of the next six longest r ... about 7 km downstream from Loxton. It includes both flat land near the river and higher land away from it. The environment is dry, so vineyards and orchards are irrigated from the river. It lies on the Kingston Road from Loxton, at the junction with the Stott Highway towards Swan Reach. Pyap was first settled as a Village Settlement in March 1894 with 94 members and 187 children on 9,145 acres (3,700 ha) and a total population of 388. The founding chairman was A. H. Brocklehurst and the secretary J. W. Rawnsley. In about 1900 the government became tired of trying to keep the settlement going and when most of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pyap West, South Australia
Pyap is a locality in the Riverland region of South Australia. It is on the left (south) bank of the Murray River The Murray River (in South Australia: River Murray) (Ngarrindjeri: ''Millewa'', Yorta Yorta: ''Tongala'') is a river in Southeastern Australia. It is Australia's longest river at extent. Its tributaries include five of the next six longest r ... about 7 km downstream from Loxton. It includes both flat land near the river and higher land away from it. The environment is dry, so vineyards and orchards are irrigated from the river. It lies on the Kingston Road from Loxton, at the junction with the Stott Highway towards Swan Reach. Pyap was first settled as a Village Settlement in March 1894 with 94 members and 187 children on 9,145 acres (3,700 ha) and a total population of 388. The founding chairman was A. H. Brocklehurst and the secretary J. W. Rawnsley. In about 1900 the government became tired of trying to keep the settlement going and when most of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Village Settlements (South Australia)
The Village Settlements were communes set up by the South Australian government under Part VII of the ''Crown Lands Amendment Act 1893'', a scheme intended to mitigate the effects of the depression that was affecting the Colony. It followed the New Zealand V''illage Settlements Act'' and similar schemes in Canada and New South Wales, and concurrently with Victoria. It followed the " blockers" scheme espoused by George W. Cotton. Thirteen settlements were surveyed: Lyrup, Pyap, Kingston, Waikerie, Moorook, Ramco, Holder, Murtho, New Residence, Gillen, New Era and Charleston-on-Murray all on the River Murray, Mount Remarkable in the Mid North, and Nangkita to the south of Adelaide. Holder and Murtho were proclaimed as Village Settlements by May 1896, Lyrup, Pyap, Kingston, Waikerie, Moorook and Ramco followed. The Village Settlement Aid Society was formed to give financial and other assistance to the "villagers". Its secretary was Thomas Hyland Smeaton. The settleme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spectacle Lake, South Australia
__NOTOC__ Spectacle Lake is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located in the Riverland on the northern side of the Murray River about north-east of the Adelaide city centre and about northwest of Loxton. Its boundaries were created in August 1999 along with the selection of its name which was derived from the Spectacle Lakes, a lake system which is situated within the locality on the floodplain of the Murray River. In 2014, a portion of Spectacle Lake was removed and added to the adjoining locality of Loveday to ensure the full extent of Nynes Island is within Loveday. As of 2012, the land use within Spectacle Lake was divided between conservation and agriculture with the former being concerned with the floodplain. Spectacle Lake is located within the federal division of Barker, the state electoral district of Chaffey An election is a formal group decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual or multiple individuals to ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerard, South Australia
__NOTOC__ Gerard is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located in the Riverland on the northern side of the Murray River about north-east of the state capital of Adelaide and about northwest of Loxton. Its boundaries were created on 12 August 1999. As of 2012, the land use within Gerard is divided between conservation and agriculture with the former being concerned with the floodplain. The title for land within Gerard held by the Aboriginal Lands Trust who has leased it to the Gerard Community Council. Gerard is located within the federal division of Barker, the state electoral district of Chaffey and the Pastoral Unincorporated Area of South Australia. See also *Gerard (other) Gerard or Gérard is a given name and a surname. Gerard may also refer to: Music * Gerard (band), a Japanese progressive rock band * Gerard, a Colorado band fronted by Gerard McMahon ** ''Gerard'' (album), an album by Gerard Places * Gerard ... References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katarapko, South Australia
__NOTOC__ Katarapko is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located in the Riverland about north-east of the state capital of Adelaide and about north of Loxton. Its boundaries were created in 1999 along with the selection of its name which was derived from Katarapko Island. Its extent includes all of Katarapko Island and some land located to the immediate west of the island. It is bounded on all sides by the following watercourses with exception to part of its western and northern sides - the Katarapko Creek and the Murray River. The southern boundary was revised in 2014 to "ensure the whole of Kapunda Island is within the rural locality of Loxton." The land within the locality is zoned for conservation with the locality being completely occupied by most of the Katarapko section of the Murray River National Park. The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Katarapko had a population of zero. Katarapko is located within the f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loxton, South Australia
Loxton is a town on the south bank of the River Murray in the Riverland region of South Australia. It is located on the lands of the Erawirung people who occupied the area before European colonisation. At the 2016 census, Loxton had a population of 4,568. It is a service town for the surrounding districts. Loxton's primary productions are agriculture & horticulture. Citrus fruit, wine grapes, almond and stone fruit trees are prevalent. Loxton is also the main town for the northern part of the Murray Mallee which is a dryland farming and grain cropping area. Loxton High School provides secondary education for the area. Loxton has a pioneer settlement museum (known as the Loxton Historical Village), preserving the heritage of the mallee region. It is also famous for the "Loxton Lights Up" Christmas Festival in December each year, and the annual 120m Loxton Gift handicap sprint race held in late February. The town hosts the second round of the Australian HPV Super Series in Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wunkar, South Australia
Wunkar is a small town in the Murray Mallee region of South Australia. Wunkar was originally a station on the Moorook railway line The Moorook railway line was a railway line on the South Australian Railways network. It ran from a junction with the Barmera line at Wanbi north to Yinkanie near Moorook opening on 7 September 1925. It was proposed to later extend the line .... The town was surveyed in 1926 after the railway station name was approved in 1925. The railway closed in 1971. Wunkar now lies adjacent to the Stott Highway approximately 27 km west of Loxton. There are bulk grain silos at the former railway station. The school opened in 1925 and closed in 1973. The southern boundary of the locality of Wunkar on Farr Road includes the former town and railway siding of Tuscan. No infrastructure remains there. In its day, Tuscan had a sawmill and a busy railway siding, but no school. Towards the northern edge of the locality is the site of the former siding of Par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack De Garis
Clement John ("Jack") De Garis (22 November 188417 August 1926) was an Australian entrepreneur and aviator. He worked in the dried fruits industry in the Sunraysia area around Mildura in the early 20th century, and was noted for his vibrant personality and colourful marketing style. Early years Clement John De Garis was the son of Elisha or Elizee De Garis, a noted irrigationist, and the younger brother of Mary De Garis, a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery who served as a Chief Medical Officer of a field hospital in Serbia during World War I. He went to Mildura State School where he was described as an above-average student. However, he left at the age of nine to work in his father's businesses in Mildura. He returned to school for his secondary education at his father's urging, boarding at Wesley College, Melbourne from 1899 to 1901, where he rose to become dux of his class. Described as being short in stature, he capitalised on an affectionate smile and a magnetic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Residence, South Australia
New Residence is a locality on the left bank of the Murray River between Loxton and Kingston On Murray in South Australia's Riverland region. The main industry is grape growing and fruit orchards. New Residence was first established as a Village settlement with a population of 75 in the last decade of the nineteenth century. These were set up as communes by the 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 o ... as part of a scheme to mitigate the effects of the economic depression. However, New Residence only lasted as a village settlement for three years before it failed due to the settlers not having the skills and ability needed to make it a success. It was then taken up by a private lessee. By 1917, a Lutheran school had been established, as it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wappilka, South Australia
Wappilka is a locality in the Murray Mallee region of South Australia. Wappilka was founded based on the Wappilka siding on the Moorook railway line The Moorook railway line was a railway line on the South Australian Railways network. It ran from a junction with the Barmera line at Wanbi north to Yinkanie near Moorook opening on 7 September 1925. It was proposed to later extend the line .... The railway opened in 1925 and closed in 1971. The town was surveyed in August 1926 and declared ceased to exist in February 1960. The railway siding received 30,000 bags of wheat in the 1926–1927 season. The name continues to be used for the locality. References Towns in South Australia {{SouthAustralia-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
County Of Alfred
The County of Alfred is one of the 49 cadastral counties of South Australia on the south banks of the River Murray. It was proclaimed by Governor James Fergusson in 1868 and named for Prince Alfred, second son of Queen Victoria, who visited the state in 1867. The entirety of the county, along with the Hundred of Moorook in the adjacent County of Albert, was proclaimed as the District Council of Loxton in 1910. In 1916 the hundreds of Paringa and Murtho seceded from Loxton's north to form the new District Council of Paringa, and the hundreds of Allen, Kekwick and McGorrery seceded from the south to form the new District Council of Brown's Well. Paringa and Murtho became part of a larger council—the Renmark Paringa Council—when Paringa council amalgamated with Renmark town in 1996. When Loxton council re-amalgamated with Brown's Well and Waikerie in 1997, the remaining southern bulk of the county became part of the larger District Council of Loxton Waikerie. Hundreds The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riverland
The Riverland is a region of South Australia. It covers an area of along the Murray River, River Murray from where it flows into South Australia from New South Wales and Victoria (Australia), Victoria downstream to Blanchetown, South Australia, Blanchetown. The major town centres are Renmark, South Australia, Renmark, Berri, South Australia, Berri, Loxton, South Australia, Loxton, Waikerie, South Australia, Waikerie, Barmera, South Australia, Barmera and Monash, South Australia, Monash, and many minor townships. The population is approximately 35,000 people. The Riverland is located about 1.75 to 3 hours (or ) north-east of Adelaide, and 90 minutes west (or ) from Mildura, Victoria via the Sturt Highway. The region has a Mediterranean climate with warm, dry summers and relatively mild winters, and temperatures a few degrees above those of the state capital, Adelaide. The average summer temperature is , with a winter average of and an average rainfall of . History Indigenous ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
