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Rudall
Rudall is a town and locality in South Australia. At the , Rudall had a population of 90. It is named for the cadastral Hundred of Rudall, which was named after politician Samuel Rudall. It is a grain and sheep service centre on the Eyre Peninsula. It is on the Eyre Peninsula Railway between Cummins and Kimba and the Birdseye Highway between Cleve and Lock. Rudall Centre School opened in 1921 and closed in 1946, while the Hundred of Rudall School opened in 1917 and closed in 1949. A postal receiving office opened at Rudall on 3 January 1914, was upgraded to a post office on 1 January 1921, and became a community mail agent on 10 January 1992. It formerly had a Methodist church. Rudall is located within the federal division of Grey, the state electoral district of Flinders Flinders is a single-member electoral district for the South Australian House of Assembly. It is named after explorer Matthew Flinders, who was responsible for charting most of the state's coastline. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
County Of Jervois
The County of Jervois is a cadastral unit in the Australian state of South Australia that covers land on the east coast of the Eyre Peninsula. It was proclaimed on 24 January 1878 and named after William Jervois, the Governor of South Australia from October 1877 to January 1883. Description The county covers the part of the east coast of the Eyre Peninsula overlooking the Spencer Gulf from Murninnie Beach in the north and Cape Hardy in the south, and which extends inland from the coastline for a distance of about in the north, and about in the south. It is bounded by the counties of Le Hunte, Buxton and York to the north (from west to east), by the County of Musgrave to the west and by the County of Flinders to the south. The county includes the towns of Cowell, Arno Bay, Port Neill, Darke Peak, and Rudall. The Lincoln Highway passes along the coastline of the county from the north-east to the south-west, and the Birdseye Highway passes through the county in an ea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hundred Of Rudall
The County of Jervois is a cadastral unit in the Australian state of South Australia that covers land on the east coast of the Eyre Peninsula. It was proclaimed on 24 January 1878 and named after William Jervois, the Governor of South Australia from October 1877 to January 1883. Description The county covers the part of the east coast of the Eyre Peninsula overlooking the Spencer Gulf from Murninnie Beach in the north and Cape Hardy in the south, and which extends inland from the coastline for a distance of about in the north, and about in the south. It is bounded by the counties of Le Hunte, Buxton and York to the north (from west to east), by the County of Musgrave to the west and by the County of Flinders to the south. The county includes the towns of Cowell, Arno Bay, Port Neill, Darke Peak, and Rudall. The Lincoln Highway passes along the coastline of the county from the north-east to the south-west, and the Birdseye Highway passes through the county in an east-west ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Rudall
Samuel Bruce Rudall (7 March 1859 – 3 January 1945) was a lawyer and politician of the State of South Australia. History Samuel was the elder surviving son of the John Rudall, the first town clerk of Gawler, and the first solicitor to practise there. Samuel was educated at Mr. Smilie's school in Gawler,Perhaps the Rev. Thomas Smellie (pron. "smiley") Presbyterian minister who arrived in Adelaide 1861, taught Latin at AEI 1863–1866, founded Gawler Academy 1868 and returned to Britain 1872 then St. Peter's College and trained for the law, serving his articles with his father, then with G. and J. Downer. In 1881 he took over his father's practice, and became town clerk of Gawler, a position be held for 32 years. He was elected to the House of Assembly seat of Barossa for the Liberal Party in November 1906 and held the seat until March 1915, the last three years serving as Chairman of Committees. From 1885 to 1902 he was a director of James Martin & Co., Ltd., owners of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rudall Conservation Park
__NOTOC__ Rudall Conservation Park is a protected area in the Australian state of South Australia located on the Eyre Peninsula in the gazetted locality of Rudall about west of the town centre in Cleve. The conservation park was proclaimed on 16 August 1973 under the state's ''National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972'' in respect to land in section 49 in the cadastral unit of the Hundred of Rudall. As of June 2016, the conservation park covered an area of . In 1980, the conservation park was described as follows:The eastern end of Rudall Conservation Park preserves a small area of mallee/broombush association with some pure stands of broombush. The park lies on a gentle foot-slope with sandy soils to the east and loamy soils to the west. The eastern end of the park is dominated by a scrub/heath to open scrub/heath of ''Eucalyptus incrassata'', ''E. foecunda'', ''Melaleuca uncinata'' with some pure stands of ''M. uncinata''. The western end is cleared and features an open gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cleve, South Australia
Cleve is a small agriculturally based town on Central Eyre Peninsula in South Australia. It is 226 km southwest of Port Augusta and 143 km north of Port Lincoln. At the 2006 census, Cleve had a population of 738. The town has its origins in the 1850s, with the town established some twenty years later. Cleve is a hub for farmers and suppliers on the Eyre Peninsula and hosts a field day held each second year to offer the newest in farming equipment and stock. History The first European settlers in the area were the three McKechnie brothers; James, Peter and Donald who arrived in 1853. The first European woman arrived in 1862; a wife of one of the brothers. They established a sheep run 43 km from the current day site of Cleve and continued living there until 1869, when Peter and Donald died, leaving James to return to his homeland of Scotland. The run was sold to George Melrose in 1873, and he had great initial success, shearing 30 000 sheep in his first year. This w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hincks, South Australia
__NOTOC__ Hincks is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on the Eyre Peninsula about west of the state capital of Adelaide. Its name and boundaries were both adopted and created in 1998. Its name is derived from both the Hundred of Hincks in which it is partly located and the Hincks Conservation Park which covered its full extent in 1998. As of 2004, the full extent of Hincks is covered by the protected area known as the Hincks Wilderness Protection Area. The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Hincks had no people living within its boundaries. Hincks is located within the federal division of Grey, the state electoral district of Flinders and the local government areas of the District Council of Cleve and the District Council of Tumby Bay. 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kielpa, South Australia
Kielpa is a town and locality on Eyre Peninsula in South Australia. It is midway between Rudall and Darke Peak on the Eyre Peninsula Railway. Kielpa once had a school and a post office, however neither remains. The bulk grain silos by the railway line are still in use for barley. Kielpa was proposed as the junction for a branch railway line to Campoona and Mangalo, and the railway was authorised by parliament to be built in 1916, however it was never constructed, and by 1929, the Public Works Committee determined that wheat could be more efficiently transported by motor lorry than by building this line. The 2016 Australian census The 2016 Australian census was the 17th national population census held in Australia. The census was officially conducted with effect on Tuesday, 9 August 2016. The total population of the Commonwealth of Australia was counted as – an incre ... which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Kielpa had 63 people living within the locality's b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Campoona, South Australia
Campoona is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on Eyre Peninsula about north-west of the state capital of Adelaide and about north-west of the municipal seat in Cleve. The area is part of the territory of the Parnkalla Aboriginal Australians. Campoona's name was officially adopted and its boundaries were both created on 23 December 1998. Its boundaries are identical to the boundaries of the cadastral unit of the Hundred of Campoona with both forming a square with an area of . The dominant industry is broadacre farming of grains and sheep. Archer Exploration Limited proposes to establish a graphite mine in the area in 2015. Campoona is located within the federal division of Grey, the state electoral district of Flinders Flinders is a single-member electoral district for the South Australian House of Assembly. It is named after explorer Matthew Flinders, who was responsible for charting most of the state's coastline. It is a 58,901 km ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
District Council Of Cleve
The District Council of Cleve is a local government area on the eastern Eyre Peninsula in South Australia. The district is mostly agricultural in nature, but also encompasses the popular coastal tourist town of Arno Bay. History The District Council of Cleve is derived from Jervois County, which was incorporated into the District Council of Franklin Harbour when that council was first established in 1880. In 1911, the western end of the county was severed from Franklin Harbour, resulting in the creation of the present council. The district's major towns were well established when the new council was announced, with Cleve established in 1879 and Arno Bay in 1883 under the name of 'Bligh'. Darke Peak was established in 1914, only three years after the council came into being. Since before the council's establishment, the economy of the region has been based on agriculture, with cereal crops and livestock production prominent. Aquaculture is an emerging industry in the coastal tow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Verran, South Australia
__NOTOC__ Verran is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on the Eyre Peninsula about west of the state capital of Adelaide city centre, Adelaide. Its name is derived from Lands administrative divisions of South Australia, the cadastral unit of the Hundred of Verran, which was named for former Premier John Verran. Verran began as a government town surveyed during May 1914 and proclaimed by Henry Galway, Governor Galway on 30 July 1914. The government town was declared to “cease to exist” on 29 October 1970. Boundaries for the locality were created during December 1998 and include the “ceased Government Town of Verran.” The Verran Siding School opened in 1913 and closed in 1941. A postal receiving office opened at Verran on 21 June 1912, became a post office in June 1915, and closed on 29 February 1972. The principal land use within the locality is ‘primary production’ which mainly concerned with "grazing and cropping." It also includes th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eyre Peninsula
The Eyre Peninsula is a triangular peninsula in South Australia. It is bounded by the Spencer Gulf on the east, the Great Australian Bight on the west, and the Gawler Ranges to the north. Originally called Eyre’s Peninsula, it was named after explorer Edward John Eyre, who explored parts of the peninsula in 1839–41. The coastline was first charted by the expeditions of Matthew Flinders in 1801–02 and French explorer Nicolas Baudin around the same time. Flinders also named the nearby Yorke’s Peninsula and Spencer’s Gulph on the same voyage. The peninsula's economy is primarily agricultural, with growing aquaculture, mining, and tourism sectors. The main towns are Port Lincoln in the south, Whyalla and Port Augusta in the northeast, and Ceduna in the northwest. Port Lincoln (''Galinyala'' in Barngarla), Whyalla and Port Augusta (''Goordnada'') are part of the Barngarla Aboriginal country. Ceduna is within the Wirangu country. Naming and extent The peninsula was n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Port Lincoln Times
The ''Port Lincoln Times'' is a newspaper published weekly in Port Lincoln, South Australia. It was first printed in August 1927, and has been published continuously ever since. It was later sold to Rural Press, previously owned by Fairfax Media, but now an Australian media company trading as Australian Community Media. History The origins of the ''Port Lincoln Times'' began when the ''Recorder'' in Port Pirie was taken over by Mrs R.L. McGregor and her two sons. McGregor had worked under David Drysdale at the '' Port Augusta Dispatch'' and claims she was instrumental in suggesting that he start a newspaper in Port Lincoln. In 1925, she was approached by another former ''Dispatch'' employee, Maurice Hill, to sell the ''Recorder'', but she refused, and as a result, Hill, along with J.E. Edwards, founded the ''Port Lincoln Times.'' The ''Port Lincoln Times'' was first published on 5 August 1927, and unlike many newspapers of the time, it did not continue or subsume a previous public ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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