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Stanley Flat, South Australia
__NOTOC__ Stanley Flat is a locality in the Mid North region of South Australia about north of Clare along the Horrocks Highway. It is where the Clare Racecourse is situated, as well as an institute hall. Governance Stanley Flat is governed at the local level by the Clare and Gilbert Valleys Council, located within the state electoral district of Frome and the federal electoral division of Grey. See also * Albert Fryar * County of Stanley * 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 ... * Stanley Football Association References External linksManning Index of South Australian History [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral District Of Frome
Frome is a single-member electoral district for the South Australian House of Assembly. It is named after Edward Charles Frome, the third surveyor-general of South Australia. The electorate stretches north-eastwards from the Gawler River and Gulf St Vincent in the south, and includes many of the agricultural areas of the Clare and Gilbert Valleys. It covers a total of and takes in the towns of Auburn, Clare, Mintaro, Port Broughton, Saddleworth, Snowtown and Riverton. Prior to the 2020 redistribution, its main population centre was Port Pirie, since transferred to the Stuart. Frome has existed in three incarnations throughout the history of the House of Assembly: as a two-seat multi-member marginal electorate from 1884 to 1902, as a single-member electorate from 1938 to 1977, and as a marginal to moderately safe single-member electorate for the Liberal Party since 1993. The electoral districts of Pirie and Port Pirie have also historically existed. The first incarna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Division Of Grey
The Division of Grey is an Australian electoral division in South Australia. The division was one of the seven established when the former Division of South Australia was redistributed on 2 October 1903 and is named for Sir George Grey, who was Governor of South Australia from 1841 to 1845 (and later Prime Minister of New Zealand). Geography Since 1984, federal electoral division boundaries in Australia have been determined at redistributions by a redistribution committee appointed by the Australian Electoral Commission. Redistributions occur for the boundaries of divisions in a particular state, and they occur every seven years, or sooner if a state's representation entitlement changes or when divisions of a state are malapportioned. The division covers the vast northern outback of South Australia. Highlighting South Australia's status as the most centralised state in Australia, Grey spans , over 92 percent of the state. The borders of the electorate include Western Australi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clare, South Australia
The town of Clare is located in South Australia in the Mid North region, 136 km north of Adelaide. It gives its name to the Clare Valley wine and tourist region. At the , Clare itself had a population of 3160 as part of an urban area with 3327 people. History The first European to explore the district was John Hill, who in April 1839 discovered and named the Wakefield River and Hutt River. In early 1840 the first European settlers arrived in the district, led by John Horrocks. The town itself was established in 1842 by Edward Burton Gleeson, and named after his ancestral home of County Clare in Ireland, although the town was first named Inchiquin after Gleeson's property. Lake Inchiquin is now the name of a reservoir located to the north of the town, near the golf club. The layout of the town's road system was apparently designed by a draughtsman in Adelaide, without any knowledge of the local geography. There are several roads in Clare that end abruptly at a cliff face ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mid North
The Mid North is a region of South Australia, north of the Adelaide Plains and south of the Far North and the outback. It is generally accepted to extend from Spencer Gulf east to the Barrier Highway, including the coastal plain, the southern part of the Flinders Ranges, and the northern part of the Mount Lofty Ranges. The Temperate Grassland of South Australia cover most of the area. History The main Indigenous group in the area are the Ngadjuri people. During the early colonial era, particularly in the 1850s and 1860s, disputes and conflicts occurred between settlers and the Aboriginal people. The Ngadjuri people now hold native title rights over the area. The extreme south west of the Mid North region is a part of the traditional lands of the Kaurna people. Agriculture The area was settled as early as 1840 (South Australia settlement began in 1836) and provided early farming and mining outputs for the fledgling colony. Farming is still significant in the area, particularly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Australia
South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a state in the southern central part of Australia. It covers some of the most arid parts of the country. With a total land area of , it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories by area, and second smallest state by population. It has a total of 1.8 million people. Its population is the second most highly centralised in Australia, after Western Australia, with more than 77 percent of South Australians living in the capital Adelaide, or its environs. Other population centres in the state are relatively small; Mount Gambier, the second-largest centre, has a population of 33,233. South Australia shares borders with all of the other mainland states, as well as the Northern Territory; it is bordered to the west by Western Australia, to the north by the Northern Territory, to the north-east by Queensland, to the east by New South Wales, to the south-east by Victoria, and to the south by the Great Australian Bight.M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horrocks Highway
Main North Road is the major north-south arterial route through the suburbs north of the Adelaide City Centre in the city of Adelaide, South Australia. It continues north through the settled areas of South Australia and is a total of long, from North Adelaide to out of Port Augusta. It follows the route established in the early years of the colony by explorer John Horrocks and was a major route for farmers and graziers to reach the capital, passing through rich farmland and the Clare Valley wine region. In 2011, the section of road between Gawler to Wilmington was renamed Horrocks Highway. Route Main North Road branches from the northern end of O'Connell Street (North Adelaide) and passes through the Adelaide Parklands and the suburbs of Thorngate, Medindie, Medindie Gardens, Nailsworth, Prospect, Sefton Park, Blair Athol and Enfield before reaching the major intersection at Gepps Cross. Here the road forks, with the Port Wakefield Road (A1 - National Highway 1) continu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clare Racecourse
The Clare Valley Racecourse is a racecourse near Stanley Flat, South Australia. In the early 1880s an annual New Year's Day race meeting took place on a number of local properties in the Clare Valley The Clare Valley is a valley located in South Australia about north of Adelaide in the Clare and Gilbert Valleys council area. It is the river valley formed by the Hutt River but is also strongly associated with the roughly parallel Hill Riv .... Since then, the Clare Valley Racing Club has increased its race dates to three or four annually. Regular events include Clare Valley Easter Races, April Clare Cup, and races in November. References External links *https://web.archive.org/web/20081122044412/http: ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clare And Gilbert Valleys Council
The Clare and Gilbert Valleys Council is a Local government in Australia, local government area located in the Yorke and Mid North region of South Australia. The council was founded on 1 July 1997 with the amalgamation of the District Council of Clare, the District Council of Riverton and the District Council of Saddleworth and Auburn. The council seat is located at Clare, South Australia, Clare; it also maintains branch offices at Riverton, South Australia, Riverton and Saddleworth, South Australia, Saddleworth. Geography It includes the towns and localities of Anama, South Australia, Anama, Armagh, South Australia, Armagh, Auburn, South Australia, Auburn, Barinia, South Australia, Barinia, Benbournie, South Australia, Benbournie, Black Springs, South Australia, Black Springs, Bungaree, South Australia, Bungaree, Boconnoc Park, South Australia, Boconnoc Park, Clare, South Australia, Clare, Emu Flat, South Australia, Emu Flat, Giles Corner, South Australia, Giles Corner, Gillentow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Fryar
Albert Edmund Fryar (2 December 1875 – 23 July 1944) was a noted South Australian philatelist and sportsman."Obituary: The late Mr Albert E. Fryar" (28 July 1944). ''The Northern Argus'', p. 8. Retrieved 2015-10-21. Family and education Fryar was born on 2 December 1875 and raised in Stanley Flat, South Australia a small rural town about 6 km north of Clare, to Irish immigrant parents Joseph Fryar (1847–1928) and Isabella ''née'' Carey (1839–1913). He attended the Stanley Flat public school, and following private tuition, graduated from ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
County Of Stanley (South Australia)
The County of Stanley is one of the 49 cadastral counties of South Australia. It was proclaimed by Governor George Grey and named for Edward Stanley, Secretary of State for the Colonies from 1841 to 1845, who, in 1842, had advocated financial support for South Australia. It is roughly bounded by the Wakefield River in the south, the approximate path of the Barrier Highway in the east, latitude 33°28' S in the north and longitudes 138°08' to 138°15' E in the west. Hundreds The county is divided into 16 hundreds. * In the county's north west is the Hundred of Koolunga, and, in the north, the Hundred of Yackamoorundie and Hundred of Andrews. * In the county's north east, on the western slopes of the northern Mount Lofty Ranges are the Hundred of Ayers and Hundred of Hanson. * In the county's west are the Hundred of Boucaut, Hundred of Hart, Hundred of Everard and Hundred of Blyth. * In the county's south west, on the lower right bank of the Wakefield River are the H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 club Other uses * Angle of list, the leaning to either port or starboard of a ship * List (information), an ordered collection of pieces of information ** List (abstract data type), a method to organize data in computer science * List on Sylt, previously called List, the northernmost village in Germany, on the island of Sylt * ''List'', an alternative term for ''roll'' in flight dynamics * To ''list'' a building, etc., in the UK it means to designate it a listed building that may not be altered without permission * Lists (jousting), the barriers used to designate the tournament area where medieval knights jousted * ''The Book of Lists'', an American series of books with unusual lists See also * The List (other) * Listing (di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stanley Football Association
The Stanley Football Association was an Australian rules football competition based in the Clare Valley region of South Australia, Australia. It operated between 1915 and 1936 with breaks in 1916-17 and 1919 due to World War I. Brief history The Stanley Football Association was formed in 1915 and featured teams (at times) from Clare, South Australia, North Clare, Clare, South Australia, South Clare, Blyth, South Australia, Blyth, Stanley Flat, South Australia, Stanley Flat, Sevenhill, South Australia, Sevenhill, Farrell Flat, Watervale, South Australia, Watervale, Kybunga, South Australia, Kybunga and Snowtown, South Australia, Snowtown. The three foundation clubs were North Clare, South Clare and Blyth, all located in the cadastral County of Stanley (South Australia), County of Stanley, a historic administrative area, centred on Clare, from which the association drew its name. The association joined the Mid North Association following the 1936 season. The three original foundatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
