Burnsfield is a locality in
South Australia
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's
Mid North
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.
It is north of
Snowtown on the eastern side of 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 ...
. 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
The Hummocks or Hummock Range is a range of hills in the northern Mount Lofty Ranges extending north from the eastern edge of Yorke Peninsula in South Australia. It is traversed by the Copper Coast Highway immediately west of where it passes arou ...
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
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Organizations
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References
External links
Wakefield Regional Council
Towns in South Australia
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