Georgetown, South Australia
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Georgetown is a town in the
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 souther ...
region of
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. The town is in the
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, north of the state capital,
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on the
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(Main North Road). Georgetown was one of the first towns to be surveyed in the upper
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 souther ...
when the Strangways Act was passed in 1869 to authorise resumption of pastoral leases to enable closer settlement for more
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purposes. It was surveyed in 1869, along with Redhill. It was the seat of the District Council of Georgetown from 1876 to 1988, but following two successive amalgamations with neighbouring councils, it is now part of the
Northern Areas Council Northern Areas Council is a local government area in the Yorke and Mid North region of South Australia. The council seat and main council offices are at Jamestown, while the council also maintains district offices at Gladstone and Spalding. ...
. A Catholic chapel was opened in 1872. Georgetown was on the
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from Adelaide. This was constructed in 1894 as narrow gauge. It was converted to broad gauge in 1927 and closed in 1988.


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