Hoyleton (formerly Hoyle's Plains) is a former
railway town in
South Australia, west of the
Clare Valley, halfway between
Leasingham
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and
Halbury. At the
2006 census, Hoyleton had a population of 283.
Hoyle's Plains was the original terminus of the
Port Wakefield railway line
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. This was constructed in 1869 as a horse-drawn tramway to assist farmers on the newly settled Hoyles Plains to get their grain to the port.
The
Gladstone railway line ran from
Balaklava to
Blyth and further on into the
Mid North of the state. Due to various reasons, this particular line had become obsolete and the tracks were dismantled in the late 1980s. The original historic stone railway shed remains standing alongside the grain silos which are still in use, but now serviced by road.
Sir Walter Watson Hughes, one of the founders of the
University of Adelaide, originally owned a pastoral lease at Hoyleton in the 1850s. He later went on to own vast copper mining interests at
Wallaroo, on the
Yorke Peninsula.
The
Hoyleton Airbase
Hoyleton Airbase is an airstrip near the small town of Hoyleton in the Mid North region of South Australia. It has one unsealed runway. It is used as a support base for the South Australian Country Fire Service with several fixed wing aircraft ...
to the west of the township is a base for firefighting aircraft to quickly respond to reports of fires in the Mid North region.
Government
Hoyleton is in the
Wakefield Regional Council local government area
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, the State
Electoral District of Goyder and the Federal Electorate of
Grey.
References
Gallery
Image:Grain silo, Hoyleton.JPG, Grain storage silo still in use
Image:Hoyleton church.JPG, Disused church
Image:Hoyleton from Mt George Rd,.JPG, Looking west towards Hoyleton from Mt. George Road
Image:Hoyleton hotel.JPG, Former Hoyleton Hotel
Image:Railway monument, Hoyleton.JPG, Railway monument
Towns in South Australia
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