Tatiara District Council is a
local government area
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located in south-eastern
South Australia
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. The name Tatiara is said to mean "the good country", a phrase which dates back to the area's first inhabitants, the
Bodaruwitj people. It is one of the largest local government areas in
South Australia
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at . The district's economy is based primarily on
agriculture
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, with
cereal crops
A cereal is any grass cultivated for the edible components of its grain (botanically, a type of fruit called a caryopsis), composed of the endosperm, germ, and bran. Cereal grain crops are grown in greater quantities and provide more food en ...
such as
wheat
Wheat is a grass widely cultivated for its seed, a cereal grain that is a worldwide staple food. The many species of wheat together make up the genus ''Triticum'' ; the most widely grown is common wheat (''T. aestivum''). The archaeologi ...
,
barley
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and
oats
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and with
livestock
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such as
sheep
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,
cattle
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and
pigs
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prominent.
History
The Tatiara country was opened up by
European
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settlers in the 1840s for
grazing
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purposes, with the township of
Bordertown established in 1852, slowly expanding as more graziers moved to the area.
After significant growth in the area, the District Council of Tatiara was formed in 1876 as constituting the whole of the
Hundred of Tatiara
The Hundred of Tatiara is a Hundred of the County of Buckingham centered on Bordertown, and Wolseley, South Australia
Wolseley (formerly Tatiara) is a small South Australian town near the Victorian border. It is five kilometres south of the ...
.
In 1884, a neighbouring council was established, the
District Council of Wirrega
The District Council of Wirrega was a short-lived local government area in South Australia in existence from 1884 to 1888.
The introduction of local government to the Mallee region in the 1870s had been the subject of significant local conflict ...
; however this was short-lived, and in 1888 it was amalgamated into the Tatiara District Council.
In the years following, a number of new towns including
Keith
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and
Padthaway were established, and grew to their current sizes.
Geography
It includes the towns and localities of
Bangham,
Bordertown,
Bordertown South,
Brimbago,
Buckingham
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,
Cannawigara,
Carew,
Custon,
Keith
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People and fictional characters
* Keith (given name), includes a list of people and fictional characters
* Keith (surname)
* Keith (singer), American singer James Keefer (born 1949)
* Baron Keith, a line of Scottish barons ...
,
Kongal,
Laffer,
Lowan Vale,
Makin,
McCallum,
Mount Charles,
Mundulla,
Mundulla West,
Shaugh,
Swede Flat,
Padthaway,
Petherick,
Pine Hill,
Pooginagoric,
Senior
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,
Sherwood
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,
Western Flat,
Willalooka,
Wirrega and
Wolseley, and part of
Ngarkat
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.
Facilities
The district has most of the usual facilities including a range of facilities for
tourists
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and travellers. Accommodation is available in the major towns in the form of
hotels
A hotel is an establishment that provides paid lodging on a short-term basis. Facilities provided inside a hotel room may range from a modest-quality mattress in a small room to large suites with bigger, higher-quality beds, a dresser, a ref ...
and
caravan parks
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with a variety of shops such as
supermarkets
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,
bakeries
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and roadhouses for supplies.
[ ]
The district possesses a range of sporting facilities including a
golf
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Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping wi ...
course,
basketball
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and
tennis
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courts and a
football
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and
cricket
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oval, with clubs established for those sports. Health facilities include a hospital and dentist, with the area also having a primary and high school.
Councillors
See also
*
List of parks and gardens in rural South Australia
List of parks and gardens in rural South Australia refers to parks and gardens that located within the rural areas of South Australia as distinguished from those located within the Adelaide metropolitan area.
Adelaide Hills
The following p ...
References
External links
Tatiara District Council SiteAccessed 12 May 2013.
Tatiara District Council > Tourism PageAccessed 12 May 2013.
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Local government areas of South Australia
Limestone Coast