Worlds End is a locality 18 km southeast of
Burra in
South Australia
South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a States and territories of Australia, state in the southern central part of Australia. With a total land area of , it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories by area, which in ...
. It also includes the area formerly known as Lapford.
The area was originally the territory of the
Ngadjuri
The Ngadjuri people are a group of Aboriginal Australian people whose traditional lands lie in the mid north of South Australia with a territory extending from Gawler in the south to Orroroo in the Flinders Ranges in the north.
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The government town of Lapford was surveyed in June 1877 around the
Burra Creek, but never developed. Some blocks at Lapford were eventually sold in 1941, but the town was declared to have ceased to exist on 13 December 1962.
Worlds End Creek Post Office opened on 1 November 1876 and closed on 31 May 1971. Worlds End Creek School opened in 1888 and closed on 2 September 1944 due to a lack of teachers available.
The Wesleyan Methodist church building was opened in 1889 and closed in 1975. It was used as a school for part of its history. Worlds End once had its own cricket and tennis teams.
The locality of Worlds End includes the
Mimbara Conservation Park __NOTOC__
Mimbara Conservation Park is a protected area in the Australian state of South Australia located in the locality of Worlds End about north-east of the state capital of Adelaide and about south-east of the town of Burra.
The conser ...
.
References
Towns in South Australia
Mid North (South Australia)
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