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Clements Gap is a locality 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 ...
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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 ...
. The name is a reference to the co-located pass through the north end of the
Barunga Range The Barunga Range is a range of hills in the northern Mount Lofty Ranges#Northern ranges, Mount Lofty Ranges starting near Clements Gap, South Australia, Clements Gap and Merriton, South Australia, Merriton in South Australia's Mid North. At the ...
. The Clements Gap pass in turn is thought to be named after a shepherd in the area prior to 1880, per research by local historian
Rodney Cockburn Rodney Cockburn (21 October 1877 – 28 September 1932) was a South Australian journalist, author of a popular reference book on South Australian place names. History Cockburn was born in Kent Town, South Australia, a son of George (c. 1835 � ...
. The Clements Gap school was opened in 1880 by John Wauchope and closed in 1942.


See also

* Clements Gap Conservation Park *
Clements Gap Wind Farm Clements Gap Wind Farm is a wind farm operated by Pacific Blue. It opened in 2010 located in the Barunga Range, South Australia near Clements Gap, some 20 minutes south of Port Pirie. The wind farm consists of 26 wind turbines with a total ...
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List of cities and towns in South Australia This is a list of town and locality names in South Australia outside the metropolitan postal area of Adelaide. :For a list of suburbs in metropolitan areas of Adelaide, see lists inside following individual city council articles: City of Adela ...


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* * Towns in South Australia {{SouthAustralia-geo-stub