Everard Central (; postcode: 5461) is a locality in

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. The locality is situated in approximately the southern two thirds of the cadastral Hundred of Everard.

Hundred of Everard

The Hundred of Everard is the

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unit of

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on the northern

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containing the Everard Central locality. It is one of the 16 hundreds of the County of Stanley. It was named in 1867 by Governor

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after William Everard (1819–1889), a South Australian parliamentarian. The southern third of the locality of Condowie is also situated inside the bounds of the Hundred of Everard.

Local government

In 1888 the Hundred of Everard was annexed to the

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as part of the

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. Not long after, on 26 September 1889, the hundred was severed from Blyth council and annexed instead to the

District Council of Snowtown The District Council of Snowtown was a local government area in South Australia from 1888 to 1987. History The District Council of Snowtown was officially proclaimed on 5 January 1888 by the '' District Councils Act 1887'' as constituting the Hu ...

as the Everard ward. In 1912, at the instigation of resident landowners, a southern portion of the hundred south of Everard Road and including the Everard Central township, was severed from Snowtown council and added to the

District Council of Balaklava The District Council of Balaklava was a local government area seated at Balaklava in South Australia from 1877 to 1983. History The District Council of Balaklava was officially proclaimed as incorporating the entire Hundred of Balaklava on 20 D ...

as part of its Stow ward. From 1987, following the merging of Snowtown and Blyth councils, the larger north part of the hundred retained is ward status with 2 council representatives in the Blyth-Snowtown council. From 1997, following the Blyth-Snowtown amalgamation with the

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, the entire hundred became part of the much larger North ward of the

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Geology

Everard Central contains a series of ephemeral

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basins. The

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formations at the basin edges contain deposits of

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. Gypsum for agricultural use is mined at the site, with 35,000 tonnes being obtained by G.J. Mills and McArdle in 2002.

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Wakefield Regional Council
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Hundred of Everard

Local government

Geology

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