Haslam is a town and a locality in the Australian state of
South Australia
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located on the
Eyre Peninsula
The Eyre Peninsula is a triangular peninsula in South Australia. It is bounded by the Spencer Gulf on the east, the Great Australian Bight on the west, and the Gawler Ranges to the north.
Earlier called Eyre's Peninsula, it was named after e ...
on the coastline of Streaky Bay about north-west of the state capital of
Adelaide
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and about north of the municipal seat of
Streaky Bay
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.
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Haslam is a common stop off for campers as they make their way across the ]Nullarbor Plain
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. The town itself has no major industrial or commercial
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connections anymore and contains limited resources including a camping ground and the town jetty
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.
History
Haslam was established in 1893 as a deep sea
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port
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reportedly under the name of Port Carawa[ to allow the ]shipping
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of supplies of machinery
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and food to the local settlers
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, as well as providing transport
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of local products to other parts of the state. When road transport took over in the 1960s, this service died out.
The town was proclaimed on 9 October 1913 and takes its name from William Haslam who served as the north-east representative of the South Australian Legislative Council
The Legislative Council, or upper house, is one of the two chambers of the Parliament of South Australia. Its central purpose is to act as a house of review for legislation passed through the lower house, the South Australian House of Assembly, H ...
from 1891 to his death in 1898.[Manning, Geoffrey H. (1986) ''The Romance of Place Names in South Australia'', p. 87. Adelaide, South Australia: published by the author, ]
Haslam had a post office (originally a receiving office under the name Port Haslam) from 1913.[Walker, Martin (2004) ''The Post, Telegraph and Telephone Offices of South Australia and the Northern Territory'', p 142, p. 257. Torrensville, South Australia: published by the author. ] The area is now served by a community postal agency.
The long town jetty was originally built in 1912 to allow ship
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s access to the coast
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. It was reduced in length by half in 1972.Wirrulla
Wirrulla is a small grain belt town located 60 km from Streaky Bay, South Australia, Streaky Bay on the Eyre Peninsula. The town is a focus point for many of the surrounding agricultural districts, and features a number of silos used to stor ...
in 1983, and now serves as a museum
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.
On 15 March 1934, the area of the town was extended by proclamation to include a "police reserve".
Governance
Haslam is located within the federal division of Grey
The Division of Grey is an Divisions of the Australian House of Representatives, Australian electoral division in South Australia. The division was one of the seven established when the former Division of South Australia was redistributed on 2 ...
, the state electoral district of Flinders
Flinders is a single-member electoral district for the South Australian House of Assembly. It is named after explorer Matthew Flinders, who was responsible for charting most of the state's coastline. It is a 58,901 km² coastal rural elector ...
and the local government area of the District Council of Streaky Bay.
See also
* Caratoola Recreation Park
References
External links
Streaky Bay Council
* ttp://beachsafe.org.au/beach/sa1191 Haslam UNPATROLLED BEACH
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Coastal towns in South Australia
Eyre Peninsula