__NOTOC__ Stephenston is a locality in the Australian state of

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located on the eastern side of the

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about north of the state capital of

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and about east of the municipal seat of

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. Boundaries for the locality were created in March 1997 for the “long established name“ which was “incorrectly spelt as Stephenson” in the

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of 13 March 1997 and is derived from the ceased Government Town of Stephenston whose site is located within the boundaries of the locality. The Government Town of Stephenston which was located in the cadastral unit of the Hundred of Palmer was surveyed in February 1879, proclaimed on 17 July 1879 and was finally declared as ‘ceasing to exist’ on 11 May 1961. A school operated from 1881 to 1915 and a post office operated from November 1879 to 1904. Land use within the locality is concerned with primary production activities such as “pastoral and farming-related activities.” The

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which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Stephenston had a population of zero. Stephenston is located within the federal

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, the state

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and the local government area of the

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