Whites Flat (also known as White Flat) is a rural locality in the Eyre and Western region of
South Australia
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, situated within the
District Council of Lower Eyre Peninsula.
The boundaries for the locality were formally established in October 2003 for the long established local name; this had originally been named after pastoralist Samuel White.
The main feature of the locality is the
Tod Reservoir
The Tod Reservoir is located on the Eyre Peninsula in South Australia, in the localities of Whites Flat, South Australia, Whites Flat and Koppio, South Australia, Koppio, 27 km north of Port Lincoln. It is situated on the Tod River, the onl ...
. It also contains the
Tucknott Scrub Conservation Park, which lies in its north-west corner.
Whites Flat Post Office opened on 1 October 1897 In 1915, Whites Flat was described as consisting of a post office and local hall, the latter simultaneously serving as school, church, dance hall and lecture room, for less than a dozen inhabitants. The hall had been built by the local residents with their own labour. The school survived for several decades; in 1942, air raid trenches were dug for the students. In 1950, it was reported that "the tiny little post office at White Flat remains unchanged" and that the writer "would be sorry to see the day of the demolition of this little thatch-roofed place which stands a sentinel of the early days".
The post office at Whites Flat is long closed; however, the building, reputed to be the "smallest post office in Australia" survives, having been relocated to the
National Trust of South Australia
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-owned
Koppio Smithy Museum in adjacent
Koppio. The White Flat Community Hall remains open to the community today.
See also
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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
Eyre Peninsula