Boors Plain, South Australia

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Boors Plain
South Australia
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Boors Plain
Coordinates 34°01′50″S137°41′54″E / 34.030440°S 137.6983°E / -34.030440; 137.6983 Coordinates: 34°01′50″S137°41′54″E / 34.030440°S 137.6983°E / -34.030440; 137.6983
Postcode(s) 5554 [1]
LGA(s) Copper Coast Council
State electorate(s) Narungga [2]
Federal Division(s) Grey [1]
Localities around Boors Plain:
Warburto Kadina Thrington
Paramatta
North Yelta
East Moonta 		Boors Plain Cunliffe
AgeryAgery Agery
FootnotesCoordinates [3]

Boors Plain (historically Boors Plains) is a rural locality at the north end of the Yorke Peninsula of South Australia, situated east of Moonta and south of Kadina. It is located in the Copper Coast Council. [1]

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Description

The name and boundaries of the modern locality were formalised in January 1999. [3] It is named after James Boor, a shepherd working for Sir Walter Hughes; Boor made the copper discovery that became Wallaroo Mines. [4] [5] Land within the locality is zoned for “agricultural production and the grazing of stock on relatively large holdings.” [6]

History

A small village previously existed on the Kadina-Cunliffe Road. [3] A limestone quarry nearby supplied building materials for the Moonta and Wallaroo Mines. [4] Boors Plains Post Office opened in July 1882 and closed in September 1899. [7] Boors Plains School operated from 1879 to 1941. [5] The Boors Plains Methodist Church (1873-1967) consisted of three rooms - the church, the Boor's Plains School room + a third room used for Sunday School or celebration of community's event). Today, the former church site is marked by a memorial cairn. The Boors Plains Oval was located on Moonta-Thrington Road at a site known as Stanways Corner. The Boors Plains Cricket Club (1880-1965) and the Boors Plains Tennis Club (closed during World War II) were both based there. [4] Boors Plain had its own branch of the Agricultural Bureau: it was reported as being highly successful in the 1930s, and in 1979 published a short history celebrating "the first 50 years". [8] [9] The Bald Hill 1864 Miners' Strike Site, located in the west of Boors Plain, is listed on the South Australian Heritage Register. [10]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Search result(s) for Boors Plain, 5554". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
  2. ↑ Narungga (Map). Electoral District Boundaries Commission. 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
  3. 1 2 3 "Search result(s) for Boors Plain, 5554". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
  4. 1 2 3 "Minutes of Meeting of the Council, 2 June 2004" (PDF). District Council of the Copper Coast. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 March 2016. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
  5. 1 2 "Boor Plains". State Library of South Australia. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
  6. ↑ "Development Plan - Copper Coast Council Consolidated – 28 August 2014" (PDF). Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. pp. 187, 286 and 290. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
  7. ↑ "Boors Plains". Post Office Reference. Premier Postal. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
  8. ↑ "FIELD DAY AT BOOR'S PLAINS". The Advertiser (Adelaide) . South Australia. 12 October 1935. p. 15. Retrieved 18 May 2016– via National Library of Australia.
  9. ↑ "Boors Plains Agricultural Bureau--the first 50 years, 1929-1979 / by C. Rust" . Retrieved 18 May 2016.
  10. ↑ "Bald Hill (Site of 1864 Miners' Strike Meetings)". South Australian Heritage Register. Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
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