Bower, South Australia

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Bower
Town
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Public hall
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Bower
Coordinates: 34°07′16″S139°21′18″E / 34.12111°S 139.35500°E / -34.12111; 139.35500
Country Australia
State South Australia
LGAs
Location
Government
 •  State electorate
 •  Federal division
Population
 • Total41 (SAL 2021) [1]
Postcode
5374
Localities around Bower
Geranium Plains, Rocky Plain Bundey Maude, Beatty
Australia Plains Bower Mount Mary
Sutherlands Brownlow

Bower is a town in South Australia, approximately halfway between Eudunda and Morgan [2] on the Thiele Highway.

The area was originally the territory of the Ngadjuri people. [3] The name Bower honours David Bower, a South Australian Member of Parliament (1865 – 1887) who donated land in the state for institutional purposes. [4] By 1916, Bower had become a dispatch centre for mallee timber and roots. These were loaded at the railway station on the Morgan railway line and sent to Adelaide. [5] Bower Public School operated in the town between 1917 and 1960, replacing an earlier Lutheran school forcibly closed during World War I. [4] [6] [7]

The historic Lime Kiln Ruins on Bower Boundary Road are listed on the South Australian Heritage Register. [8]

References

  1. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Bower (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. ↑ "2905.0 – Statistical Geography: Volume 2 -- Census Geographic Areas, Australia, 2006". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 8 December 2009.
  3. ↑ Emmaus to Worlds End: a history of the Robertstown Council Area. "The Area – Its Settlement and Development": District Council of Robertstown. 1986.
  4. 1 2 "The Manning Index of South Australian History". State Library South Australia. Archived from the original on 24 November 2009. Retrieved 1 February 2010.
  5. ↑ "Bower Railway-Station". The Advertiser. Adelaide. 8 November 1916. Retrieved 1 February 2010.
  6. ↑ Dreckow, Betty (1986). Hills, Valley and Plains: History of the Eudunda District. p. 141.
  7. ↑ "CLOSING GERMAN SCHOOLS". Daily Herald . Vol. 8, no. 2260. South Australia. 18 June 1917. p. 3. Retrieved 24 December 2016– via National Library of Australia.
  8. ↑ "Lime Kiln Ruins". South Australian Heritage Register. Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
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