Butler, South Australia

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Butler
South Australia
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Butler
Coordinates 34°05′13″S136°09′55″E / 34.08689761°S 136.16519506°E / -34.08689761; 136.16519506 Coordinates: 34°05′13″S136°09′55″E / 34.08689761°S 136.16519506°E / -34.08689761; 136.16519506
Population314 (shared with other localities in the “State Suburb of Lipson”) (2011 census) [1] [2] [lower-alpha 1]
Established1998 [2]
Postcode(s) 5606 [3]
Time zone ACST (UTC+9:30)
 • Summer (DST) ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location
LGA(s) District Council of Tumby Bay [2]
Region Eyre Western [4]
County Jervois [2]
State electorate(s) Flinders [5]
Federal Division(s) Grey [6]
Mean max tempMean min tempAnnual rainfall
22.6 °C
73 °F
11.5 °C
53 °F
356.9 mm
14.1 in
Suburbs around Butler:
Hincks Hincks
Wharminda
Wharminda
Moody
Ungarra
Butler Port Neill
Ungarra Lipson
Ungarra
Lipson
FootnotesDistances [3]
Coordinates [2]
Climate [7]
Adjoining localities [2]

Butler is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on the Eyre Peninsula about 241 kilometres (150 miles) west of the state capital of Adelaide and about 31 kilometres (19 miles) north of the local government seat of Tumby Bay. [3]

Its name and boundaries were both adopted and created in 1998. Its name is reported as being collectively derived from the Butler Tanks, a water storage facility, and the Butler Railway Station which are both located within Butler, and from the cadastral unit of the Hundred of Butler in which it is located. [2] The name is ultimately derived from Richard Butler, a South Australian politician. [8]

A school operated within the current boundaries of the locality from 1905 to 1968. [9]

The route of the Cummins to Buckleboo branch of the Eyre Peninsula Railway passes through the locality from the south-west to the north-east and includes two railway station sites - Butler and Mount Hill. [2]

The principal land use with the locality is agriculture. [10] In 2006, land within the locality was the subject of an exploration license with the name ‘Mount Hill’ held by Eyre Iron Pty Ltd for the purpose of prospecting for iron ore deposits. [11]

Butler is located within the federal division of Grey, the state electoral district of Flinders and the local government area of the District Council of Tumby Bay. [2] [5] [6]

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References

Notes
  1. For the 2011 census, the ‘State Suburb of Lipson’ consisted of the localities of Butler, Lipson and Port Neill.
Citations
  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Lipson". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 6 March 2017. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Search result for "Butler (Locality Bounded)" (Record no SA0037459) with the following layers selected - "Suburbs and Localities" and " Place names (gazetteer)"". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 "Butler, South Australia (Postcode)". postcodes-australia.com. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
  4. "Eyre Western SA Government region" (PDF). The Government of South Australia. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  5. 1 2 "District of Flinders Background Profile". Electoral Commission SA. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  6. 1 2 "Federal electoral division of Grey" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
  7. "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics Cleve Aerodrome (nearest weather station)". Commonwealth of Australia , Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
  8. "Search result for "Hundred of Butler (Hundred)" (Record no SA0011358)". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
  9. "Butler, Nomenclature". Place Names of South Australia. State Library of South Australia. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
  10. "Development Plan - Tumby Bay (DC) Consolidated – 3 December 2015" (PDF). Government of South Australia. pp. 10 and 199. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
  11. "EXPLORATION". Archived from the original on 27 February 2015. Retrieved 7 October 2016.