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Snowtown is a town located in the Mid North of South Australia 145 km north of Adelaide and lies on the main road and rail routes between Adelaide and Perth – the Augusta Highway and Adelaide-Port Augusta railway line. The town's elevation is 103 metres and on average the town receives 389 mm of rainfall per annum.
Rail transport in the Australian state of South Australia is provided by a number of railway operators who operate over the government-owned railway lines. The network consists of 1435 mm standard gauge links to other states, the 1600 mm broad gauge suburban railways in Adelaide, a freight-only branch from Dry Creek to Port Adelaide and Pelican Point, a narrow-gauge gypsum haulage line on the Eyre Peninsula, and both copper–gold concentrate and coal on the standard-gauge line in the Adelaide–Darwin rail corridor north of Tarcoola.
Brinkworth is a town in the Mid North region of South Australia with a current population of 243. It is 31 km (19 mi) north west of the regional centre of Clare.
Bute is a town in the Northern Yorke peninsula of South Australia, approximately 40 kilometres (25 mi) east of Wallaroo and 24 kilometres west of Snowtown. It was proclaimed as a town in 1884 and named after the Isle of Bute, in the Firth of Clyde, Scotland. It was the original site of the Yorke Peninsula Field Days in 1895; they are now held outside Paskeville.
The Mount Gambier railway line is a closed railway line in South Australia. Opened in stages from 1881, it was built to narrow gauge and joined Mount Gambier railway station, which was at that time the eastern terminus of a line to Beachport. It connected at Naracoorte to another isolated narrow gauge line joining Naracoorte to Kingston SE, and to the broad gauge Adelaide-Wolseley line at Wolseley, at around the same time that was extended to Serviceton to become the South Australian part of the interstate Melbourne–Adelaide railway. It was closed in April 1995.
The Hamley Bridge–Gladstone railway line was a railway line on the South Australian Railways network. It extended from a junction at Hamley Bridge on the Roseworthy-Peterborough line through Balaklava and Brinkworth to Gladstone.
Condowie is a locality in South Australia's Mid North. The locality is named for an Aboriginal word meaning "good water".
The Balaklava–Moonta railway line was a railway line on the South Australian Railways network. It ran across the top of the Yorke Peninsula.
The Kadina–Brinkworth railway line was a railway line on the South Australian Railways network.
Barunga Gap is a locality in South Australia about 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) south west of Snowtown. Barunga Gap was named in reference to the co-located pass between the Barunga Range to the north and Hummock Range to the south. The word 'Barunga' derives from an indigenous term meaning "gap in the range". See Barunga Range § Etymology
Port Broughton railway line was an isolated 3 ft 6 in narrow gauge railway line serving Port Broughton on Spencer Gulf in South Australia. It opened in 1876 and closed in 1942.
Kadina railway station was located on the junction of the Balaklava-Moonta railway line and the Kadina-Brinkworth railway line. It served the town of Kadina.
Bowmans railway station was located at the junction of the Balaklava-Moonta railway line and the Adelaide-Port Augusta railway line in the town of Bowmans, South Australia.
Snowtown railway station was located at the junction of the Adelaide-Port Augusta railway line and the Kadina-Brinkworth railway line in the town of Snowtown, South Australia.
Bute railway station was located on the Kadina-Brinkworth railway line. It served the town of Bute, South Australia.
Brinkworth railway station was located at the junction of the Hamley Bridge-Gladstone railway line and the Kadina-Brinkworth railway line. It served the town of Brinkworth, South Australia.
Yacka railway station was located on the Hamley Bridge-Gladstone railway line. It served the town of Yacka, South Australia.
Owen railway station was located on the Hamley Bridge-Gladstone railway line. It served the rural community of Owen, South Australia.
Stockyard Creek railway station was located on the Hamley Bridge-Gladstone railway line. It served the locality of Stockyard Creek, South Australia.
References
- ↑ "Snowtown, a Railway Crossroads". Snowtown Museum. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
- ↑ "Railways – Gladstone SA" . Retrieved 4 September 2024.
- ↑ "Interactive Maps of Railways and Colonisation in South Australia". railmapsa.au. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
- ↑ Quinlan, Howard; Newland, John (2000). Australian Railway Routes 1854 - 2000. Redfern: Australian Railway Historical Society. pp. 56, 58. ISBN 0 909650 49 7.