Copeville, South Australia

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Copeville
South Australia
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Copeville
Coordinates 34°47′51″S139°50′49″E / 34.797495°S 139.846807°E / -34.797495; 139.846807 Coordinates: 34°47′51″S139°50′49″E / 34.797495°S 139.846807°E / -34.797495; 139.846807 [1]
Population34 (2016 census) [2]
Established1 May 1919 (town)
11 November 1999 (locality) [3] [4]
Postcode(s) 5308 [5]
Time zone ACST (UTC+9:30)
 • Summer (DST) ACDT (UTC+10:30)
LGA(s) District Council of Karoonda East Murray [1]
Region Murray and Mallee [1]
County Albert [1]
State electorate(s) Hammond [6]
Federal Division(s) Barker [7]
Mean max temp [8] Mean min temp [8] Annual rainfall [8]
23.6 °C
74 °F		9.3 °C
49 °F		343 mm
13.5 in
Localities around Copeville:
Nildottie Bakara
Galga
Mercunda 		Mindarie
Nildottie
Claypans 		Copeville Mindarie
Halidon
Bowhill Perponda
Borrika 		Halidon
FootnotesAdjoining localities [1]

Copeville is a town and a locality in the Australian state of South Australia. [1]

It was established as a town on the Waikerie railway line, but the line has closed and the town has declined. The bulk grain silos are still at the railway station, but do not operate every grain season. [9] [10] There was once a Methodist church in Copeville. It joined the Karoonda circuit in 1966. [11]

The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Copeville had a population of 34 people. [2]

Copeville is located within the federal division of Barker, the state electoral district of Hammond and the local government area of the District Council of Karoonda East Murray. [7] [1] [6]

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  3. ↑ Peake, A.H. (1 May 1919). "TOWNS OF COBDOGLA, COPEVILLE, AND PERPONDA" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. South Australian Government. p. 797. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
  4. ↑ Kentish, P.M. (11 November 1999). "GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT 1991 Notice to Assign Boundaries to Places (in the District Council of Karoonda East Murray)" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. South Australian Government. p. 2321. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
  5. ↑ "Postcode for Copeville, South Australia". Postcodes Australia. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
  6. 1 2 "District of Hammond (map)". Electoral Commission SA. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
  7. 1 2 "Electoral division of Barker" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
  8. 1 2 3 "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics Summary statistics KAROONDA (nearest weather station)". Commonwealth of Australia , Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  9. ↑ "ABB to restrict operations of silos". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. 19 October 2007. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
  10. ↑ "2010-11 Post Harvest Review working group report" (PDF). Viterra. 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
  11. ↑ Karoonda Methodist Circuit; Wynarka Methodist Mission; Methodist Church of Australasia. South Australia Conference (1916), Karoonda Methodist Circuit , retrieved 6 April 2015
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