Holder, South Australia

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Holder
South Australia
Apricot orchard at Holder, planted September 1897(GN10385).jpg
Apricot orchard at Holder, planted in September 1897
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Holder
Coordinates 34°10′S140°02′E / 34.17°S 140.03°E / -34.17; 140.03 Coordinates: 34°10′S140°02′E / 34.17°S 140.03°E / -34.17; 140.03
Established1894
Postcode(s) 5330
LGA(s) District Council of Loxton Waikerie
State electorate(s) Chaffey
Federal Division(s) Barker
Localities around Holder:
Taylorville
Waikerie Holder Lowbank
Kanni
Footnotes [1]

Holder is a locality in the Riverland region of South Australia. It lies on the inside of a bend in the Murray River east (upstream) of Waikerie. Holder is bounded on the south side by the Sturt Highway and includes the Waikerie Airport and Maize Island Lagoon Conservation Park. The locality includes low-lying wetlands near river level and rising and higher ground up to the level at the top of the Murray cliffs where the airport and highway are. The sloping and higher ground is used for vineyards and fruit orchards, irrigated from the river. The school opened in 1925 and closed in 1991. [1]

Holder Settlement was established [2] in 1894 and continued as a Village Settlement when that legislation was introduced. [3] The Holder Settlement started out with one or two stone buildings, remnants of the earlier Waikerai Station. One of these immediately became the school house, public hall and church of the settlement [4] The settlers travelled by train to Morgan then by the paddlesteamer Ellen to the site of their new home. Once they had cleared land to plant a crop and build the village, it was named Holder after Sir Frederick Holder, proclaimed on 26 July 1894. The town had 19 stone cottages, five of wood and iron, a post office, store, bakery, school and blacksmith. After initially flourishing, the settlement was officially abandoned on 27 August 1903, with the assets auctioned and the land leased to F. C. Howard [5] from the Waikerie settlement. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Placename Details: Holder (LOCB)". Property Location Browser Report. Government of South Australia. 29 October 2012. SA0050194. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
  2. "Placename Details: Holder Settlement". Property Location Browser Report. Government of South Australia. 6 September 2012. SA0030834. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
  3. "THE VILLAGE SETTLEMENTS". The Chronicle . 45 (2, 289). South Australia. 5 July 1902. p. 32. Retrieved 7 March 2018 via National Library of Australia.
  4. "MURRAY SETTLERS". South Australian Chronicle . XXXVI (1, 864). South Australia. 12 May 1894. p. 9. Retrieved 7 March 2018 via National Library of Australia.
  5. "Holder Village Settlement". FLinders Ranges Research. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
  6. "FRUITGROWING AT HOLDER". Adelaide Observer . LX (3, 235). South Australia. 3 October 1903. p. 9. Retrieved 8 March 2018 via National Library of Australia.