Koppio

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Koppio
South Australia
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Koppio
Coordinates 34°25′18″S135°50′48″E / 34.4216°S 135.8467°E / -34.4216; 135.8467 Coordinates: 34°25′18″S135°50′48″E / 34.4216°S 135.8467°E / -34.4216; 135.8467
Population 63 (2016 census) [1]
Established 1998 [2]
Postcode(s) 5607 [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 Flinders [4]
State electorate(s) Flinders [5]
Federal Division(s) Grey [6]
Mean max temp [7] Mean min temp [7] Annual rainfall [7]
21.3 °C
70 °F		11.4 °C
53 °F		393.9 mm
15.5 in
Localities around Koppio:
Edillilie Yallunda Flat Tumby Bay
Edillilie Koppio Tumby Bay
Wanilla Whites Flat
Whites River 		Whites River
Footnotes Locations [3]
Adjoining localities [2]

Koppio is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on the Eyre Peninsula about 256 kilometres (159 mi) west of the state capital of Adelaide and about 32 kilometres (20 mi) north of Port Lincoln, [3] and within the Tod River catchment area.[ citation needed ] While long-established agricultural activities dominate (including sheep, cattle and buffalo grazing and wheat cropping)[ citation needed ] the region is also prospective for graphite and iron ore. The Koppio Smithy Museum is a local tourist attraction replete with buildings and artifacts representing the early pioneer heritage of Eyre Peninsula.

South Australia State of Australia

South Australia is a state in the southern central part of Australia. It covers some of the most arid parts of the country. With a total land area of 983,482 square kilometres (379,725 sq mi), it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories by area, and fifth largest by population. It has a total of 1.7 million people, and its population is the second most highly centralised in Australia, after Western Australia, with more than 77 percent of South Australians living in the capital, Adelaide, or its environs. Other population centres in the state are relatively small; Mount Gambier, the second largest centre, has a population of 28,684.

Eyre Peninsula South Australia

The Eyre Peninsula is a triangular peninsula in South Australia. It is bounded on the east by Spencer Gulf, the west by the Great Australian Bight, and the north by the Gawler Ranges.

Adelaide city centre Suburb of Adelaide, South Australia

Adelaide city centre is the innermost locality of Greater Adelaide, the capital city of South Australia. It is known by locals simply as "The City" or "Town" to distinguish it from Greater Adelaide and from the City of Adelaide. The locality is split into two key geographical distinctions: the city "square mile", bordered by North, East, South and West Terraces; and the section of the parklands south of the River Torrens which separates the built up part of the city from the surrounding suburbs and North Adelaide.

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Mining and mineral exploration

Companies actively exploring the area early in the 21st century included Eyre Iron Pty Ltd (a joint venture of Centrex Metals Ltd) and Lincoln Minerals Ltd. [8] [9] Eyre Iron's proposed Fusion Magnetite Project was the most advanced prospective mine development project in the area. Graphite was first mined in the area in 1866. The Koppio Graphite Mine originally operated in the early 1900s and was revisited between 1941 and 1944. [10]

Centrex Metals Limited is an Australia-based resources exploration and mining company. It has interests in Western Australia and South Australia. The company's chairman is notable South Australian engineer and businessman, David Klingberg.

Koppio Smithy Museum

The Koppio Smithy Museum is a 1.0 hectare (2.5 acres) property managed by the National Trust of South Australia [11] which features a collection of early colonial buildings and heritage artifacts collected from across Eyre Peninsula. The entrance is via the old Smithy's cottage, constructed by Tom Brennand after he migrated to the region from Lochiel in 1903. [12] One of the museum's oddities is a replica World War I tank, which was abandoned in the sand dunes of Coffin Bay after its use in the feature film The Lighthorsemen. As of 2014, the museum is open to the public from 10 am until 5 pm Tuesday through Sunday and entry is $10 for adults and $4 for concessions. [13]

Lochiel, South Australia Town in South Australia

Lochiel is a small town in the Mid North of South Australia 125 km north of Adelaide. The town lies beside on the western edge of Lake Bumbunga and at the eastern foot of the Hummocks Range. The Augusta Highway, a section of Highway 1, runs on a strip between the township and the lake, which dwarves the former.

<i>The Lighthorsemen</i> (film) 1987 film by Simon Wincer

The Lighthorsemen is a 1987 Australian feature film about the men of a World War I light horse unit involved in Sinai and Palestine Campaign's 1917 Battle of Beersheeba. The film is based on a true story and most of the characters in the film were based on real people.

Exhibits

The museum includes the following exhibits: [12]

Koppio Cemetery

The Koppio Cemetery contains 36 plots, with the earliest grave dating from 1866. [14]

Governance

Koppio 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. [6] [5] [2]

Division of Grey Australian federal electoral division

The Division of Grey is an Australian electoral division in South Australia. The division was one of the seven established when the former Division of South Australia was redistributed on 2 October 1903 and is named for Sir George Grey, who was Governor of South Australia from 1841 to 1845.

Electoral district of Flinders state electoral district of South Australia

Flinders is a single-member electoral district for the South Australian House of Assembly. It is named after explorer Matthew Flinders, who was responsible for charting most of the state's coastline. It is a 58,901 km² coastal rural electorate encompassing the Eyre Peninsula and the coast along the Nullarbor Plain, based in and around the city of Port Lincoln and contains the District Councils of Ceduna, Cleve, Elliston, Lower Eyre Peninsula, Streaky Bay and Wudinna; as well as the localities of Fowlers Bay, Nullarbor and Yalata in the Pastoral Unincorporated Area. The seat was expanded in 2002 to include a western strip of land all the way to the Western Australia border.

District Council of Tumby Bay Local government area in South Australia

The Tumby Bay District Council is a local government area of South Australia covering an area of the North Eastern Eyre Peninsula. It was established in 1906, only six years after the town of Tumby Bay was established, when the district was severed from the former District Council of Lincoln to form the present council.

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  1. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Koppio". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 12 January 2018. Blue pencil.svg
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Search result for "Koppio (Locality Bounded)" (Record no SA0037685) with the following layers being selected – "Suburbs and Localities", "Local Government Areas" and "Hundreds"". Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
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  4. 1 2 "Search results for Koppio LOCB with the following datasets selected - 'Suburbs and Localities', 'SA Government Regions' and 'Counties'". Loctation SA Map viewer. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
  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. 1 2 3 "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics North Shields (Port Lincoln AWS)". Commonwealth of Australia , Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
  8. ↑ "GRAPHITE – Scoping study at Koppio-Kookaburra Gully" Asia Miner (2012-08). Retrieved 2014-01-15.
  9. ↑ "Koppio – Kookaburra Gully graphite" Port Lincoln Residents & Ratepayers Assoc. (2012-09). Retrieved 2014-01-15.
  10. ↑ Parker, Dr A. John "Koppio Graphite" Lincoln Minerals Ltd (7 December 2012). Retrieved 2014-01-15.
  11. ↑ "Branches SA". National Trust of Australia. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
  12. 1 2 Koppio Smith Museum National Trust. Retrieved 2014-01-15.
  13. ↑ Koppio Smithy Museum – Koppio, Eyre Peninsula Postcards. Retrieved 2014-01-15.
  14. ↑ "Koppio" AustralianCemeteries.com Retrieved 2014-01-15.
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