Olary, South Australia

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Olary
South Australia
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Olary
Coordinates 32°16′51″S140°19′35″E / 32.2809°S 140.3265°E / -32.2809; 140.3265 Coordinates: 32°16′51″S140°19′35″E / 32.2809°S 140.3265°E / -32.2809; 140.3265 [1]
Population4 (2016 census) [2]
Established1 December 1887 (town)
23 October 2003 (locality) [3] [4]
Postcode(s) 5440 [5]
Elevation285 m (935 ft)[ citation needed ]
Time zone ACST (UTC+9:30)
 • Summer (DST) ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location
LGA(s) Pastoral Unincorporated Area [1]
Region Far North [1]
State electorate(s) Stuart [6]
Federal division(s) Grey [7]
Mean max temp [8] Mean min temp [8] Annual rainfall [8]
24.7 °C
76 °F		9.5 °C
49 °F		202.5 mm
8 in
Localities around Olary:
Outalpa Abminga Station Abminga Station
Outalpa Olary Abminga Station
Wiawera
Wiawera Wiawera Wiawera
FootnotesAdjoining localities [1]

Olary is a town and locality on the Barrier Highway in South Australia. [1] It is situated near Olary Creek and is one of the easternmost settlements in South Australia. The name "Olary" was first given to a nearby well or waterhole by pastoralists Duffield, Harrold and Hurd. [9]

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Description and history

This small settlement was established in the late 1880s to service the highway and the railway which pass through here. O'Lary Post Office opened on 12 October 1886, was renamed Oolarie around 1888 and Olary around 1896. [10] After the modernisation of transport which travelled between Adelaide and Broken Hill the village population declined. However it still has a hotel and general store to cater for the transient road and railway workers and travellers. [11]

The Flinders-Olary NatureLink includes the mountainous Flinders and Olary Ranges together with the connecting plains country to cover 6% of the South Australian state. [12]

In 2010 the historic Bimbowrie Cobb and Co coach house near Olary became the scene of a traditional restoration operation with almost 20 tradespeople attending a five-day training course in stonemasonry restoration techniques. Low-security prisoners from the Port Augusta Prison were among those who assisted with the project. [13]

The nearby Mount Victoria Well & Whim Historic Site is listed on the South Australian Heritage Register. [14]

Governance

Olary is located within the federal division of Grey, the state electoral district of Stuart and the Pastoral Unincorporated Area of South Australia. [7] [6] [1] As of 2019, the community within Olary received municipal services from a South Australian government agency, the Outback Communities Authority. [15]

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