Pinkerton Plains, South Australia

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Pinkerton Plains
South Australia
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Pinkerton Plains
Coordinates 34°25′50″S138°37′00″E / 34.430678°S 138.616693°E / -34.430678; 138.616693 Coordinates: 34°25′50″S138°37′00″E / 34.430678°S 138.616693°E / -34.430678; 138.616693 [1]
Population76 (2016 census) [2]
Established18 May 1995 (locality) [3]
Postcode(s) 5400 [4]
Time zone ACST (UTC+9:30)
 • Summer (DST) ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location
LGA(s) Light Regional Council [1]
Region Barossa Light and Lower North [1]
County Gawler [1]
State electorate(s) Light
Federal Division(s) Grey
Mean max temp [5] Mean min temp [5] Annual rainfall [5]
23.7 °C
75 °F		9.7 °C
49 °F		388.0 mm
15.3 in
Suburbs around Pinkerton Plains:
Barabba Barabba
Hamley Bridge 		Hamley Bridge
Barabba
Mallala
Redbanks 		Pinkerton Plains Magdala
Wasleys
Redbanks Woolsheds Wasleys
FootnotesAdjoining localities [1]

Pinkerton Plains is a locality in the Mid North of South Australia, Australia.

The locality is named for William Pinkerton, an early pastoralist active in the region in the 1840s. [6] The land was originally the land of the Kaurna people. It is unclear when the area first became known as 'Pinkerton Plains', but references to Pinkerton Plains begin to appear in newspaper reports and South Australian Government documents from about 1866, which is about when the area was first settled. The area was settled by a number of Irish Catholic settlers, and in 1866, the St Benedict's Catholic Church was established there. The Church closed in 1900, but its cemetery remains in use by farmers in the area. [7]

In about 1868, a railway station was erected at Pinkerton Plains on the railway that ran through the locality. [8]

Pinkerton Plains School was established in 1886 and remained open until 1967. [7]

Pinkerton Plains' most famous resident was probably Nicholas McCabe, a notable farmer who invented 'McCabe's Wheat Pickler', a pickling device that was used by farmers across South Australia for a period of time.[ citation needed ]

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  2. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Pinkerton Plains (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 13 January 2019. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
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  4. ↑ "Postcode for Pinkerton Plains, South Australia". Postcodes Australia. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  5. 1 2 3 "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics ROSEWORTHY AWS (nearest weather station)". Commonwealth of Australia , Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
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  7. 1 2 "Place Names of South Australia - P". State Library of South Australia. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  8. ↑ Austlii.edu.au


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