Ward Belt, South Australia

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Ward Belt
South Australia
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Ward Belt
Coordinates 34°35′S138°40′E / 34.58°S 138.67°E / -34.58; 138.67 Coordinates: 34°35′S138°40′E / 34.58°S 138.67°E / -34.58; 138.67
Postcode(s) 5118
Location7 km (4 mi) W of Gawler
LGA(s) Light Regional Council
State electorate(s) Light
Federal Division(s)
Localities around Ward Belt:
Reeves Plains Kangaroo Flat Gawler Belt
Ward Belt Reid
Lewiston Gawler River Buchfelde

Ward Belt (originally known as Ward's Belt) is a locality to the west of Gawler in South Australia. [2] The area was named after James Ward and his wife, who arrived in South Australia in the Olivia in 1853. [3] The area is predominantly used for grain, beef and sheep farming.

Gawler is the oldest country town on the Australian mainland in the state of South Australia, and is named after the second Governor of the colony of South Australia, George Gawler. It is about 40–44 km (25–27 mi) north of the centre of the state capital, Adelaide, and is close to the major wine producing district of the Barossa Valley. Topographically, Gawler lies at the confluence of two tributaries of the Gawler River, the North and South Para rivers, where they emerge from a range of low hills.

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.

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When the Max Fatchen Expressway was completed in 2011, it divided Buchfelde so the portion north of the expressway was reassigned to Ward Belt. [2] This included the area of the Gawler Aerodrome which was formerly in Buchfelde but is now in Ward Belt.

Buchfelde, South Australia Town in South Australia

Buchfelde is now a suburb of Gawler, South Australia, on the northern outskirts of Adelaide in South Australia. A property in the area was settled in 1848 by Dr. Richard von Schomburgk and his brother Otto, and is named after their financial benefactor Leopold von Buch who helped them flee Germany. The name was changed from Buchfelde to Loos in 1918 after a town in France which was the site of a battle in 1915. This was to remove a "name of enemy origin". The name returned to Buchfelde in November 1990.

Gawler Aerodrome airport in Australia

Gawler Aerodrome is located in Gawler, South Australia. The aerodrome is owned by the Light Regional Council of South Australia and is managed on their behalf by the Adelaide Soaring Club (ASC).

Primitive Methodist Chapel

The foundation stone for the Primitive Methodist chapel at Ward's Belt was laid on 26 February 1874. The land and building materials for the chapel were donated by Mr James Sparshott J.P. [4] The chapel opened on 26 April the same year. [5] The chapel was renovated in 1894. [6] The chapel was pulled down in 1926. [7] Sparshott is buried in the small cemetery that is all that remains of the chapel. [8]

Hotel

There had also been a hotel at Ward Belt, although it was very run down in 1912. [9]

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References

  1. ↑ "Federal electoral division of Grey, boundary gazetted 20 July 2018". Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  2. 1 2 "Placename Details: Ward Belt". Land Services, Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure, Government of South Australia. 2 June 2011. SA0017275. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
  3. ↑ "Place Names of South Australia - W". The Manning Index of South Australian History. State Library of South Australia. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011.
  4. ↑ "BUCHSFELDE, MARCH 4". South Australian Chronicle and Weekly Mail . Adelaide, SA: National Library of Australia. 7 March 1874. p. 5. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
  5. ↑ "COUNTRY NEWS". South Australian Chronicle and Weekly Mail . Adelaide, SA: National Library of Australia. 2 May 1874. p. 7. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
  6. ↑ "Country Correspondence". The Bunyip . Gawler, SA: National Library of Australia. 12 October 1894. p. 3. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
  7. ↑ Diaries of Fanny Rosina Atyeo (1926), Entry for July 16, 1926. Accessed 27 December 2015.
  8. ↑ Faithe Jones (2013). "Gawler Ward Belt Primitive Methodist Cemetery" . Retrieved 24 August 2015.
  9. ↑ "DILAPIDATED HOTEL". South Australian Register . Adelaide, SA: National Library of Australia. 27 January 1912. p. 9. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
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