Wharminda, South Australia

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Wharminda
South Australia
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Wharminda
Coordinates 33°57′14″S136°14′45″E / 33.95378624°S 136.24576287°E / -33.95378624; 136.24576287 Coordinates: 33°57′14″S136°14′45″E / 33.95378624°S 136.24576287°E / -33.95378624; 136.24576287
Established 1998 [1]
Postcode(s) 5603 [2]
Time zone ACST (UTC+9:30)
 • Summer (DST) ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location 242 km (150 mi) west of Adelaide
LGA(s) District Council of Cleve [1]
Region Eyre Western [3]
County Jervois [1]
State electorate(s) Flinders [4]
Federal Division(s) Grey [5]
Mean max tempMean min tempAnnual rainfall
22.6 °C
73 °F
11.5 °C
53 °F
356.9 mm
14.1 in
Suburbs around Wharminda:
Hincks Verran Verran
Hincks Wharminda Verran
Butler Butler
Port Neill
Port Neill
Footnotes Location [2]
Climate [6]
Coordinates [1]
Adjoining localities [1]

Wharminda is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on the Eyre Peninsula about 242 kilometres (150 miles) west of the state capital of Adelaide. [2]

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.

Its boundaries were created in 1998 in respect to "the long established name" which is reported as being derived from the "native name of a spring and range of hills in the area." [1]

Wharminda Primary School opened as Wharminda Siding School in 1914. [7] [8] The locality also contains a hall, library and tennis courts. [8]

A postal receiving office opened at Wharminda on 5 January 1914, became a licensed post office on 11 January 1994, and closed on 24 September 1999. [9] It also formerly had a siding on the Eyre Peninsula Railway, which still runs through Wharminda. [1]

Eyre Peninsula Railway railway on the Eyre Peninsula

The Eyre Peninsula Railway is a 1,067 mm gauge railway located on the Eyre Peninsula of South Australia. The system is isolated from the rest of the South Australian railway network.

The principal land use within the locality is ‘primary production’ which mainly concerned with "grazing and cropping." It also includes the protected area known as the Wharminda Conservation Park. [10] [1]

Grazing method of feeding in which a herbivore eats parts of low-growing grasses, forbs or algae

Grazing is a method of feeding in which a herbivore feeds on plants such as grasses, or other multicellular organisms such as algae. In agriculture, grazing is one method used whereby domestic livestock are used to convert grass and other forage into meat, milk and other products.

Crop Plant or animal product which can be grown and harvested

A crop is a plant or animal product that can be grown and harvested extensively for profit or subsistence. Crop may refer either to the harvested parts or to the harvest in a more refined state. Most crops are cultivated in agriculture or aquaculture. A crop is usually expanded to include macroscopic fungus, or alga (algaculture).

Protected area location which receives protection because of its recognised natural, ecological or cultural landscape values

Protected areas or conservation areas are locations which receive protection because of their recognized natural, ecological or cultural values. There are several kinds of protected areas, which vary by level of protection depending on the enabling laws of each country or the regulations of the international organizations involved.

Wharinda is located within the federal division of Grey, the state electoral district of Flinders and the local government area of the District Council of Cleve. [5] [4] [1]

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 Cleve Local government area in South Australia

The District Council of Cleve is a local government area on the eastern Eyre Peninsula in South Australia. The district is mostly agricultural in nature, but also encompasses the popular coastal tourist town of Arno Bay.

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