Whyte Yarcowie, South Australia

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Whyte Yarcowie
South Australia
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Whyte Yarcowie
Coordinates 33°13′51″S138°53′06″E / 33.230883°S 138.885063°E / -33.230883; 138.885063 Coordinates: 33°13′51″S138°53′06″E / 33.230883°S 138.885063°E / -33.230883; 138.885063 [1]
Population51 (2016 census) [2]
Established28 May 1874 (town)
24 August 2000 (locality) [3] [4]
Postcode(s) 5420
Elevation552 m (1,811 ft)(Railway station) [5]
Time zone ACST (UTC+9:30)
 • Summer (DST) ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location
LGA(s) Regional Council of Goyder [1]
Region Yorke and Mid North [1]
County Kimberley [1]
Victoria [1]
State electorate(s) Stuart [6]
Federal division(s) Grey [7]
Mean max temp [8] Mean min temp [8] Annual rainfall [8]
21.9 °C
71 °F		7.3 °C
45 °F		365.7 mm
14.4 in
Localities around Whyte Yarcowie:
Canowie Belt Terowie Terowie
Canowie Belt Whyte Yarcowie Wonna
Belalie East Hallett Ulooloo

Whyte Yarcowie is a town and a locality in the Australian state of South Australia. [1] It is on the Barrier Highway between Hallett and Terowie. [9]

The town of Yarcowie was surveyed in 1875. First land was released to settlers in the district of Yarcowie in March 1872. [10] The name is said to be Aboriginal (Ngadjuri) for "Wide Water". The name changed to Whyte Yarcowie in 1929 [11] after early pastoralist John Whyte. [12] The railway station on the Peterborough railway line was opened in 1880, but the railway closed in the 1980s.

The Yarcowie Hotel (formerly the Commercial Hotel) on the Barrier Highway opened around 1881. A second hotel - also then known as the Yarcowie Hotel or Globe Hotel - operated between 1875 and 1893. [13]

The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Whyte Yarcowie had a population of 51 people. [2]

Whyte Yarcowie is located within the federal division of Grey, the state electoral district of Stuart and the local government area of the Regional Council of Goyder. [7] [1] [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Search results for 'Whyte Yarcowie, LOCB' with the following datasets selected - 'Suburbs and localities', 'Counties', 'Hundreds', 'Local Government Areas', 'SA Government Regions' and 'Gazetteer'". Location SA Map Viewer. South Australian Government. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
  2. 1 2 Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Whyte Yarcowie (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 23 December 2018. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  3. ↑ Musgrave Jun., A. (28 May 1874). "Untitled proclamation re the Township of Yarcowie" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australia. p. 899. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
  4. ↑ "GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT 1991 Notice to Assign Names and Boundaries to Places (within the Regional Council of Goyder )" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australia. 28 August 2000. p. 596. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
  5. ↑ "Search results for 'Whyte Yarcowie Railway Station' with the following datasets selected - 'Suburbs and localities', 'Government Towns', and 'Gazetteer'". Location SA Map Viewer. South Australian Government. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
  6. 1 2 "District of Stuart Background Profile (2014-2018 boundaries)". Electoral Commission SA. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  7. 1 2 "Federal electoral division of Grey" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  8. 1 2 3 "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics YONGALA (nearest weather station)". Commonwealth of Australia , Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
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  10. ↑ "AGRICULTURAL AREA No. 20 — YARCOWIE". Evening Journal . Vol. IV, no. 957. South Australia. 23 February 1872. p. 3 (SECOND EDITION). Retrieved 6 April 2021– via National Library of Australia.
  11. ↑ "NOMENCLATURE ACT, 1917 - ALTERATION OF NAME OF YARCOWIE TO WHYTE-YARCOWIE" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australia. 5 September 1929. p. 570. Retrieved 23 December 2018. ...alter the present name of the town called : "Yarcowie" to that of "Whyte-Yarcowie" and of the railway station at the said town to that of "Whyte-Yarcowie.
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