Wild Horse Plains, South Australia

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Wild Horse Plains
South Australia
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Wild Horse Plains
Coordinates 34°21′36″S138°17′36″E / 34.360070°S 138.293260°E / -34.360070; 138.293260
Population96 (SAL 2021) [1]
Established1881 [2]
Postcode(s) 5501 [3]
Time zone ACST (UTC+9:30)
 • Summer (DST) ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location
LGA(s) Adelaide Plains Council [4]
State electorate(s) Narungga [5]
Federal division(s) Grey [6]
Localities around Wild Horse Plains:
Proof Range Inkerman Avon
Gulf St Vincent Wild Horse Plains Long Plains
Gulf St Vincent Windsor, Parham Windsor

Wild Horse Plains is a locality in South Australia on the eastern coastline of Gulf St Vincent about 69 kilometres (43 miles) north-northwest of the Adelaide city centre. [7] Its name is attributed to Thomas Day, who found wild horses grazing within the locality around 1870. [8] Its boundaries, created in June 1997, include the town of Wild Horse Plains, established in 1881 on Port Wakefield Road, and the former Government Town of Lorne. [2] Port Lorne Road marks most of the northern boundary of Wild Horse Plains and is the access road to the former township of Lorne. [7]

Wild Horse Plains lies within the federal Division of Grey, the state electoral district of Narungga [5] and the local government area of the Adelaide Plains Council. [4] [6]

The post office opened in 1878, continued as a telephone exchange and closed in 1979. [9]

Wild Horse Plains formally had a school for all ages known as Wild Horse Plains School.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Wild Horse Plains (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. 1 2 Life around the Light, A history of the Mallala District Council Area. The Community Development Board of the Council District of Mallala. December 1985. pp. 22–23. ISBN   0-9588959-0-2.
  3. 1 2 "Wild Horse Plains, South Australia". Postcodes Australia. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
  4. 1 2 "Development Plan - Mallala Council" (PDF). Department of Planning Transport and Infrastructure. pp. 212, 248 & 366. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 February 2015. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
  5. 1 2 Narungga (Map). Electoral District Boundaries Commission. 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
  6. 1 2 "Federal electoral division of Grey, boundary gazetted 20 July 2018". Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  7. 1 2 "Search result for " Wild Horse Plains (LOCB)" (Record no SA0062509)". Department of Planning Transport and Infrastructure. Archived from the original on 7 December 2015. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
  8. ↑ "Wild Horse Plains". State Library of South Australia. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
  9. ↑ "Home Page, Postmarks: WILD HORSE PLAINS, SOUTH AUSTRALIA, NEAR ADELAIDE, POST MARK". www.auspostalhistory.com. Retrieved 27 August 2017.


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