Yarrah, South Australia

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Yarrah
South Australia
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Yarrah
Coordinates 32°11′50″S137°52′28″E / 32.197336°S 137.874510°E / -32.197336; 137.874510 Coordinates: 32°11′50″S137°52′28″E / 32.197336°S 137.874510°E / -32.197336; 137.874510 [1]
Postcode(s) 5433 [1]
Location 17 km (11 mi) north-west of Quorn
LGA(s) Flinders Ranges Council
Pastoral unincorporated area [1]
Region Far North [1]
County Newcastle [1]
State electorate(s) Giles [1]
Federal Division(s) Grey [1]
Localities around Yarrah:
Wilkatana Station Yadlamalka Wallerberdina
Barndioota
Mount Arden Yarrah Kanyaka
Willochra
Emeroo Emeroo
Quorn 		Quorn
Footnotes Adjoining localities [1]

Yarrah is a rural locality in the Far North region of South Australia. The eastern section of Yarrah lies within the Flinders Ranges Council, while the western section lies in the pastoral unincorporated area. [1]

Suburbs and localities are the names of geographic subdivisions in Australia, used mainly for address purposes. The term locality is used in rural areas, while the term suburb is used in urban areas. Australian postcodes closely align with the boundaries of localities and suburbs.

Far North (South Australia) Region in South Australia

The Far North is a large region of South Australia close to the Northern Territory border. Colloquial usage of the term in South Australia refers to that part of South Australia north of a line roughly from Ceduna through Port Augusta to Broken Hill. The South Australian Government defines the Far North region similarly with the exception of the Maralinga Tjarutja Lands. the Yalata Aboriginal Reserve and other unincorporated crown lands in the state's far west, which are officially considered part of the Eyre and Western region.

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 less than 30,000.

History

The traditional owners of the area are the Barngarla people. [2] The name 'Yarrah' is said to come from an Aboriginal word meaning "river red gum". [3]

Barngarla people Australian Aboriginal ethnic group of the Port Lincoln, Whyalla and Port Augusta areas of South Australia

The Barngarla, formerly known as Parnkalla, are an Aboriginal people of the Port Lincoln, Whyalla and Port Augusta areas. The Barngarla are the traditional owners of much of Eyre Peninsula, South Australia, Australia.

A township at Yarrah, located along the railway line, was surveyed in April 1863 and offered for sale on 21 July 1864 [4] but was largely unsuccessful. [5] The hundred of Yarrah was proclaimed on 16 December 1880 by Governor William Jervois. [3] It was in the County of Newcastle.

A hundred is an administrative division that is geographically part of a larger region. It was formerly used in England, Wales, some parts of the United States, Denmark, Southern Schleswig, Sweden, Finland, Estonia, and Norway. It is still used in other places, including South Australia, and The Northern Territory.

William Jervois British Army general

Lieutenant General Sir William Francis Drummond Jervois was a British military engineer and diplomat. After joining the British Army in 1839, he saw service, as a second captain, in South Africa. In 1858, as a major, he was appointed Secretary of a Royal Commission set up to examine the state and efficiency of British land-based fortifications against naval attack; and this led to further work in Canada and South Australia. From 1875 to 1888 he was, consecutively, Governor of the Straits Settlements, Governor of South Australia and Governor-General of New Zealand.

County of Newcastle Cadastral in South Australia

The County of Newcastle is one of the 49 counties of South Australia spanning the central Flinders Ranges. It was named in 1876 for Francis Pelham-Clinton-Hope, the eighth Duke of Newcastle.

Yarrah Post Office opened on 1 October 1887 and closed around 1909. [6] Yarrah Primary School opened in 1893. In about 1919, [7] it closed because of small attendance, but then re-opened in 1919, only to be closed permanently at a later date. [8] [9]

‘The little galvanised-iron church at Yarraville [sic]’ is mentioned in the Register newspaper. [10]

Wilkatana railway station was located in the west of the hundred of Yarrah, named after nearby Wilkatana Station. [11] The Depot Creek railway station, further to the south within the hundred of Yarrah, existed for many years; however, Pacific National advised in 2013 that the station had been closed, although the line continues to be in use. [12] The historic Depot Creek Weir is located at Yarrah, and is listed on the South Australian Heritage Register. The weir dates from 1912 to 1917, when it was built as part of the supply infrastructure for the Port Augusta-Kalgoorlie section of the Trans-Australian Railway; the underlying springs had earlier been used by explorer Edward John Eyre. [13] [1]

Wilkatana Station rural locality in the Far North region of South Australia

Wilkatana Station is a sheep and cattle station in the Australian state of South Australia located north of the regional city of Port Augusta and south of Lake Torrens. It covers an area of 458 square kilometres (177 sq mi) which is located within the gazetted localities of Wilkatana Station in the west and Yarrah in the east.

Pacific National Australian rail transport company

Pacific National is one of Australia's largest rail freight businesses. Formed in February 2002 as a joint venture between Patrick Corporation and Toll Holdings, which formed the holding company Asciano Limited. It is now a subsidiary of Australian Logistics Acquisition Holdings Pty Limited, via Australian Logistics Acquisition Investments Pty Limited and Asciano Limited.

The South Australian Heritage Register is a statutory register of historic places in South Australia. It extends legal protection regarding demolition and development under the Heritage Places Act 1993. It is administered by the South Australian Heritage Council. As a result of the progressive abolition of the Register of the National Estate during the 2000s and the devolution of responsibility for state-significant heritage to state governments, it is now the primary statutory protection for state-level heritage in South Australia.

The gazetted locality of Yarrah was created in November 1999. The locality's boundaries roughly equate to those of the hundred of Yarrah and approximately half of the adjacent hundred of Wyacca. In April 2013, an additional portion of formerly unincorporated land was added to the locality.

In 2013, Australia Post altered the local postcode from 5713 to 5433 as part of a review of outback postcodes. [14] [1]

Much of the 1950 film Bitter Springs , starring Chips Rafferty, was filmed at Yarrah. [15]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Search result for Yarrah, 5433 with the following datasets selected - 'Suburbs and Localities', "Government Towns', 'Local Government Areas', 'SA Government Regions', 'Counties', 'Hundreds' and 'Gazetteer'". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
  2. ↑ This name is one of the names used on the widely used Aboriginal Australia Map, by David Horton (ed.), 1994 published in The Encyclopedia of Aboriginal Australia by AIATSIS. This map also divides Australia into 18 regions (Southwest, Northwest, Desert, Kimberley, Fitzmaurice, North, Arnhem, Gulf, West Cape, Torres Strait, East, Rainforest, Northeast, Eyre, Riverine, Southeast, Spencer and Tasmania).
  3. 1 2 "Hundred of Yarrah". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
  4. ↑ South Australian Place Names.
  5. ↑ "Wilkatana Railway Station". Property Land Browser. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
  6. ↑ "Yarrah". Post Office Reference. Premier Postal. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
  7. ↑ South Australian Place Names.
  8. ↑ "SCHOOL MATTERS". Observer (Adelaide, SA : 1905 - 1931) . Adelaide, SA: National Library of Australia. 26 January 1918. p. 28. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
  9. ↑ "Yarrah Primary School". Property Land Browser. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
  10. ↑ Register 18 October 1924, page 11g.
  11. ↑ "Wilkatana Railway Station". Property Land Browser. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
  12. ↑ "Depot Creek Railway Station". Property Land Browser. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
  13. ↑ "Depot Creek Weir". South Australian Heritage Register. Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
  14. ↑ "Yarrah". Property Land Browser. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
  15. ↑ "Bitter Springs". Property Land Browser. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
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