Buckleboo
| Buckleboo South Australia | |||||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 32°55′0″S 136°12′0″E / 32.91667°S 136.20000°ECoordinates: 32°55′0″S 136°12′0″E / 32.91667°S 136.20000°E | ||||||||||||
| Population | 188 (2006 census)[1] | ||||||||||||
| Established | 1925[2] | ||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 5641[3] | ||||||||||||
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| LGA(s) | District Council of Kimba[2] | ||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Flinders[4] | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Grey[5] | ||||||||||||
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Coordinates[2] Location[2][3] Climate[6] Adjoining localities[2] | ||||||||||||
Buckleboo is a locality located in the Australian state of South Australia on the Eyre Peninsula about 313 kilometres (194 mi) northwest of the Adelaide city centre and about 31 kilometres (19 mi) northwest of Kimba.[2][3]
Buckleboo began as a government town surveyed in November 1924. It was named in 1925 by Tom Bridges, the 19th Governor of South Australia after the cadastral unit of the Hundred of Buckleboo. Boundaries for the locality were created in 1999 and included the former government town of Buckleboo, the ceased government town of Moongi and the locality of Moongi. In 2013, a parcel of land was removed from the adjoining locality of Pinkawillinie and added to Buckleboo to ensure that the area once covered by the Buckleboo Pastoral Run was within the locality.[2]
Buckleboo was until 2005 the railhead for the Eyre Peninsula Railway, a narrow gauge railway to haul grain via Kimba and Cummins to Port Lincoln for export. The silos at the former railway station and the few remaining buildings are surrounded by the Buckleboo Conservation Reserve, proclaimed in 1990.[7]
The locality also includes the Moongi Conservation Reserve further along the railway survey, beyond where tracks were ever laid. Moongi also had a school[8][9] and a Methodist Hall which opened in 1932.[10]
Buckleboo is home to 'Buckleboo Park' which consists of six tennis courts and an oval for Australian rules football and cricket.
Buckleboo is in the District Council of Kimba local government area, the South Australian House of Assembly electoral district of Flinders and the Australian House of Representatives Division of Grey.[2][4][5]
See also
References
- ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Buckleboo (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 2008-10-23.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Search result for " Buckleboo (LOCB)" (Record no SA0010293) with the following layers selected - "Suburbs and Localities", "Government Towns" and " Place names (gazetteer)"". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
- 1 2 3 "Postcode for Buckleboo, South Australia". postcodes-australia.com. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
- 1 2 "District of Flinders Background Profile". Electoral Commission SA. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
- 1 2 "Federal electoral division of Grey, boundary gazetted 16 December 2011" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
- ↑ "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics Kimba (nearest station)". Commonwealth of Australia , Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
- ↑ "Placename Details: Buckelboo Conservation Reserve". Property Location Browser. 12 August 2009. SA0046972. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
- ↑ "NEW SCHOOLS.". Port Lincoln Times. SA: National Library of Australia. 6 July 1928. p. 1. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
- ↑ "OUTBACK SCHOOLS. (picture)". The Chronicle. Adelaide, SA: National Library of Australia. 23 July 1931. p. 32. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
- ↑ "REPORTS FROM RURAL CENTRES.". The Advertiser. Adelaide, SA: National Library of Australia. 19 November 1932. p. 11. Retrieved 16 February 2016.