Burnsfield, South Australia

Burnsfield (33°41′S 138°12′E / 33.683°S 138.200°E / -33.683; 138.200; postcode: 5520) is a locality in South Australia's Mid North.^[3]^[2] The locality is named for the Burnsfield railway station which in turn was named for the Burns family, owners of the land at the time of and prior to the Salisbury-Redhill railway construction in 1925.^[1] The Burns family first took up land at the site at the western foot of the Hummocks Range in about 1878.^[4]

In 2011, an eight-year mining lease was granted to mine salt from a 83-hectare (210-acre) site in the north west of Burnsfield.^[5]

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Towns and localities of the Wakefield Regional Council

Towns and localities	Alma Avon Balaklava Barabba Barunga Gap Beaufort Blyth Bowillia Bowmans Brinkworth Bumbunga Burnsfield Bute Condowie Dalkey Erith Everard Central Goyder Grace Plains Halbury Hamley Bridge Hart Hope Gap Hoskin Corner Hoyleton Inkerman Kallora Kybunga Lake View Lochiel Long Plains Marola Mount Templeton Mundoora Nantawarra Owen Pinery Port Wakefield Proof Range Rochester Saints Salter Springs Snowtown South Hummocks Stockyard Creek Stow Watchman Whitwarta Wild Horse Plains Wokurna

Geographic features	Gulf St Vincent Wakefield River Hummocks Barunga Range Lake Bumbunga North Adelaide Plains

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