Flinders Ranges, South Australia

Flinders Ranges South Australia
Razorback Lookout, Ikara-Flinders Ranges National Park
Flinders Ranges
Coordinates	31°29′24″S 138°29′13″E / 31.49°S 138.487°E / -31.49; 138.487Coordinates: 31°29′24″S 138°29′13″E / 31.49°S 138.487°E / -31.49; 138.487
Population	no census data until 2016 (2016)[1]
Established	2013[1]
Postcode(s)	5434[1]
Time zone	ACST (UTC+9:30)
• Summer (DST)	ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location	380 km (236 mi) north of Adelaide city centre 131 km (81 mi) north-east of Port Augusta
LGA(s)	Unincorporated area[1] Flinders Ranges Council[1]
State electorate(s)	Giles[2] Stuart[3]
Federal Division(s)	Grey [4]
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall 25.2 °C 77 °F 10.6 °C 51 °F 308.9 mm 12.2 in
Suburbs around Flinders Ranges: See Adjoining localities
Footnotes	Location[1] Coordinates[1] Climate[5]

Flinders Ranges is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located in the mountain range of the same name about 380 kilometres (240 mi) north of the Adelaide city centre and about 131 kilometres (81 mi) north-east of the centre of Port Augusta in the state’s Far North region.^[1][6]

Its boundaries were created in April 2013 with the name being selected in respect of the ‘long established local name’. Its southern boundary was varied in November 2013 with the result of the addition of land from Hawker and the transfer of land to Shaggy Ridge. The former government towns of Edeowie and Mernmerna are also located within the locality’s boundaries.^[1] Edeowie and Mernmerna were both surveyed in 1863; Edeowie Post Office was open from c. 1870 to 1876 and from 1879 to 1881, while Mernmerna Post Office was open from 1874 to 1881 and again for a period in 1905.^{[7][8][9][10][11][12]}

Flinders Ranges consists of land in the portion of the mountain range located to the north of the ‘town centre’ of Hawker in the south and to the south of the ‘town centre’ of Parachilna in the north, as well as some land to the west of the mountain range. The locality contains the full extent of the following protected areas in its north-east whose eastern boundaries align with those of the locality - the Ikara-Flinders Ranges National Park and the Bunker Conservation Reserve. The Marree railway line and The Outback Highway both pass from south to north through the west side of the locality while the Flinders Ranges Way passes through the south-east side of the locality.^[1][13]

As of 2012, the land use within the locality consisted of pastoral farming and conservation. The Marree railway line is the boundary between both uses with land to the west being zoned for pastoral farming and land to the east being zoned for conservation uses including both the Ikara-Flinders Ranges National Park and the Bunker Conservation Reserve.^[14]

Flinders Ranges is located within the federal division of Grey, the state electoral districts of Giles and Stuart, the Flinders Ranges Council and the unincorporated area of South Australia.^[4][2][1][3]

Heritage listings

Flinders Ranges contains a number of places listed on the South Australian Heritage Register, including:

• Ajax Mine Fossil Reef ^[15]
• Aroona Valley: Hayward Homestead Ruins ^[16]
• Aroona Valley: Eddie Pumpa Outstation ^[17]
• Brachina Gorge: Impact Ejecta Horizon Late Precambrian Shales Geological Site ^[18]
• Brachina Road: Enorama Outstation and Mail Station Ruins ^[19]
• Wilpena Pound Geological Landform ^[20]
• Stromatolites in the Precambrian Trezona Formation, Ikara-Flinders Ranges National Park ^[21]
• Wilkawillina Archaeocyathae Geological Site ^[22]
• Oraparinna Diapir ^[23]
• Tufa Waterfall ^[24]
• Enorama Diapir ^[25]
• Appealinna Mine Ruins and Miner's Hut ^[26]
• Blacksmith's Shop, Oraparinna Station ^[27]
• Dingley Dell Homestead Ruins ^[28]
• Wills Homestead Complex Ruins ^[29]
• Hill's Cottage, Wilpena Pound ^[30]
• Wilpena Homestead Complex ^[31]

Adjoining localities

Flinders Ranges is bounded by the following localities:^[1]

• Northwest: Motpena,
• North: Motpena, Mount Falkland, Alpana, Gum Creek Station and Agorigina.
• Northeast: Wirrealpa
• East: Wirrealpa, Willow Springs, Upalinna, Prelinna, Mount Havelock and Willippa.
• Southeast: Black Hill Station
• South: Barndioota, Hawker, Shaggy Ridge and Black Hill Station
• Southwest: Wallerberdina
• West: Motpena, Wintabatinyana, Lake Torrens Station

See also

• Flinders (disambiguation)
• St Mary Peak

References