Wharminda, South Australia

Wharminda
South Australia
Wharminda is located in South Australia
Wharminda
Wharminda
Coordinates33°57′14″S 136°14′45″E / 33.95378624°S 136.24576287°E / -33.95378624; 136.24576287
Population19 (SAL 2021)[2]
Established1998[1]
Postcode(s)5603[3]
Time zoneACST (UTC+9:30)
 • Summer (DST)ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location242 km (150 mi) west of Adelaide
LGA(s)District Council of Cleve[1]
RegionEyre Western[4]
CountyJervois[1]
State electorate(s)Flinders[5]
Federal division(s)Grey[6]
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall
22.6 °C
73 °F		 11.5 °C
53 °F		 356.9 mm
14.1 in
Suburbs around Wharminda:
Hincks Verran Verran
Hincks Wharminda Verran
Butler Butler
Port Neill		 Port Neill
FootnotesLocation[3]
Climate[7]
Coordinates[1]
Adjoining localities[1]

Wharminda is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on the Eyre Peninsula about 242 kilometres (150 miles) west of the state capital of Adelaide.[3]

Its boundaries were created in 1998 in respect to "the long established name" which is reported as being derived from the "native name of a spring and range of hills in the area", with the spring being known as "The Wharminda Soak", and the literal translation of the word "Wharminda" being "weak water".[1]

Wharminda Primary School opened as Wharminda Siding School in 1914, and closed in December 2008.[8][9] The locality also contains a hall, library and tennis courts.[9]

A postal receiving office opened at Wharminda on 5 January 1914, became a licensed post office on 11 January 1994, and closed on 24 September 1999.[10] It also formerly had a siding on the Eyre Peninsula Railway, which still runs through Wharminda.[1]

The principal land use within the locality is 'primary production' which mainly concerned with "grazing and cropping." It also includes the protected area known as the Wharminda Conservation Park. [11][1]

Wharinda is located within the federal division of Grey, the state electoral district of Flinders and the local government area of the District Council of Cleve.[6][5][1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Search result for "Wharminda (Locality Bounded)" (Record no SA0020829) with the following layers being selected – "Suburbs and Localities", "Government Towns", "Place names (gazetteer)", "Road labels" and "Development Plan"". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
  2. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Wharminda (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. Edit this at Wikidata
  3. ^ a b c "Wharminda, South Australia (Postcode)". postcodes-australia.com. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
  4. ^ "Eyre Western SA Government region" (PDF). The Government of South Australia. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  5. ^ a b "District of Flinders Background Profile". Electoral Commission SA. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  6. ^ a b "Federal electoral division of Grey" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
  7. ^ "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics CLEVE AERODROME". Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
  8. ^ "Place Names of South Australia – W". The Manning Index of South Australian History. State Library of South Australia. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
  9. ^ a b "Index". Wharminda Primary School. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
  10. ^ "Wharminda". Post Office Reference. Premier Postal. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
  11. ^ "Development Plan, Cleve (DC), Consolidated – 23 April 2015" (PDF). Government of South Australia. pp. 21, 136–137, 181, and 252–253. Retrieved 29 December 2016.