Agery, South Australia Explained

Type:other
Agery
State:sa
Coordinates:-34.15°N 137.74°W
Coord Ref:[1]
Use Lga Map:yes
Postcode:5558
Established:24 May 1999 (locality)
Established Footnotes:[2]
Elevation:104
Lga:Yorke Peninsula Council
Region:Yorke and Mid North[3]
County:Daly
Stategov:Narungga[4]
Fedgov:Grey[5]
Near-N:Moonta Mines
East Moonta
Boors Plain
Cunliffe
Near-Ne:Cunliffe
Near-E:Sunnyvale
Near-Se:Arthurton
Near-S:Weetulta
Arthurton
Near-Sw:Weetulta
Near-W:Nalyappa
Near-Nw:Kooroona
Footnotes:Adjoining localities[6]

Agery is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on Yorke Peninsula. It is situated 17 km south-east of Moonta. Its name comes from the Aboriginal word ngadjali meaning "pipe clay".[7]

History

Agery School opened in 1880 and operated for over 100 years. It closed in 1982. Agery Post Office opened in December 1890.[7] Agery Methodist Church, originally known as the New Wesleyan Chapel, was built in 1885 and remained open until 1970.[8]

Features

Agery Reserve is a small nature reserve that is managed by the Moonta Branch of the National Trust of South Australia. It comprises 3.3 ha of mallee scrub.[9]

Governance

Agery is located within the federal division of Grey, the state electoral district of Narungga and the local government area of the Yorke Peninsula Council.[1] [5] [4]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Search result(s) for Agery (LOCB) (Record No. SA0000379) with the following layers being selected - "Suburbs and Localities", "Counties", "Hundreds", "Place names (gazetteer)" and "Road labels" . Government of South Australia . Property Location Browser . 28 April 2017 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20161012010923/http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/ . 12 October 2016 .
  2. Web site: Kentish. Peter MacLaren. GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT 1991, Notice to Assign Boundaries and Names to Places (within the District Council of Yorke Peninsula) . The South Australian Government Gazette. The South Australian Government. 1 March 2018. 2696. 24 May 1999.
  3. Web site: Yorke and Mid North SA Government region. The Government of South Australia. 17 April 2017.
  4. Narungga . Electoral District Boundaries Commission . 2016 . 1 March 2018.
  5. Web site: Federal electoral division of Grey. Australian Electoral Commission. 24 July 2015.
  6. Web site: Development Plan, Copper Coast Council, Consolidated – 28 August 2014. Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. 2014. 23 October 2015. 286 & 394.
  7. Web site: Agery, (Place names of South Australia). 24 October 2015. Place names of South Australia. State Library of South Australia.
  8. Web site: Trove. Trove. National Library of Australia. 17 April 2015.
  9. Web site: National Trust - Agery Reserve. National Trust - Agery Reserve. National Trust. 17 April 2015.