Binnum, South Australia Explained

Type:town
Binnum
State:sa
Coordinates:-36.7966°N 140.9347°W
Established:12 April 2001
Established Footnotes:[1]
Elevation:102
Lga:Naracoorte Lucindale Council[2]
Region:Limestone Coast[3]
County:MacDonnell
Stategov:MacKillop[4]
Fedgov:Barker[5]
Near-N:Frances
Near-Ne:Neuarpurr, Victoria
Near-Se:Benayeo, Victoria
Near-S:Kybybolite
Near-Sw:Wild Dog Valley
Near-W:Cadgee
Near-Nw:The Gap

Binnum is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia.[2]

Binnum is northeast of Naracoorte, on the Mount Gambier railway line between Naracoorte and Wolseley, adjacent to the Victorian border which closed on 12 April 1995.

There are 72 people who live in the village, according to a 2016 census.[6]

Victorian member of parliament Sir William McDonald grew up at Binnum, before marrying and moving a short distance across the border to Neuarpurr, Victoria.[7]

Binnum is located within the federal division of Barker, the state electoral district of MacKillop and the local government area of the Naracoorte Lucindale Council.[2] [4] [5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT 1991 Notice to Assign a Boundary to a Place (to areas within the Naracoorte Lucindale Council) . South Australian Government Gazette. South Australian government. 24 February 2018. 1587. 12 April 2001.
  2. Web site: Search result for "Binnum(Locality Bounded)" (Record no SA0006574) with the following layers selected - "Suburbs and Localities", "Place names (gazetteer)", "Road Labels" and "Development Plan Layers" . Property Location Browser . Government of South Australia . 28 February 2017 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20161012010923/http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/ . 12 October 2016 .
  3. Web site: Limestone Coast SA Government region. The Government of South Australia. 10 October 2014.
  4. Web site: District of MacKillop Background Profile . Electoral Commission SA . 29 March 2016.
  5. Web site: Federal electoral division of Barker . Australian Electoral Commission. 28 March 2016.
  6. Web site: Binnum . On The House . 10 December 2021.
  7. Web site: Sir William John Farquhar McDonald . Parliament of Victoria Re-Member . . 23 March 2016.