Brooker, South Australia Explained

Type:suburb
Brooker
State:sa
Coordinates:-34.0954°N 135.8751°W
Coord Ref:[1]
Pop:76
Established:23 December 1998
Established Footnotes:[2]
Postcode:5607[3]
Elevation:135
Elevation Footnotes:[4]
Timezone:ACST
Utc:+9:30
Timezone-Dst:ACST
Utc-Dst:+10:30
Dist1:266
Dir1:W
Location1:Adelaide
Dist2:38
Dir2:NW
Location2:Tumby Bay
Lga:District Council of Tumby Bay
Region:Eyre Western
County:Jervois
Stategov:Flinders[5]
Fedgov:Grey[6]
Maxtemp:21.3
Maxtemp Footnotes:[7]

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Brooker is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located in the state’s west on Eyre Peninsula about west of the state capital of Adelaide and about north-west of the municipal seat in Tumby Bay.[1] [3]

Brooker’s boundaries were created on 23 December 1998 and it was given the ”long established name” which is derived from the cadastral unit of the Hundred of Brooker. It occupies all of the land in the hundred as well as some land to the immediate north in the Hundred of Nicholls.[1] [2]

The Cummins to Kimba branch of the Eyre Peninsula Railway passes through the south-east corner of the locality. A site for a railway station named Moreenia is located on the branch line within the locality.[4] [1]

Land use within Brooker is zoned as primary production which typically consists of “agricultural production and the grazing of stock on relatively large holdings.”[8] [9]

The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Brooker had a population of 76 people.

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Search results for "Brooker, LOCB" with the following datasets selected - 'Suburbs and Localities', 'Counties', 'Hundreds', 'Local Government Areas', 'SA Government Regions' and 'Gazetter' . Location SA Map Viewer . Government of South Australia . 25 November 2018.
  2. Web site: Kentish . P.M . GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT 1991 Notice to Assign Boundaries and Names to Places (in the District Council of Tumby Bay) . The South Australian Government Gazette . Government of South Australia . 24 November 2018 . 2009 . 23 December 1998.
  3. Web site: Brooker, South Australia (Postcode) . postcodes-australia.com . 24 November 2018.
  4. Web site: Search results for "Moreenia Railway Station, RSTA" with the following datasets selected - 'Suburbs and Localities', 'Gazetter' and 'Railways' . Location SA Map Viewer . Government of South Australia . 24 November 2018.
  5. Web site: District of Flinders Background Profile . Electoral Commission SA. 9 September 2015.
  6. Web site: Federal electoral division of Grey . Australian Electoral Commission. 24 July 2015.
  7. Web site: Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics North Shields (Port Lincoln AWS) . Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology. 12 January 2018.
  8. Web site: Development Plan – Tumby Bay (DC)- Consolidated – 6 March 2018 . Government of South Australia . 25 November 2018. 131 and 193.
  9. Web site: Search results for "Brooker, LOCB" with the following datasets selected - 'Suburbs and Localities', 'Local Government Areas', 'Gazetter' and 'Land Development Planning Zone Categories' . Location SA Map Viewer . Government of South Australia . 25 November 2018.

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