Buccleuch, South Australia Explained

Type:	town
Buccleuch
State:	sa
City:	Peake
Coordinates:	-35.3351°N 139.8774°W
Coord Ref:	^[1]
Pushpin Label Position:	left
Elevation:	17
Elevation Footnotes:	(railway station)^[2]
Timezone:	ACST
Utc:	+9:30
Timezone-Dst:	ACDT
Utc-Dst:	+10:30
Dist1:	140
Dir1:	E
Location1:	Adelaide
Lga:	Coorong District Council
Stategov:	Hammond
Fedgov:	Barker
Near-N:	Wynarka
Near-E:	Peake
Near-S:	Yumali
Near-W:	Sherlock

Buccleuch is a place in South Australia situated along the Pinnaroo railway line and Mallee Highway (B12), approximately 140 km east of Adelaide. It is part of the Coorong District Council. There is an active Lutheran Church in Buccleuch.^[3]

History

The town was named after the County of Buccleuch which in turn was named for the sixth Duke of Buccleuch, William Scott, of Scotland. A school was opened in 1921 and closed in 1942.^[4] There was a railway siding at Buccleuch,^[5] however it is no longer used. Buccleuch Post Office has been closed since 30 April 1986.^[6] Buccleuch is not to be used as an address location as it is incorporated into the bounded locality of Peake.^[7]

Notes and References

Web site: Search results for 'Buccleuch, LOCU' with the following datasets selected – 'Suburbs and localities', 'Counties', 'Local Government Areas', 'Gazetteer' and 'Railways'. Location SA Map Viewer. South Australian Government. 6 April 2019.
Web site: Search results for 'Buccleuch Railway Station, RSTA' with the following datasets selected – 'Suburbs and localities', 'Gazetteer' and 'Railways'. Location SA Map Viewer. South Australian Government. 1 July 2019.
Web site: St John's Lutheran Church Buccleuch Inc. . Lutheran Church Australia . 2014 . 17 September 2015.
Web site: State Library of South Australia . Buccleuch . The Manning Index of South Australian History . 11 June 2007.
Web site: Placename Details: Buccleuch Railway Station (ID SA0010226) . SA0010226 . Property Location Browser . 21 April 2008 . 17 September 2015 . Land Services, Government of South Australia . 7 December 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151207082745/http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/ . dead .
Web site: Placename Details: Buccleuch Post Office . SA0010225 . Property Location Browser . 21 April 2008 . 17 September 2015 . Land Services, Government of South Australia . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20161012010923/http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/ . 12 October 2016 .
Web site: Placename Details: Buccleuch . SA0010224 . Property Location Browser . 21 April 2008 . 17 September 2015 . Land Services, Government of South Australia . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20161012010923/http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/ . 12 October 2016 .