Culburra, South Australia Explained

Type:town
Culburra
State:SA
Coordinates:-35.8148°N 139.9636°W
Coord Ref:[1]
Established:1914 (sub-division)
24 August 2000 (locality)
Established Footnotes:[2]
Postcode:5261[3]
Timezone:ACST
Utc:+9:30
Timezone-Dst:ACST
Utc-Dst:+10:30
Dist1:158
Dir1:SE
Location1:Adelaide
Dist2:77
Dir2:SE
Location2:Tailem Bend
Lga:The Coorong District Council
County:Buccleuch
Cardwell
Region:Murray and Mallee
Stategov:Mackillop[4]
Fedgov:Barker[5]
Maxtemp:22.9
Maxtemp Footnotes:[6]
Mintemp:8.0
Rainfall:407.9
Near-N:Coonalpyn
Near-Ne:Tintinara
Near-E:Tintinara
Near-Se:Tintinara
Near-S:Tintinara
Near-Sw:Field
Near-W:Field
Near-Nw:Coonalpyn
Footnotes:Locations
Adjoining localities

Culburra is a town and locality in the Australian state of South Australia. It is located on the Dukes Highway and Melbourne–Adelaide railway., about south-east of the state capital of Adelaide and about south-east of the municipal seat of Tailem Bend.[1] [3]

"Culburra" is an indigenous name meaning "plenty of sand",[7] and the settlement was previously called Dewson before the name was changed in the early 20th century.[8]

The boundaries and the name for the locality were gazetted on 24 August 2000. The locality consists of land adjoining the southern boundary of the cadastral unit of the Hundred of Coneybeer and land from the following hundreds – the north-east corner of Colebatch, the south-west corner of Lewis and a portion on its northern boundary of Richards.[1]

Culburra is located within the federal division of Barker, the state electoral district of Mackillop and the local government area of the Coorong District Council.[5] [1] [4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Search results for 'Culburra, LOCB' with the following datasets selected – 'Suburbs and localities', 'Counties', 'Hundreds', 'Local Government Areas', 'SA Government Regions', 'Gazetteer', 'Railways' and 'State Maintained Roads' . Location SA Map Viewer. South Australian Government. 12 April 2019.
  2. Web site: South Australian Names – C . Manning Index of South Australian History . Geoffrey . Manning . Geoffrey Manning . State Library of South Australia . 30 June 2019.
  3. Web site: Postcode for Culburra, South Australia. Postcodes Australia. 30 June 2019.
  4. Web site: District of Mackillop profile . Electoral Commission SA. 10 April 2019.
  5. Web site: Federal electoral division of Barker, boundary gazetted 16 December 2011. Australian Electoral Commission. 6 April 2019.
  6. Web site: Monthly Climate Statistics for KEITH (MUNKORA) (nearest weather station) . Bureau of Meteorology . Climate statistics for Australian locations . 30 June 2019.
  7. Web site: Search Results for Culburra. South Australian State Gazetteer. 27 June 2014. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20080517083043/http://www.placenames.sa.gov.au/. 17 May 2008.
  8. News: Clashing Place Names. 27 June 2014. The Register. 8 November 1916.