Kielpa, South Australia Explained

Type:town
Kielpa
State:sa
Coordinates:-33.5876°N 136.2236°W
Coord Ref:[1]
Established:4 June 1914 (town)
23 December 1998 (locality)
Established Footnotes:[2] [3]
Postcode:5642
Timezone:ACST
Utc:+9:30
Timezone-Dst:ACST
Utc-Dst:+10:30
Lga:District Council of Cleve
Stategov:Flinders
Fedgov:Grey
Near-N:Darke Peak
Near-Ne:Campoona
Near-E:Campoona
Near-Se:Campoona
Near-S:Rudall
Near-Sw:Murlong
Near-W:Boonerdo
Near-Nw:Boonerdo
Footnotes:Adjoining localities

Kielpa is a town and locality on Eyre Peninsula in South Australia.[1] It is midway between Rudall and Darke Peak on the Eyre Peninsula Railway.[1]

Kielpa once had a school and a post office, however neither remains. The bulk grain silos by the railway line are still in use for barley.[4] Kielpa was proposed as the junction for a branch railway line to Campoona and Mangalo, and the railway was authorised by parliament to be built in 1916, however it was never constructed, and by 1929, the Public Works Committee determined that wheat could be more efficiently transported by motor lorry than by building this line.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Search results for 'Kielpa, LOCB' with the following datasets selected - 'Suburbs and localities', 'Counties', 'Government Towns', 'Hundreds', 'Local Government Areas', 'SA Government Regions' and 'Gazetteer'. Location SA Map Viewer. South Australian Government. 25 June 2019.
  2. Web site: Bice . John G. . Town of Kielpa . The South Australian Government Gazette . Government of South Australia . 25 June 2019 . 1222 . 4 June 1914.
  3. Web site: Kentish . P.M. . GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT 1991 Notice to Assign Boundaries and Names to Places (within the District Council of Cleve) . The South Australian Government Gazette . Government of South Australia . 25 June 2019 . 2009 . 23 December 1998.
  4. Web site: Viterra Storage Allocations for Grower Deliveries . . 29 June 2017.
  5. News: Kielpa-Mangalo Railway Vetoed. . . XIV . 882 . South Australia . 29 August 1929 . 30 June 2017 . 2 . National Library of Australia.