Mount Clarence Station, South Australia Explained

Type:suburb
Mount Clarence Station
State:sa
Coordinates:-29.094°N 134.5748°W
Coord Ref:[1]
Pop:10 (shared with other localities)
Established:26 April 2013
Postcode:5723
Timezone:ACST
Utc:+9:30
Timezone-Dst:ACST
Utc-Dst:+10:30
Dist1:771
Dir1:NW
Location1:Adelaide
Dist2:37
Dir2:W
Location2:Coober Pedy
Lga:Pastoral Unincorporated Area
Region:Far North
Stategov:Giles[2]
Fedgov:Grey[3]
Maxtemp:27.8
Maxtemp Footnotes:[4]
Mintemp:14.2
Rainfall:133.8
Near-N:Mount Willoughby
Near-Ne:Mount Willoughby
Near-Sw:Mabel Creek
Footnotes:Locations
Adjoining localities

Mount Clarence Station is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located about north-west of the state capital of Adelaide and about west of the town of Coober Pedy.[1]

Mount Clarence Station's boundaries were created on 26 April 2013 and given the “local established name” which is derived from the pastoral station of the same name. The term ‘Station’ was included in the name to distinguish it from another places in Australia. Its boundaries align approximately with those of the pastoral station.[5] [1]

The following roads which are maintained by the South Australian government enter the locality from the Stuart Highway to the immediate east of the locality - the Anne Beadell Highway in the south and the Mount Clarence Road in the north.[1] The Anne Beadell Highway continues in its state-maintained form across the railway line and terminates at the Mabel Creek homestead in the north-west after which it continues to the west while the Mount Clarence Road terminates at the Mount Clarence Station homestead.[1]

The Adelaide–Darwin railway passes from south to north through the western side of the locality where a siding named Manguri is located near the site of the government town of Manguri.[1]

The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Mount Clarence Station and parts of localities located to the immediate east shared a population of 10 people.

Mount Clarence Station is located within the federal division of Grey, the state electoral district of Giles, the Pastoral Unincorporated Area of South Australia and the state government region of the Far North.[3] [1]

Town of Manguri

Manguri (-28.9698°N 134.3776°W) is a town proclaimed by the South Australian government on 8 December 1977. It is located about west of Coober Pedy on the east side of the Adelaide–Darwin railway. The town occupies a rectangular area with the following gazetted dimensions - on its north-west and south-east sides by on its north-east and south-west sides. The name is an Aboriginal word previously used for the local railway station and whose meaning is unknown. Since 2013, it has been located within the locality of Mount Clarence Station.[6] [7] [8]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Search results for 'Mount Clarence Station, LOCB' with the following datasets selected - 'Suburbs and localities', 'Government Towns, 'Local Government Areas', 'Postcodes', 'SA Government Regions', 'Gazetteer', 'Railways', 'State Maintained Roads' and 'Pastoral Stations'. Location SA Map Viewer. South Australian Government. 8 March 2020.
  2. Web site: District of Giles Background Profile. Electoral Commission SA. 8 March 2020.
  3. Web site: Profile of the electoral division of Grey (SA) . Australian Electoral Commission. 8 March 2020.
  4. Web site: Monthly Climate Statistics for Coober Pedy Airport (nearest weather station) . Bureau of Meteorology . Climate statistics for Australian locations . 8 March 2020.
  5. Proposed Locality Boundaries for Pastoral Areas . Rack Plan 951 . Government of South Australia . 31 October 2012 . 1 June 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20180219151102/https://www.sa.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0016/7018/Rack_Plan_951_Map.pdf . 19 February 2018.
  6. Web site: Search results for ' Manguri, GTWN with the following datasets selected - 'Suburbs and localities', 'Government Towns, 'Gazetteer', 'Railways' and 'State Maintained Roads'. Location SA Map Viewer. South Australian Government. 7 March 2020 .
  7. Web site: South Australian Names - M . Manning Index of South Australian History . Geoffrey . Manning . Geoffrey Manning . State Library of South Australia . 7 March 2020 .
  8. Web site: Casey . T.M. . CROWN LANDS ACT, 1929-1977: CONSTITUTION OF THE TOWN OF MANGURI . The South Australian Government Gazette . Government of South Australia . 7 March 2020 . 2142 . 8 December 1977.