Woodleigh, South Australia Explained

Type:town
Woodleigh
State:sa
Pop:62
Gazetted:28 September 2000
Postcode:5311
Elevation:55
Dist1:20
Dir1:southeast
Location1:Loxton
Lga:District Council of Loxton Waikerie
Stategov:Chaffey
Fedgov:Barker
Maxtemp:24.0
Mintemp:9.1
Rainfall:263.1
Coordinates:-34.5682°N 140.7151°W
Relief:1
Local Map:yes
Near-N:Bugle Hut
Near-Ne:Taldra
Near-E:Taplan
Near-S:Paruna
Near-Sw:Malpas
Near-W:Pata
Near-Nw:Loxton
Footnotes:[1]

Woodleigh is a locality in the Murray Mallee region of South Australia. It is southeast of Loxton along the Browns Well Highway and the Taplan Road. The terrain is predominantly flat, sandy soil cleared for cropping. The population is dispersed among farmhouses with no population centre in the district. Mean annual rainfall is falling on 78.9 days of the year.[2] Woodleigh was never serviced directly by rail. The Loxton railway line was to the west and the Paringa railway line was to the east.

There was a hall at Woodleigh proposed as a Congregational hall to also be used as a community hall and school in 1912 on an acre of land donated by Mr J. Day.[3] The hall had opened by the end of 1914[4] but was destroyed by fire on 16 October 1919.[5] There was immediate enthusiasm to rebuild the hall.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Placename Details: Woodleigh (LOCB) . Government of South Australia . Location SA Viewer . SA0036199 . 23 April 2008 . 14 March 2022.
  2. Web site: Woodleigh Weather . Elders Weather . . 14 March 2022.
  3. News: LOXTON DISTRICT. . . 18 . 9 . South Australia . 28 February 1913 . 14 March 2022 . 4 . National Library of Australia.
  4. News: FRUTT FESTIVAL v. EUCHRE. . . 19 . 50 . South Australia . 10 December 1914 . 14 March 2022 . 4 . National Library of Australia.
  5. News: WOODLEIGH HALL DESTROYED. . . 25 . 43 . South Australia . 24 October 1919 . 14 March 2022 . 5 . National Library of Australia.
  6. News: A NEW INSTITUTE AT WOODLEIGH. . . 26 . 13 . South Australia . 2 April 1920 . 14 March 2022 . 6 . National Library of Australia.