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Wharminda, South Australia
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| type | suburb |
| name | Wharminda |
| state | SA |
| est | 1998 |
| postcode | 5603 |
| timezone | ACST |
| utc | +9:30 |
| timezone-dst | ACST |
| utc-dst | +10:30 |
| dist1 | 242 |
| dir1 | west |
| location1 | Adelaide |
| lga | District Council of Cleve |
| county | Jervois |
| region | Eyre Western |
| stategov | Flinders |
| fedgov | Grey |
| maxtemp | 22.6 |
| mintemp | 11.5 |
| rainfall | 356.9 |
| coordinates | |
| near-n | Verran |
| near-ne | Verran |
| near-e | Verran |
| near-se | Port Neill |
| near-s | Butler |
| Port Neill | |
| near-sw | Butler |
| near-w | Hincks |
| near-nw | Hincks |
| footnotes | Location |
| Coordinates | |
| Adjoining localities |
| timezone-dst = ACST | utc-dst = +10:30 | near-n = Verran | near-ne = Verran | near-e = Verran | near-se = Port Neill | near-s = Butler Port Neill | near-sw = Butler | near-w = Hincks | near-nw = Hincks Coordinates Adjoining localities
Wharminda is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on the Eyre Peninsula about 242 km west of the state capital of Adelaide.
Its boundaries were created in 1998 in respect to "the long established name" which is reported as being derived from the "native name of a spring and range of hills in the area", with the spring being known as "The Wharminda Soak", and the literal translation of the word "Wharminda" being "weak water".
Wharminda Primary School opened as Wharminda Siding School in 1914, and closed in December 2008. The locality also contains a hall, library and tennis courts.
A postal receiving office opened at Wharminda on 5 January 1914, became a licensed post office on 11 January 1994, and closed on 24 September 1999. It also formerly had a siding on the Eyre Peninsula Railway, which still runs through Wharminda.
The principal land use within the locality is 'primary production' which mainly concerned with "grazing and cropping." It also includes the protected area known as the Wharminda Conservation Park.
Wharinda is located within the federal division of Grey, the state electoral district of Flinders and the local government area of the District Council of Cleve.
References
References
- "Search result for "Wharminda (Locality Bounded)" (Record no SA0020829) with the following layers being selected – "Suburbs and Localities", "Government Towns", "Place names (gazetteer)", "Road labels" and "Development Plan"". Government of South Australia.
- "Wharminda, South Australia (Postcode)". postcodes-australia.com.
- "Eyre Western SA Government region". The Government of South Australia.
- "District of Flinders Background Profile". Electoral Commission SA.
- "Federal electoral division of Grey". Australian Electoral Commission.
- "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics CLEVE AERODROME". Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology.
- "Place Names of South Australia – W". State Library of South Australia.
- "Index". Wharminda Primary School.
- "Wharminda". Premier Postal.
- "Development Plan, Cleve (DC), Consolidated – 23 April 2015". Government of South Australia.
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