Allandale Station, South Australia

Allandale Station is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located about 848 kilometres (527 mi) north of the state capital of Adelaide and about 20 kilometres (12 mi) south-east of the town of Oodnadatta.[1]

Allandale Station South Australia
Allandale Station
Coordinates	27°40′40″S 135°36′16″E[1]
Population	204 (shared with other localities) (2016 census)[2][lower-alpha 1]
Established	26 April 2013[3]
Postcode(s)	5723[1]
Elevation	73 m (240 ft)(railway station)[4]
Time zone	ACST (UTC+9:30)
• Summer (DST)	ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location	848 km (527 mi) N of Adelaide 580 km (360 mi) N of Port Augusta 20 km (12 mi) SE of Oodnadatta
LGA(s)	Pastoral Unincorporated Area[1]
Region	Far North[1]
State electorate(s)	Giles[5]
Federal Division(s)	Grey[6]
Mean max temp[7] Mean min temp[7] Annual rainfall[7] 29.1 °C 84 °F 14.6 °C 58 °F 175.8 mm 6.9 in
Suburbs around Allandale Station: Macumba Macumba Macumba Todmorden Oodnadatta Todmorden Arckaringa Allandale Station Macumba Anna Creek Nilpinna Station Nilpinna Station Anna Creek
Footnotes	Locations[1] Adjoining localities[1]

Allandale Station's boundaries were created on 26 April 2013 and given the “local established name”. The term ‘Station’ was included in the name to distinguish it from the South Australian localities of Allendale East and Allendale North. Its boundaries align approximately with the Allandale Station pastoral lease.[8][1][3]

The Oodnadatta Track passes through the locality entering in the south-east and exiting in the north-west near Oodnadatta while the Kemp Road, an unsealed road passes through the west side of the locality via Oodnadatta on its way to the Macumba homestead[1] The Neales River flows from the west through the locality on its way to Lake Eyre in the east.[9] Mount Toondina crater, an impact structure, is located in the locality's south-east.[10]

Land use within the locality is ’primary production’ with the majority of the land being located in the Allandale Station pastoral lease.[1] Allandale Station includes the Algebuckina Bridge, a disused railway bridge which spans the Neales River and which is listed on the South Australian Heritage Register.[11]

The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Allandale Station and other adjoining localities in the north of South Australia shared a population of 204 people of which at least 80 are estimated by the Outback Communities Authority to be living in the locality of Oodnadatta.[2][12]

Allandale 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.[6][1][5]

Town of Algebuckina

Algebuckina (27°55′25″S 135°48′41″E) is a town proclaimed by the South Australian government in 1898 and is located on the east side of the locality adjoining the alignment of the former Central Australian Railway about 48 kilometres (30 mi) south-east of the town of Oodnadatta.[1] Its site was surveyed in September 1890 in anticipation of the outcome of the discovery of gold in the adjoining area but was not proclaimed until 21 July 1898. The town was never developed and its site remains empty to the present day. The name which was originally used for the now-closed railway station located near the site of the town was derived from the Aboriginal name of a nearby water hole recorded by A. T. Woods in 1872.[13][14][15]

References

Notes

1. For the 2016 census, the State Suburb of Oodnadatta covered an area bounded by the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara lands in the west, the Northern Territory border in the north, the Munga-Thirri—Simpson Desert Conservation Park in the east and with its southern boundary aligning approximately with the northern end of Lake Eyre. The state suburb did not include the locality of Marla which it fully surrounded.[2][1]

Citations

1. "Search results for 'Allandale Station, LOCB' with the following datasets selected - 'Suburbs and localities', 'Government Towns, 'Local Government Areas', 'Postcodes', 'SA Government Regions', 'Gazetteer', 'SA Heritage Places', 'Railways', 'State Maintained Roads' and 'Pastoral Stations'". Location SA Map Viewer. South Australian Government. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
2. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Oodnadatta (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
3. Conlon, Patrick (26 April 2013), "GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT 1991 Notice to Create Boundaries of Places and Alter Boundaries of Place" (PDF), The South Australian Government Gazette: 1170, retrieved 2 June 2019, DO HEREBY alter the boundaries of and assign names to places as shown on Rack Plan 951
4. "Search results for 'Algebuckina Railway Station' with the following datasets selected – 'Suburbs and Localities', 'Government Towns' and 'Gazetteer'". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australian Government. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
5. "District of Giles Background Profile". Electoral Commission SA. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
6. "Federal electoral division of Grey" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
7. "Monthly Climate Statistics for Oodnadatta Airport (nearest weather station)". Climate statistics for Australian locations. Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
8. Proposed Locality Boundaries for Pastoral Areas (PDF) (Map). Government of South Australia. 31 October 2012. Rack Plan 951. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 February 2018. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
9. Morton, S. R; Barker, R. D.; Doherty, M. D (1995), Natural heritage values of the Lake Eyre Basin in South Australia : world heritage assessment (PDF), CSIRO Division of Wildlife and Ecology, p. figures 1 & 2, archived from the original (PDF) on 8 March 2019, retrieved 3 June 2019
10. "Search result for "Mount Toondina, Mt" using the following datasets - "Suburbs and Localities" and "Gazetteer"". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
11. "Algebuckina Bridge". SA Heritage Places Database. Government of South Australia. 20 November 1986. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
12. "Oodnadatta". Outback Communities Authority. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
13. "Search results for ' Algebuckina, GTWN with the following datasets selected - 'Suburbs and localities', 'Government Towns, 'Gazetteer', 'SA Heritage Places', 'Railways' and 'State Maintained Roads'". Location SA Map Viewer. South Australian Government. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
14. Manning, Geoffrey. "South Australian Names - A" (PDF). Manning Index of South Australian History. State Library of South Australia. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
15. O’Loughlin, J.V. (21 July 1898). "Town of Algebuckina" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australia. p. 104. Retrieved 1 June 2019.