Wharminda, South Australia

Wharminda is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on the Eyre Peninsula about 242 kilometres (150 miles) west of the state capital of Adelaide.[2]

Wharminda
South Australia
Wharminda
Coordinates33.95378624°S 136.24576287°E / -33.95378624; 136.24576287
Established1998[1]
Postcode(s)5603[2]
Time zoneACST (UTC+9:30)
 • Summer (DST)ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location242 km (150 mi) west of Adelaide
LGA(s)District Council of Cleve[1]
RegionEyre Western[3]
CountyJervois[1]
State electorate(s)Flinders[4]
Federal Division(s)Grey[5]
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall
22.6 °C
73 °F		 11.5 °C
53 °F		 356.9 mm
14.1 in
Suburbs around Wharminda:
Hincks Verran Verran
Hincks Wharminda Verran
Butler Butler
Port Neill		 Port Neill
FootnotesLocation[2]
Climate[6]
Coordinates[1]
Adjoining localities[1]

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".[1]

Wharminda Primary School opened as Wharminda Siding School in 1914.[7][8] The locality also contains a hall, library and tennis courts.[8]

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.[9] It also formerly had a siding on the Eyre Peninsula Railway, which still runs through Wharminda.[1]

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. [10][1]

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.[5][4][1]

References
  1. "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"". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
  2. "Wharminda, South Australia (Postcode)". postcodes-australia.com. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
  3. "Eyre Western SA Government region" (PDF). The Government of South Australia. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  4. "District of Flinders Background Profile". Electoral Commission SA. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  5. "Federal electoral division of Grey" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
  6. "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics CLEVE AERODROME". Commonwealth of Australia , Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
  7. "Place Names of South Australia - W". The Manning Index of South Australian History. State Library of South Australia. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
  8. "Index". Wharminda Primary School. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
  9. "Wharminda". Post Office Reference. Premier Postal. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
  10. "Development Plan, Cleve (DC), Consolidated – 23 April 2015" (PDF). Government of South Australia. pp. 21, 136–137, 181, and 252–253. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
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