Yalpara, South Australia

Yalpara is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located about 265 kilometres (165 mi) north of the state capital of Adelaide and about 29 kilometres (18 mi) north-east of the municipal seat in Orroroo.[1][4]

Yalpara South Australia
The Hundred of Yalpara, circa 1880, which shows the extent of the now-ceased government town of Brassey.
Yalpara
Coordinates	32°32′54″S 138°49′49″E[1]
Population	4 (2016 census)[2]
Established	16 December 1999[3]
Postcode(s)	5431[4]
Elevation	297 m (974 ft)[5]
Time zone	ACST (UTC+9:30)
• Summer (DST)	ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location	265 km (165 mi) N of Adelaide 28 km (17 mi) NE of Orroroo
LGA(s)	District Council of Orroroo Carrieton[1]
Region	Yorke and Mid North[1]
County	Dalhousie[1]
State electorate(s)	Stuart[6]
Federal Division(s)	Grey[7]
Mean max temp[8] Mean min temp[8] Annual rainfall[8] 21.9 °C 71 °F 7.3 °C 45 °F 366.2 mm 14.4 in
Suburbs around Yalpara: Belton Belton North Hills Minburra Station Minburra Station Johnburgh Minburra Yalpara Minburra Plain Orroroo Orroroo Erskine Cavanagh

Geography

The boundaries of Yalpara were created on 16 December 1999 for the "long established name". This name is based on the Hundred of Yalpara, a cadastral division which has similar boundaries to the locality. The locality includes the site of the now-ceased Government Town of Brassey which was surveyed in June 1879 and "declared ceased to exist" on 24 February 1927.[9][3]

Origin of the name

The origin of the name Brassey is not known, Geoffrey Manning, the South Australian historian, suggests that "it was the name of an associate of Governor Jervois, the most likely candidate being Thomas Brassey (1805-1870), a railway contractor and an associate of Robert Stephenson."[10] The Hundred of Yalpara, which also contains a portion of the locality of Minburra was named after an unknown Aboriginal word.[1][11]

The Yalpara Post Office, opened in December 1880 and closed on 30 April 1917, similarly Yalpara School opened in 1883 and closed in 1903.

Yalpara Station experienced flooding in December 1933.[12]

Land use within the locality is "primary production" and is concerned with "agricultural production and the grazing of stock on relatively large holdings."[13] Some land in its south has been gazetted as a protected area known as the Yalpara Conservation Park.[1]

The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Yalpara had a population of 4 people.[2]

Yalpara is located within the federal division of Grey, the state electoral district of Stuart and the local government area of the District Council of Orroroo Carrieton.[7][1][6]

References

1. "Search results for 'Yalpara, LOCB' with the following datasets being selected - 'Suburbs and Localities', 'Counties', 'Local Government Areas', 'SA Government Regions' and 'Gazetteer'". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
2. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Yalpara (SA)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
3. "GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT 1991, Notice to Assign Boundaries and Names to Places" (PDF), The South Australian Government Gazette: 3429, 16 December 1999, retrieved 27 December 2017
4. "Postcode for Yalpara, South Australia". Postcodes Australia. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
5. "Yalpara". Mapcarta. mapcarta.com. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
6. "District of Stuart Background Profile (2014-2018 boundaries)". Electoral Commission SA. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
7. "Federal electoral division of Grey" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
8. "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics Summary statistics YONGALA (nearest weather station)". Commonwealth of Australia , Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
9. "Search results for 'Brassey, Gtwn' with the following datasets being selected - 'Suburbs and Localities' and "Hundreds' and 'Gazetteer'". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
10. Manning, Geoffrey. "South Australian Names - B" (PDF). Manning Index of South Australian History. State Library of South Australia. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
11. "Search results for 'Hundred of Yalpara, Hd' with the following datasets being selected - 'Suburbs and Localities', "Hundreds' and 'Regions' and 'Gazetteer'". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
12. "Floods in the North: Bonython Hall". Chronicle. South Australia. 14 December 1933. p. 34. Retrieved 28 May 2020 – via Trove. FLOODS IN THE NORTH. This photograph was taken on Yalpara Station, the property of Mr. L. D, Miell, 30 miles north-east of Orroroo, where more rain fell in 48 hours during the recent deluge than had fallen in the previous 18 months. —Miell.
13. "Development Plan - Orroroo Carrieton Council, Consolidated – 22 November 2012" (PDF). Government of South Australia. pp. 99 and 127–131. Retrieved 27 December 2017.