Black Rock, South Australia

Black Rock
South Australia
Black Rock Station Sign
Black Rock is located in South Australia
Black Rock
Black Rock
Coordinates32°49′37″S 138°41′23″E / 32.827°S 138.689598°E / -32.827; 138.689598[1]
Population36 (SAL 2016)[2][3]
Elevation435 m (1,427 ft)(railway station)[4]
Location
LGA(s)District Council of Orroroo Carrieton
State electorate(s)Stuart
Federal division(s)Grey
Localities around Black Rock:
Orroroo Orroroo Minvalara
Pekina Black Rock Minvalara
Tarcowie Yatina Minvalara
FootnotesAdjoining localities[1]

Black Rock (formerly known as Dalton) is a hamlet in South Australia on the Black Rock Plains at the intersection of the south–north RM Williams Way (B80) between Jamestown and Orroroo and the west–east Wilmington–Ucolta Road (B56) to Peterborough, in the Mid North section of the state.

It is also the site (and name of) a former railway siding on the now removed Peterborough–Quorn railway line.[5]

  1. ^ a b "Search results for 'Black Rock, LOCB' with the following datasets being selected - 'Suburbs and Localities', 'Counties', 'Government Towns', 'Local Government Areas', 'SA Government Regions' and 'Gazetteer'". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
  2. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Black Rock (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2016. Edit this at Wikidata
  3. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Black Rock (SA) (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2016 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. Edit this at Wikidata
  4. ^ "Search results for 'Black Rock Railway Station' with the following datasets selected – 'Suburbs and localities', 'Government Towns' and 'Gazetteeer'". Location SA Map Viewer. South Australian Government. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
  5. ^ "Back on the rails at Black Rock" Archived 6 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine The Northern Argus accessed 30 April 2010