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| Gladstone South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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  Gladstone Location in South Australia | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°16′S 138°21′E / 33.267°S 138.350°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 623 (UCL 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 5473 | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 43 m (141 ft)[2] | ||||||||||||||
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| LGA(s) | Northern Areas Council | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Stuart | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Division of Grey | ||||||||||||||
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Gladstone (including the former town of Booyoolie)[3] is a small rural town in the Mid North of South Australia in the approach to the lower Flinders Ranges. At the 2006 census, Gladstone had a population of 629.[4]
The town services the surrounding district with two pubs, three churches, a bank, post office and several shops and small businesses providing basic goods and services. The closest hospital is 11 km away in a neighbouring rural town, but doctors take appointments in the town's medical clinic. There is a kindergarten (approximately 12 enrollments), state primary school (63), Catholic primary school (60) and a secondary school (approximately 205 students, drawn from the wider district).
Gladstone has sporting/social clubs providing for Aussie Rules football, netball, cricket, tennis, golf, lawn bowls, swimming (at the local outdoor pool) and soccer (newly formed for school-aged children), all seasonal. Sporting competitions occur between clubs from the neighbouring towns within a radius of about 75 km.
Wheat and sheep are the main farming produce of the region, but Gladstone has the largest inland grain storage facility in the Southern Hemisphere, storing wheat, barley, durum wheat, peas, faba beans and fiesta beans.
The Anglican Diocese of Willochra is based in Gladstone, with the Registry (the Diocesan Office) housed in building in the main street. In addition the Bishop of Willochra lives in Bishop's House which is on the Main North Road.
Gladstone was the home of Trend Drinks, a local soft drink manufacturer, from its founding in 1876 until it moved to Corowa, New South Wales in 2016.[5]
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Gladstone (urban centre and locality)". Australian Census 2021.
- ^ "Placename Details: Gladstone Railway Station". Property Location Browser Report. Government of South Australia. 2 December 2008. SA0026183. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
- ^ "NEW TOWN NAMES APPROVED". The Advertiser (Adelaide). South Australia. 26 July 1940. p. 10. Retrieved 5 September 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Gladstone (L) (Urban Centre/Locality)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 23 June 2008.
- ^ Mayfield, Greg (22 November 2016). "Soft-drink maker ends century tradition". The Flinders News. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
