Town in South Australia
Mindarie is a small town in the Murray Mallee of South Australia between Karoonda and Loxton . The town was gazetted in 1912. The name Mindarie is believed to originate from the Dieri Aboriginal language, and possibly means "festival to invoke peace".[citation needed ]
Mindarie was a stop on the Barmera railway line which opened in 1912. Mindarie is no longer a stop on what is now the Loxton railway line .[citation needed ]
Mindarie school was founded in 1916, initially being taught in the town institute hall.[ 9] The school received its own building in 1929.[ 10] The Mindarie school has been replaced by East Murray Area School[ 11] which is located about 10 km northwest of Mindarie. It educates about 50 students from Reception to Year 12 in an isolated location.[ 12]
Mindarie is home to the Murray Zircon heavy mineral sands mine.[ 13]
Together with nearby Halidon , it hosts the Mindarie-Halidon Races in September each year, which is known as the Melbourne Cup of the Mallee .[ 14]
The August 2016 Australian census reported that Mindarie had a population of 38.[ 2]
^ a b c "Search results for 'Mindarie, LOCB' with the following datasets being selected – 'Suburbs and Localities', 'Government Towns', 'Counties', 'Local Government Areas', 'SA Government Regions' and 'Gazetteer' " . Location SA Map Viewer . Government of South Australia. Retrieved 7 May 2018 .
^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Mindarie" . 2016 Census QuickStats . Retrieved 7 May 2018 .
^ Bice, John G. (25 June 1914). "TOWN OF MINDARIE" (PDF) . The South Australian Government Gazette . South Australian Government. p. 1360. Retrieved 7 May 2018 .
^ Kentish, P.M. (11 November 1999). "GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT 1991 Notice to Assign Boundaries to Places (in the District Council of Karoonda East Murray)" (PDF) . The South Australian Government Gazette . South Australian Government. p. 2321. Retrieved 5 May 2018 .
^ "Postcode for Mindarie, South Australia" . Postcodes Australia. Retrieved 9 May 2018 .
^ "District of Hammond (map)" . Electoral Commission SA. Retrieved 4 May 2018 .
^ "Federal electoral division of Barker, boundary gazetted 16 December 2011" (PDF) . Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 17 September 2015 .
^ a b c "Summary (climate) statistics CALIPH (nearest weather station)" . Commonwealth of Australia , Bureau of Meteorology . Retrieved 7 May 2018 .
^ "MINDARIE SCHOOL" . The Advertiser . Adelaide. 15 June 1929. p. 15. Retrieved 30 June 2014 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "THE MINDARIE SCHOOL" . Murray Pioneer and Australian River Record . Renmark, SA. 21 June 1929. p. 4. Retrieved 30 June 2014 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "East Murray Area School" . Government of South Australia. Archived from the original on 2 July 2014. Retrieved 30 June 2014 .
^ "East Murray Area School, Mindarie" . TeachWeb. Retrieved 30 June 2014 .
^ Mines & Developing Projects / Approved Mines / Mindarie
^ "Mindarie – Halidon" . Archived from the original on 26 October 2011. Retrieved 24 October 2011 .