Tarcoola, South Australia

"Tarcoola" redirects here. For other uses, see Tarcoola (disambiguation).

Tarcoola
South Australia
Tarcoola, South Australia, 2012.
Tarcoola is located in South Australia
Tarcoola
Tarcoola
Coordinates30°41′41″S 134°33′22″E / 30.694859°S 134.55616°E / -30.694859; 134.55616[1]
Population0 (2016 census)[2]
Established21 February 1901 (town)
29 July 2004 (locality)[3][4]
Postcode(s)5710[5]
Elevation123 m (404 ft)(airport)[6]
Time zoneACST (UTC+9:30)
 • Summer (DST)ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location
LGA(s)Pastoral Unincorporated Area[1]
RegionFar North[1]
State electorate(s)Giles[7]
Federal division(s)Grey[8]
Mean max temp[6] Mean min temp[6] Annual rainfall[6]
27.5 °C
82 °F		 12.0 °C
54 °F		 182.7 mm
7.2 in
Localities around Tarcoola:
Wilgena Wilgena Wilgena
Wilgena
Mulgathing		 Tarcoola Wilgena
Mulgathing Mulgathing Wilgena
FootnotesAdjoining localities[1]

Tarcoola is a town in the Far North of South Australia 416 kilometres (258 mi) north-northwest of Port Augusta. At the 2016 census, Tarcoola had no people living within its boundaries.[2]

Tarcoola was named after Tarcoola the winner of the 1893 Melbourne Cup horse race. The horse Tarcoola had been raised on Tarcoola Station on the Darling River in New South Wales. It means river bend in the aboriginal language of the area around that Tarcoola Station.

  1. ^ a b c d "Search results for 'Tarcoola, LOCB' with the following datasets selected - 'Suburbs and localities', 'Government Towns', 'Local Government Areas', 'SA Government Regions', 'Gazetteer' and 'Railways'". Location SA Map Viewer. South Australian Government. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
  2. ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Tarcoola (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 10 March 2020. Edit this at Wikidata
  3. ^ Jenkins, J.G. (21 February 1901). "TOWN OF TARCOOLA" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australia. p. 368. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
  4. ^ Kentish, P.M. (29 July 2004). "GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT 1991 Notice to Assign Names and Boundaries to Places" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australia. p. 2671. Retrieved 16 April 2019. assign the names TARCOOLA, WOOMERA, PIMBA and IRON KNOB, to those areas Out of Councils and shown numbered 1 to 4 on Rack Plan 857 (Sheet 1).
  5. ^ "Postcode for Tarcoola, South Australia". postcodes-australia.com. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
  6. ^ a b c d Cite error: The named reference climate was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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  8. ^ Cite error: The named reference AEC was invoked but never defined (see the help page).