| Wild Horse Plains South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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  Wild Horse Plains | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°21′36″S 138°17′36″E / 34.360070°S 138.293260°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 96 (SAL 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1881[2] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 5501[3] | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | ACST (UTC+9:30) | ||||||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | ACST (UTC+10:30) | ||||||||||||||
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| LGA(s) | Adelaide Plains Council[4] | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Narungga[5] | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Grey[6] | ||||||||||||||
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Wild Horse Plains is a locality in South Australia on the eastern coastline of Gulf St Vincent about 69 kilometres (43 miles) north-northwest of the Adelaide city centre.[7] Its name is attributed to Thomas Day, who found wild horses grazing within the locality around 1870.[8] Its boundaries, created in June 1997, include the town of Wild Horse Plains, established in 1881 on Port Wakefield Road, and the former Government Town of Lorne.[2] Port Lorne Road marks most of the northern boundary of Wild Horse Plains and is the access road to the former township of Lorne.[7]
Wild Horse Plains lies within the federal Division of Grey, the state electoral district of Narungga[5] and the local government area of the Adelaide Plains Council.[4][6]
The post office opened in 1878, continued as a telephone exchange and closed in 1979. [1][9]
Wild Horse Plains formally had a school for all ages known as Wild Horse Plains School.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Wild Horse Plains (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ a b Life around the Light, A history of the Mallala District Council Area. The Community Development Board of the Council District of Mallala. December 1985. pp. 22–23. ISBN 0-9588959-0-2.
- ^ a b "Wild Horse Plains, South Australia". Postcodes Australia. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
- ^ a b "Development Plan - Mallala Council" (PDF). Department of Planning Transport and Infrastructure. pp. 212, 248 & 366. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
- ^ a b Narungga (Map). Electoral District Boundaries Commission. 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
- ^ a b "Federal electoral division of Grey, boundary gazetted 20 July 2018". Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
- ^ a b "Search result for " Wild Horse Plains (LOCB)" (Record no SA0062509)". Department of Planning Transport and Infrastructure. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
- ^ "Wild Horse Plains". State Library of South Australia. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
- ^ "Home Page, Postmarks: WILD HORSE PLAINS, SOUTH AUSTRALIA, NEAR ADELAIDE, POST MARK". www.auspostalhistory.com. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
