Buckleboo

Buckleboo
South Australia
Former grain silos on Buckleboo Railway
Buckleboo is located in South Australia
Buckleboo
Buckleboo
Coordinates32°55′19″S 136°12′42″E / 32.921832°S 136.211674°E / -32.921832; 136.211674[1]
Population40 (SAL 2021)[2]
Established17 December 1925[3]
Postcode(s)5641[4]
Time zoneACST (UTC+9:30)
 • Summer (DST)ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location
  • 313 km (194 mi) north-west of Adelaide
  • 31 km (19 mi) north-west of Kimba
LGA(s)
RegionFar North[1]
Eyre Western[1]
CountyBuxton[1]
State electorate(s)Flinders[5]
Federal division(s)Grey[6]
Mean max temp[7] Mean min temp[7] Annual rainfall[7]
23.6 °C
74 °F		 10.3 °C
51 °F		 346.8 mm
13.7 in
Localities around Buckleboo:
Gawler Ranges Thurlga
Mount Ive		 Nonning
Gawler Ranges Buckleboo Bungeroo
Cunyarie
Pinkawillinie Pinkawillinie Cortlinye
FootnotesAdjoining localities[1]

Buckleboo is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia on the Eyre Peninsula located about 313 kilometres (194 mi) northwest of the state capital of Adelaide and about 31 kilometres (19 mi) northwest of the municipal seat of Kimba.[1][4]

Buckleboo began as a government town, surveyed in November 1924 and proclaimed on 17 December 1925 by Tom Bridges, the Governor of South Australia.[1][3] It was named after the cadastral unit of the Hundred of Buckleboo.[1] On 27 July 1989, the extent of the government town was reduced by the removal of land north-west of Myrtle Street.[8] Boundaries for the locality were created in 1999, and included the government town of Buckleboo and the former government town of Moongi. In 2013, a parcel of land was removed from the adjoining locality of Pinkawillinie and added to Buckleboo to ensure that the area once covered by the Buckleboo Pastoral Run was within the locality.[1]

Until 2005, Buckleboo was the railhead for one branch of the Eyre Peninsula Railway, a narrow gauge railway which principally hauled grain via Kimba and Cummins to Port Lincoln for export. The silos at the former railway station and the few remaining buildings are surrounded by the Buckleboo Conservation Reserve, proclaimed in 1990.[9]

The locality also includes the Moongi Conservation Reserve further along the railway survey, beyond where tracks were ever laid. Moongi also had a school[10][11] and a Methodist Hall which opened in 1932.[12]

Buckleboo is home to 'Buckleboo Park' which consists of six tennis courts and an oval for Australian rules football and cricket.[citation needed]

Buckleboo is located in the federal division of Grey, and the state electoral district of Flinders. The southern part of the locality is located in the local government area of the District Council of Kimba while the northern part is in the Pastoral Unincorporated Area.[1][5][6]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Search results for 'Buckleboo, LOCB' with the following datasets selected – 'Suburbs and localities', 'Counties', 'Government Towns', 'Local Government Areas', 'SA Government Regions' and 'Gazetteer'". Location SA Map Viewer. South Australian Government. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
  2. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Buckleboo (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. Edit this at Wikidata
  3. ^ a b Jellet, James (17 December 1925). "Town of Buckleboo" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australia. p. 1605. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
  4. ^ a b "Postcode for Buckleboo, South Australia". postcodes-australia.com. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
  5. ^ a b "District of Flinders Background Profile". Electoral Commission SA. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  6. ^ a b "Federal electoral division of Grey, boundary gazetted 16 December 2011" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  7. ^ a b c "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics Kimba (nearest station)". Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
  8. ^ Lenehan, Susan M. (27 July 1989). "CROWN LANDS ACT, 1929: SECTION 5" (PDF). Government of South Australia. p. 245. Retrieved 21 October 2019. That portion of the Town of Buckleboo, Hundred of Buckleboo, north-west of the north-western boundary of Myrtle Street.
  9. ^ "Placename Details: Buckelboo Conservation Reserve". Property Location Browser. 12 August 2009. SA0046972. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
  10. ^ "NEW SCHOOLS". Port Lincoln Times. SA: National Library of Australia. 6 July 1928. p. 1. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
  11. ^ "OUTBACK SCHOOLS. (picture)". The Chronicle. Adelaide, SA: National Library of Australia. 23 July 1931. p. 32. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
  12. ^ "REPORTS FROM RURAL CENTRES". The Advertiser. Adelaide, SA: National Library of Australia. 19 November 1932. p. 11. Retrieved 16 February 2016.