Paratoo, South Australia

Paratoo
South Australia
Hundred of Paratoo (drawing dated 1940) whose boundary coincides with the locality of Paratoo as of 2013.
Paratoo is located in South Australia
Paratoo
Paratoo
Coordinates32°44′00″S 139°19′57″E / 32.733445°S 139.332538°E / -32.733445; 139.332538[1]
Population5 (SAL 2021)[2]
Established31 August 2000[3]
Postcode(s)5422[4]
Elevation303 m (994 ft)(railway station)[5]
Area390 km2 (150.6 sq mi)[6]
Time zoneACST (UTC+9:30)
 • Summer (DST)ACDT (UTC+10:30)
Location
LGA(s)District Council of Peterborough[1]
RegionYorke and Mid North[1]
CountyHerbert[1]
State electorate(s)Stuart[7]
Federal division(s)Grey[8]
Mean max temp[9] Mean min temp[9] Annual rainfall[9]
24.6 °C
76 °F		 9.5 °C
49 °F		 207.9 mm
8.2 in
Suburbs around Paratoo:
Minburra Plain Waroonee Yunta
Cavenagh Paratoo Yunta
Grampus
Dawson Nackara Grampus
FootnotesAdjoining localities[1]

Paratoo is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located about 254 kilometres (158 mi) north-east of the state capital of Adelaide and about 52 kilometres (32 mi) north-east of the municipal seat in Peterborough.[1][4]

Its boundaries were created on 31 August 2000 for the "long established name" which is derived from the Paratoo Railway Station and ultimately from an Aboriginal word of unknown meaning "given to a property held by Messrs Dare and Mundy circa 1858 (lease no. 1892)." Land was added to its northern side on 26 April 2013 to "prevent the intersect of parcels with the creation of the new locality of Waroonee." Its boundaries coincide with those of the cadastral unit of the Hundred of Paratoo.[1][10][3]

The sites of the following places whose names include the 'Paratoo' are actually located to the east of the locality and the hundred in the adjoining locality of Grampus - Paratoo, a place which is gazetted as a 'unbounded locality', the Paratoo Homestead which was associated with the "station held by Dare & Mundy circa 1885" and the Paratoo Post Office which was opened in 1864.[11][12][13] On 27 December 1960 the driver of the Broken Hill Express was killed in a derailment caused by buckled rails.[14]

The Barrier Highway and the Crystal Brook-Broken Hill railway line pass through the locality's south-east corner in a north-easterly direction from Peterborough.[1]

Land use within the locality is 'primary production' and is concerned with "agricultural production and the grazing of stock on relatively large holdings".[15][1]

Paratoo is located within the federal division of Grey, the state electoral district of Stuart and the local government area of the District Council of Peterborough.[8][1][7]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Search results for 'Paratoo, LOCB' with the following datasets selected - 'Suburbs and localities', 'Counties', 'Hundreds', 'Government Towns', 'Local Government Areas', 'SA Government Regions' and 'Gazetteeer'". Location SA Map Viewer. South Australian Government. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  2. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Paratoo (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. Edit this at Wikidata
  3. ^ a b "GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT 1991 Notice to Assign Names and Boundaries to Places (within the District Council of Peterborough)" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. South Australian Government. 31 August 2000. p. 948. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  4. ^ a b "Postcode for Paratoo, South Australia". Postcodes Australia. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  5. ^ "Search results for 'Paratoo Railway Station' with the following datasets selected - 'Suburbs and localities' and 'Gazetteeer'". Location SA Map Viewer. South Australian Government. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  6. ^ "Search result for "Hundred of Paratoo, Hd" with the following layers selected - "Suburbs and Localities", "Counties", "Hundreds" and "Gazetteer"". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
  7. ^ a b "District of Stuart Background Profile (2014-2018 boundaries)". Electoral Commission SA. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  8. ^ a b "Federal electoral division of Grey" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  9. ^ a b c "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics YUNTA AIRSTRIP (nearest station)". Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  10. ^ Manning, Geoffrey. "South Australian Names - P" (PDF). Manning Index of South Australian History. State Library of South Australia. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  11. ^ "Search results for 'Paratoo, LOCU' with the following datasets selected - 'Suburbs and localities' and 'Gazetteeer'". Location SA Map Viewer. South Australian Government. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  12. ^ "Search results for 'Paratoo Homestead ' with the following datasets selected - 'Suburbs and localities' and 'Gazetteeer'". Location SA Map Viewer. South Australian Government. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  13. ^ "Search results for 'Paratoo Post Office ' with the following datasets selected - 'Suburbs and localities' and 'Gazetteer'". Location SA Map Viewer. South Australian Government. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  14. ^ Pearce, Kenn (2000). Australian Railway Disasters. IPL Books. p. 153.
  15. ^ "Development Plan - Peterborough Council, Consolidated – 10 October 2013" (PDF). Government of South Australia. pp. 102 and 149. Retrieved 29 January 2018.