| Quorn South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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 The Transcontinental Hotel | |||||||||||||||
  Quorn | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 32°20′58″S 138°02′26″E / 32.349535°S 138.040632°E[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 1,150 (UCL 2021)[2] | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 16 May 1878 (town) 25 November 1999 (locality)[3][4] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 5433 | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 293 m (961 ft)(Railway Station)[5] | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | ACST (UTC+9:30) | ||||||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | ACST (UTC+10:30) | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Flinders Ranges Council[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Region | Far North[1] | ||||||||||||||
| County | Frome[1] Newcastle[1] | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Stuart[6] | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Grey[7] | ||||||||||||||
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| Footnotes | Adjoining localities[1] | ||||||||||||||
Quorn is a small town and railhead in the Flinders Ranges in the north of South Australia, 39 kilometres (24 mi) northeast of Port Augusta.
Quorn is the home of the Flinders Ranges Council local government area. It is in the state Electoral district of Stuart[6] and the federal Division of Grey.[7]
With its picturesque setting and heritage-listed buildings, the town is known for tourism and as a filming location, as well as being the terminus of the Pichi Richi Railway.
- ^ a b c d e f "Search results for 'Quorn, LOCB' with the following datasets being selected - 'Suburbs and Localities', 'Hundreds', "Government Towns', 'Postcode', 'Counties', 'Hundreds', 'Local Government Areas', 'SA Government Regions', 'Land Development Plan Zone Categories' and 'Gazetteer'". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Quorn (urban centre and locality)". Australian Census 2021.
- ^ Morgan, William (16 May 1878). "untitled proclamation (the Town of Quorn)" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazettee. South Australian government. pp. 1189–1190. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
- ^ "GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT 1991 Notice to Assign Boundaries and Names to Places" (PDF), The South Australian Government Gazette: 2442, 25 November 1999, retrieved 27 January 2018
- ^ "Search results for 'Quorn Railway Station' with the following datasets being selected - 'Suburbs and Localities' and 'Gazetteer'". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
- ^ a b "District of Stuart Background Profile". Electoral Commission SA. Retrieved 26 September 2015.
- ^ a b "Federal electoral division of Grey, boundary gazetted 16 December 2011" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
- ^ a b c "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics Port Augusta Power Station (nearest station)". Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
