Stephenston, South Australia

Stephenston
South Australia
Drawing of the Hundred of Palmer, 1938, including the layout of the former Government Town of Stephenston.
Stephenston is located in South Australia
Stephenston
Stephenston
Coordinates32°22′59″S 138°11′58″E / 32.38306°S 138.199306°E / -32.38306; 138.199306[1]
Population0 (SAL 2016)[2][3]
Established13 March 1997[4]
Postcode(s)5433 [5]
Time zoneACST (UTC+9:30)
 • Summer (DST)ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location
LGA(s)Flinders Ranges Council[1]
RegionFar North[1]
CountyNewcastle[1]
State electorate(s)Giles[6]
Federal division(s)Grey[7]
Mean max temp[8] Mean min temp[8] Annual rainfall[9]
24.7 °C
76 °F		 13.6 °C
56 °F		 269.7 mm
10.6 in
Suburbs around Stephenston:
Quorn Willochra Moockra
Quorn Stephenston Moockra
Quorn Bruce
Hammond		 Moockra
FootnotesLocation[1][5]
Adjoining localities[1]

Stephenston is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on the eastern side of the Flinders Ranges about 285 kilometres (177 mi) north of the state capital of Adelaide and about 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) east of the municipal seat of Quorn.[1][5]

Boundaries for the locality were created in March 1997 for the “long established name“ which was “incorrectly spelt as Stephenson” in the South Australian Government Gazette of 13 March 1997 and is derived from the ceased Government Town of Stephenston whose site is located within the boundaries of the locality.[1][4][10]

The Government Town of Stephenston which was located in the cadastral unit of the Hundred of Palmer was surveyed in February 1879, proclaimed on 17 July 1879 and was finally declared as ‘ceasing to exist’ on 11 May 1961. A school operated from 1881 to 1915 and a post office operated from November 1879 to 1904.[11][12][13]

Land use within the locality is concerned with primary production activities such as “pastoral and farming-related activities.” [14]

Stephenston is located within the federal division of Grey, the state electoral district of Giles and the local government area of the Flinders Ranges Council.[7][6][1]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Search results for 'Stephenston, LOCB' with the following datasets being selected - 'Suburbs and Localities', '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 15 February 2018.
  2. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Stephenston (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2016. Edit this at Wikidata
  3. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Stephenston (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2016 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. Edit this at Wikidata
  4. ^ a b "GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT 1991 Notice to Assign Names and Boundaries to Places" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. South Australian Government. 13 March 1997. p. 1177. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
  5. ^ a b c "Postcode for Stephenston, South Australia". Postcodes Australia. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
  6. ^ a b "District of Giles Background Profile". Electoral Commission SA. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  7. ^ a b "Federal electoral division of Grey" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  8. ^ a b "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics Port Augusta Power Station (nearest station)". Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  9. ^ "Monthly rainfall: Summary statistics for all years - Bruce (nearest station)". Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
  10. ^ "GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT 1991 Notice to Assign Names and Boundaries to Places (in the Flinders Ranges Council)" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. South Australian Government. 25 November 1999. p. 2442. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
  11. ^ Manning, Geoffrey H. (2012). "Search result for Stephenston" (PDF). A Compendium of the Place Names of South Australia From Aaron Creek to Zion Hill With 54 Complementary Appendices. Geoffrey Manning. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
  12. ^ "Untitled proclamation under the Crown Lands Consolidation Act re the Town of Stephenson" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. South Australian Government. 17 July 1879. p. 1090. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
  13. ^ "CROWN LANDS ACT, 1929-1960: TOWN OF STEPHENSTON DECLARED TO CEASE TO EXIST" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. South Australian Government. 11 May 1961. p. 1090. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
  14. ^ "The Flinders Ranges Council - Consolidated – 20 June 2013" (PDF). South Australian Government. 20 June 2013. pp. 96, 139, 142 and 145. Retrieved 15 February 2018.