Boors Plain, South Australia
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Coordinates | 34°01′50″S 137°41′54″E / 34.030440°S 137.6983°ECoordinates: 34°01′50″S 137°41′54″E / 34.030440°S 137.6983°E | ||||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 5554 [1] | ||||||||||||||
LGA(s) | Copper Coast Council | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | Narungga[2] | ||||||||||||||
Federal division(s) | Grey[1] | ||||||||||||||
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Footnotes | Coordinates[3] |
Boors Plain (historically Boors Plains) is a rural locality at the north end of the Yorke Peninsula of South Australia, situated east of Moonta and south of Kadina. It is located in the Copper Coast Council.[1]
Description[]
The name and boundaries of the modern locality were formalised in January 1999.[3] It is named after James Boor, a shepherd working for Sir Walter Hughes; Boor made the copper discovery that became Wallaroo Mines.[4][5] Land within the locality is zoned for “agricultural production and the grazing of stock on relatively large holdings.”[6]
History[]
A small village previously existed on the Kadina-Cunliffe Road.[3] A limestone quarry nearby supplied building materials for the Moonta and Wallaroo Mines.[4] Boors Plains Post Office opened in July 1882 and closed in September 1899.[7] Boors Plains School operated from 1879 to 1941.[5] The Boors Plains Methodist Church (1873-1967) consisted of three rooms - the church, the Boor's Plains School room + a third room used for Sunday School or celebration of community's event). Today, the former church site is marked by a memorial cairn. The Boors Plains Oval was located on Moonta-Thrington Road at a site known as Stanways Corner. The Boors Plains Cricket Club (1880-1965) and the Boors Plains Tennis Club (closed during World War II) were both based there.[4] Boors Plain had its own branch of the Agricultural Bureau: it was reported as being highly successful in the 1930s, and in 1979 published a short history celebrating "the first 50 years".[8][9] The , located in the west of Boors Plain, is listed on the South Australian Heritage Register.[10]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Search result(s) for Boors Plain, 5554". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
- ^ Narungga (Map). Electoral District Boundaries Commission. 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Search result(s) for Boors Plain, 5554". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Minutes of Meeting of the Council, 2 June 2004" (PDF). District Council of the Copper Coast. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 March 2016. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Boor Plains". State Library of South Australia. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
- ^ "Development Plan - Copper Coast Council Consolidated – 28 August 2014" (PDF). Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. pp. 187, 286 and 290. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
- ^ "Boors Plains". Post Office Reference. Premier Postal. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
- ^ "FIELD DAY AT BOOR'S PLAINS". The Advertiser (Adelaide). South Australia. 12 October 1935. p. 15. Retrieved 18 May 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Boors Plains Agricultural Bureau--the first 50 years, 1929-1979 / by C. Rust". Retrieved 18 May 2016.
- ^ "Bald Hill (Site of 1864 Miners' Strike Meetings)". South Australian Heritage Register. Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
- Towns in South Australia
- Yorke Peninsula