Pine Creek, South Australia

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Pine Creek
South Australia
Pine Creek is located in South Australia
Pine Creek
Pine Creek
Coordinates33°10′S 139°17′E / 33.17°S 139.29°E / -33.17; 139.29Coordinates: 33°10′S 139°17′E / 33.17°S 139.29°E / -33.17; 139.29[1]
Population0 (2016 census)[2]
Postcode(s)5419 [3]
LGA(s)Regional Council of Goyder [1]
RegionYorke and Mid North[1]
CountyKimberley[1]
State electorate(s)Stuart[4]
Federal division(s)Grey[5]
Localities around Pine Creek:
Parnaroo Hardy
Franklyn
Wonna		 Pine Creek
Collinsville Collinsville
FootnotesAdjoining localities [1]

Pine Creek is a rural locality in the Mid North region of South Australia, situated in the Regional Council of Goyder.[3] It was established in August 2000 when boundaries were formalised for the long established local name.[6]

Ketchowla
South Australia
Established5 August 1880
Area410 km2 (157 sq mi)
CountyKimberley
Lands administrative divisions around Ketchowla:
Parnaroo Hardy
Wonna Ketchowla
Tomkinson Tomkinson

The Hundred of Ketchowla is a cadastral unit of hundred, the boundaries of which are exactly contiguous with the locality of Pine Creek.[3] The hundred was proclaimed by Governor William Jervois on 5 August 1880, named for an Aboriginal name of unknown origin.[7]

Ketchowla Station is named after the hundred and the station's homestead is located within Pine Creek.[6] A post office at Ketchowla opened circa 1872 and closed on 30 November 1917.[8] The are listed on the South Australian Heritage Register.[9]

The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Pine Creek had no people living within its boundaries.[2]

Note that there are several creeks in South Australia called Pine Creek, including a tributary that joins the River Wakefield at Undalya and forms part of the boundary between the Hundred of Upper Wakefield[10] and the Hundred of Saddleworth.[11]

See also[]

  • Pine Creek (disambiguation)

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e "Search results for 'Pine Creek, LOCB' with the following datasets selected - 'Suburbs and localities', 'Counties', 'Hundreds', 'Local Government Areas', 'SA Government Regions' and 'Gazetteer'". Location SA Map Viewer. South Australian Government. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
  2. ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Pine Creek (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 25 December 2018. Edit this at Wikidata
  3. ^ a b c "Search result(s) for Pine Creek, 5419". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
  4. ^ "District of Stuart Background Profile (2014-2018 boundaries)". Electoral Commission SA. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  5. ^ "Federal electoral division of Grey" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  6. ^ a b "Search result(s) for Pine Creek, 5419". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
  7. ^ "Search result(s) for Hundred of Ketchowla". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
  8. ^ "Ketchowla". Post Office Reference. Premier Postal. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
  9. ^ "Ketchowla Woolshed, Old Homestead & Outbuildings to Old Homestead". South Australian Heritage Register. Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources, Government of South Australia. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
  10. ^ Map of the Hundred of Upper Wakefield: Surveyor General's Office, Adelaide, A. Vaughan Photo-lithographer, August 1893.
  11. ^ Map of the Hundred of Saddleworth: Surveyor General's Office, Adelaide, A. Vaughan Photo-lithographer, November 1891.
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