Boors Plain, South Australia

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.^[2]

Boors Plain South Australia
Boors Plain
Coordinates	34°01′50″S 137°41′54″E / 34.030440°S 137.6983°E / -34.030440; 137.6983
Population	56 (SAL 2021)^[1]
Postcode(s)	5554^[2]
LGA(s)	Copper Coast Council
State electorate(s)	Narungga^[3]
Federal division(s)	Grey^[2]
Localities around Boors Plain: Warburto Kadina Thrington Paramatta North Yelta East Moonta Boors Plain Cunliffe Agery Agery Agery
Footnotes	Coordinates^[4]

Description

The name and boundaries of the modern locality were formalised in January 1999.^[4] It is named after James Boor, a shepherd working for Sir Walter Hughes; Boor made the copper discovery that became Wallaroo Mines.^[5][6] Land within the locality is zoned for “agricultural production and the grazing of stock on relatively large holdings".^[7]

History

A small village previously existed on the Kadina-Cunliffe Road.^[4] A limestone quarry nearby supplied building materials for the Moonta and Wallaroo Mines.^[5] Boors Plains Post Office opened in July 1882 and closed in September 1899.^[8] Boors Plains School operated from 1879 to 1941.^[6] 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.^[5] 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".^[9][10] The Bald Hill 1864 Miners' Strike Site, located in the west of Boors Plain, is listed on the South Australian Heritage Register.^[11]

References

1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Boors Plain (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.  
2. "Search result(s) for Boors Plain, 5554". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
3. Narungga (Map). Electoral District Boundaries Commission. 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
4. . Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
5. (PDF). District Council of the Copper Coast. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 March 2016. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
6. "Boor Plains". State Library of South Australia. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
7. "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.
8. "Boors Plains". Post Office Reference. Premier Postal. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
9. "FIELD DAY AT BOOR'S PLAINS". The Advertiser. South Australia. 12 October 1935. p. 15. Retrieved 18 May 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
10. "Boors Plains Agricultural Bureau--the first 50 years, 1929-1979 / by C. Rust". Retrieved 18 May 2016.
11. "Bald Hill (Site of 1864 Miners' Strike Meetings)". South Australian Heritage Register. Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources. Retrieved 18 May 2016.