Mount Clarence Station, South Australia

Mount Clarence Station is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located about 771 kilometres (479 mi) north-west of the state capital of Adelaide and about 37 kilometres (23 mi) west of the town of Coober Pedy.^[1]

Mount Clarence Station South Australia
Mount Clarence Station
Coordinates	29°05′39″S 134°34′29″E / 29.094039°S 134.574847°E / -29.094039; 134.574847^[1]
Population	10 (shared with other localities) (2016 census)^[2]^[a]
Established	26 April 2013^[4]
Postcode(s)	5723^[1]
Time zone	ACST (UTC+9:30)
• Summer (DST)	ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location	771 km (479 mi) NW of Adelaide^[1] 37 km (23 mi) W of Coober Pedy^[1]
LGA(s)	Pastoral Unincorporated Area^[1]
Region	Far North^[1]
State electorate(s)	Giles^[5]
Federal division(s)	Grey^[6]
Mean max temp^[7] Mean min temp^[7] Annual rainfall^[7] 27.8 °C 82 °F 14.2 °C 58 °F 133.8 mm 5.3 in
Suburbs around Mount Clarence Station: Mabel Creek Mount Willoughby Mount Willoughby Mabel Creek Mount Clarence Station Coober Pedy Mabel Creek Ingomar Coober Pedy
Footnotes	Locations^[1] Adjoining localities^[1]

Mount Clarence Station's boundaries were created on 26 April 2013 and given the “local established name” which is derived from the pastoral station of the same name. The term ‘Station’ was included in the name to distinguish it from another places in Australia. Its boundaries align approximately with those of the pastoral station.^[8][1][4]

The following roads which are maintained by the South Australian government enter the locality from the Stuart Highway to the immediate east of the locality - the Anne Beadell Highway in the south and the Mount Clarence Road in the north.^[1] The Anne Beadell Highway continues in its state-maintained form across the railway line and terminates at the Mabel Creek homestead in the north-west after which it continues to the west while the Mount Clarence Road terminates at the Mount Clarence Station homestead.^[1]

The Adelaide–Darwin railway passes from south to north through the western side of the locality where a siding named Manguri is located near the site of the government town of Manguri.^[1]

The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Mount Clarence Station and parts of localities located to the immediate east shared a population of 10 people.^[2]

Mount Clarence Station is located within the federal division of Grey, the state electoral district of Giles, the Pastoral Unincorporated Area of South Australia and the state government region of the Far North.^[6][1][5]

Town of Manguri

Manguri (28°58′11″S 134°22′39″E / 28.9698°S 134.37755°E / -28.9698; 134.37755 (Town of Manguri)) is a town proclaimed by the South Australian government on 8 December 1977. It is located about 36 kilometres (22 mi) west of Coober Pedy on the east side of the Adelaide–Darwin railway. The town occupies a rectangular area with the following gazetted dimensions - 478.42 metres (1,569.6 ft) on its north-west and south-east sides by 484.26 metres (1,588.8 ft) on its north-east and south-west sides. The name is an Aboriginal word previously used for the local railway station and whose meaning is unknown. Since 2013, it has been located within the locality of Mount Clarence Station.^[9][10][11]

References

Notes

1. For the 2016 census, the State Suburb of Mount Clarence Station covered an area consisting of the locality of Mount Clarence Station, those parts of the locality of Coober Pedy not included in the State Suburb of Coober Pedy and the western end of the locality of Anna Creek.^[2][1][3]

Citations

1. "Search results for 'Mount Clarence Station, LOCB' with the following datasets selected - 'Suburbs and localities', 'Government Towns, 'Local Government Areas', 'Postcodes', 'SA Government Regions', 'Gazetteer', 'Railways', 'State Maintained Roads' and 'Pastoral Stations'". Location SA Map Viewer. South Australian Government. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
2. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Mount Clarence Station (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 8 March 2020.  
3. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Coober Pedy (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 8 March 2020.  
4. Conlon, Patrick (26 April 2013), "GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT 1991 Notice to Create Boundaries of Places and Alter Boundaries of Place" (PDF), The South Australian Government Gazette: 1170, retrieved 2 June 2019, DO HEREBY alter the boundaries of and assign names to places as shown on Rack Plan 951
5. "District of Giles Background Profile". Electoral Commission SA. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
6. "Profile of the electoral division of Grey (SA)". Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
7. "Monthly Climate Statistics for Coober Pedy Airport (nearest weather station)". Climate statistics for Australian locations. Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
8. (PDF) (Map). Government of South Australia. 31 October 2012. Rack Plan 951. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 February 2018. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
9. "Search results for ' Manguri, GTWN with the following datasets selected - 'Suburbs and localities', 'Government Towns, 'Gazetteer', 'Railways' and 'State Maintained Roads'". Location SA Map Viewer. South Australian Government. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
10. Manning, Geoffrey. "South Australian Names - M" (PDF). Manning Index of South Australian History. State Library of South Australia. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
11. Casey, T.M. (8 December 1977). "CROWN LANDS ACT, 1929-1977: CONSTITUTION OF THE TOWN OF MANGURI" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australia. p. 2142. Retrieved 7 March 2020.