Bower, South Australia

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Bower
South Australia

Public hall
Bower
Coordinates 34°07′16″S 139°21′18″E / 34.12111°S 139.35500°E / -34.12111; 139.35500Coordinates: 34°07′16″S 139°21′18″E / 34.12111°S 139.35500°E / -34.12111; 139.35500
Postcode(s) 5374
Location
  • 130 km (81 mi) NW of Adelaide
  • 75 km (47 mi) E of Waikerie
  • 27 km (17 mi) W of Eudunda
LGA(s) Regional Council of Goyder
State electorate(s) Stuart
Federal Division(s) Barker, Grey

Bower is a town in South Australia, approximately half way between Eudunda and Morgan.[1] The name honours David Bower, a South Australian Member of Parliament (1865 - 1887) who donated land in the state for institutional purposes.[2] By 1916, Bower had become a dispatch centre for mallee timber and roots. These were loaded at the railway station and sent to Adelaide.[3] A school operated in the town between 1917 and 1961.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "2905.0 - Statistical Geography: Volume 2 -- Census Geographic Areas, Australia, 2006". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 8 December 2009. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "The Manning Index of South Australian History". State Library South Australia. Retrieved 2010-02-01. 
  3. ↑ "Bower Railway-Station". The Advertiser. 8 November 1916. Retrieved 2010-02-01. 

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Towns and localities of the Regional Council of Goyder
  • Aberdeen
  • Apoinga
  • Australia Plain
  • Baldina
  • Baldry
  • Booborowie
  • Bower
  • Brady Creek
  • Braemar (Station)
  • Bright
  • Brownlow
  • Buchanan
  • Bundey
  • Burra
  • Burra Eastern Districts
  • Burra North
  • Canowie
  • Canowie Belt
  • Collinsville
  • Copperhouse
  • Deep Creek
  • Dutton
  • Emu Downs (Hill)
  • Eudunda
  • Farrell Flat
  • Franklyn
  • Frankton
  • Geranium Plains
  • Gum Creek
  • Hallelujah Hills
  • Hallett
  • Hampden
  • Hansborough
  • Hanson
  • Julia
  • Ketchowla
  • Koonoona
  • Kooringa
  • Leighton
  • Mallet (Reservoir)
  • Mongolata
  • Mount Bryan
  • Neales
  • Neath Vale
  • Ngapala
  • North Booborwie
  • Pandappa
  • Peep Hill
  • Point Bass
  • Porter Lagoon
  • Robertstown
  • Rocky Plain
  • Steinfeld
  • Sutherlands
  • Terowie
  • Thistle Beds
  • Tracy
  • Ulooloo
  • Whyte Yarcowie
  • Willalo
  • Worlds End
  • Worlds End Creek
  • Yarcowie
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