Hoyleton, South Australia

Hoyleton
South Australia

Original goods shed, built in the 1870s
Hoyleton
Coordinates 34°01′0″S 138°33′0″E / 34.01667°S 138.55000°ECoordinates: 34°01′0″S 138°33′0″E / 34.01667°S 138.55000°E
Population 283 (2006 census Census)[1]
Mayor James Maitland
LGA(s) Wakefield Regional Council
Region Mid North
State electorate(s) Goyder
Federal Division(s) Wakefield

Hoyleton (34°01′S 138°33′E / 34.017°S 138.550°E) is a former railway town in South Australia, west of the Clare Valley, halfway between Leasingham and Halbury. At the 2006 census, Hoyleton had a population of 283.[1]

The railway ran from Balaklava to Blyth and further on into the Mid North of the state.[2] Due to various reasons, this particular line had become obsolete and the tracks were dismantled in the late 1980s. The original historic stone railway shed remains standing alongside the grain silos which are still in use, but now serviced by road.

Sir Walter Watson Hughes, one of the founders of the University of Adelaide, originally owned a pastoral lease at Hoyleton in the 1850s. He later went on to own vast copper mining interests at Wallaroo, on the Yorke Peninsula.[3]

Government

Hoyleton is in the Wakefield Regional Council local government area, the State Electoral District of Goyder and the Federal Electorate of Wakefield.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Hoyleton (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 30 July 2011.
  2. ↑ The Centenary of the Port Wakefield and Hoyleton Railway Wilson, John Australian Railway Historical Society Bulletin, January, 1970 pp17-23
  3. ↑ Cockburn, Rodney (1999). South Australia - What's in a Name?. Axiom Publishing. ISBN 0-9592519-1-X.

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