Walloway, South Australia

Walloway
South Australia
Walloway
Coordinates 32°38′12″S 138°35′15″E / 32.63668843°S 138.58746293°E / -32.63668843; 138.58746293Coordinates: 32°38′12″S 138°35′15″E / 32.63668843°S 138.58746293°E / -32.63668843; 138.58746293
Population 302 (shared with other localities in the “State Suburb of Pekina”) (2011 census)[1]
Established 1881 [2]
Postcode(s) 5431 [3]
Time zone ACST (UTC+9:30)
 • Summer (DST) ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location
LGA(s) District Council of Orroroo Carrieton[2]
Region Yorke and Mid North [4]
County Dalhousie[2]
State electorate(s) Stuart[5]
Federal Division(s) Grey[6]
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall
21.9 °C
71 °F
7.3 °C
45 °F
365.2 mm
14.4 in
Suburbs around Walloway:
Eurelia Eurelia Johnburgh
Coomooroo Walloway Johnburgh
Orroroo
Coomooroo Coomooroo
Orroroo
Orroroo
Footnotes Coordinates[2]
Locations[3][2]
Climate[7]
Adjoining localities[2]

Walloway (formerly Rye) is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located about 255 kilometres (158 mi) north of the state capital of Adelaide and about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) north of the municipal seat of Orroroo.[2][3]

Walloway came in existence as a government town which was surveyed in November 1881 and which was proclaimed with the name Rye on 30 March 1882. It was renamed as Walloway in 1940 in order to match the name of the railway station. The Government Town of Walloway was declared as “ceased to exist” on 30 June 1988. Boundaries for the locality were created in December 1999 which includes “the ceased Government Town of Walloway“ and was given the “long established name” which was derived from a “native name for a large plain frequented by wild turkeys.”[8][2][9]

The principal land use within the locality is primary production.[2]

Walloway is located within the federal division of Grey, the state electoral district of Stuart and the local government area of the District Council of Orroroo Carrieton.[6][5][2]

References

  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Pekina". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 14 November 2016.
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  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Search result for "Walloway (Locality Bounded)" (Record no SA0016895 with the following layers selected - “Suburbs and Localities”, “Place names (gazetteer)”, “Road Labels“ and “Development Plan Layers”". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 14 November 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 "Postcode for Wallaway, South Australia (sic)". Retrieved 14 November 2016.
  4. "Yorke and Mid North SA Government region" (PDF). The Government of South Australia. Retrieved 14 November 2016.
  5. 1 2 "District of Stuart Background Profile". Electoral Commission SA. Retrieved 26 September 2015.
  6. 1 2 "Federal electoral division of Grey, boundary gazetted 16 December 2011" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  7. "Summary (climate) Summary statistics YONGALA (nearest weather station)". Commonwealth of Australia , Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 14 November 2016.
  8. "NEW TOWN NAMES APPROVED". The Advertiser (Adelaide). South Australia. 26 July 1940. p. 10. Retrieved 5 September 2016 via National Library of Australia.
  9. "CROWN LANDS ACT 1929: SECTION 5" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australia. 30 June 1988. p. 2130. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
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