Caralue, South Australia

Town in South Australia
33°17′29″S 136°07′36″E / 33.291288°S 136.126614°E / -33.291288; 136.126614[1]Population43 (SAL 2021)[2]Established1924Postcode(s)5641[3]Location300 km (186 mi) NW of AdelaideLGA(s)District Council of Kimba[1]RegionEyre Western[1]CountyBuxton[1]State electorate(s)GilesFederal division(s)Grey
Localities around Caralue:
Panitya Solomon
Cootra Caralue
Hambidge Darke Peak Waddikee
FootnotesLocations[3]
Adjoining localities[4]

Caralue is a locality on Eyre Peninsula in South Australia. It is approximately coincident with the Hundred of Caralue except for the southeastern corner and a notch in the north side of the hundred that are in the localities of Waddikee and Panitya respectively.

Caralue Bluff Conservation Park and Poolgarra Conservation Reserve are both in Caralue. The dominant industry of the rest of the land is agriculture growing crops or sheep.

The original government town of Caralue adjacent to the railway line is now in the bounded locality of Waddikee, southeast of the current boundaries of the locality of Caralue.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Search results for 'Caralue, LOCB' with the following datasets selected - 'Suburbs and localities', 'Counties', 'Government Towns', 'Hundreds', 'Local Government Areas', 'SA Government Regions' and 'Gazetteer'". Location SA Map Viewer. South Australian Government. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
  2. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Caralue (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. Edit this at Wikidata
  3. ^ a b "Postcode for Caralue, South Australia". Postcodes Australia. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
  4. ^ a b "Placename Details: Caralue". Property Location Browser Report. Government of South Australia. 31 March 2010. SA0039388. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2017.

Further reading

  • Caralue Hall Inc. Committee (1979), Caralue - near and far, Caralue Hall Inc. Committee, ISBN 978-0-9595451-0-4
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