Wild Horse Plains, South Australia
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| Coordinates: 34°21′36″S 138°17′36″E / 34.360070°S 138.293260°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | South Australia | ||||||||||||
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| Established | 1881[3] | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 96 (SAL 2021)[7] | ||||||||||||
| Time zone | UTC+9:30 (ACST) | ||||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+10:30 (ACST) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 5501[2] | ||||||||||||
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Wild Horse Plains is a locality in South Australia on the eastern coastline of Gulf St Vincent about 69 kilometres (43 miles) north-northwest of the Adelaide city centre.[8] Its name is attributed to Thomas Day, who found wild horses grazing within the locality around 1870.[9] Its boundaries, created in June 1997, include the town of Wild Horse Plains, established in 1881 on Port Wakefield Road, and the former Government Town of Lorne.[3] Port Lorne Road marks most of the northern boundary of Wild Horse Plains and is the access road to the former township of Lorne.[8]
Wild Horse Plains lies within the federal Division of Grey, the state electoral district of Narungga[4] and the local government area of the Adelaide Plains Council.[1][5]
The post office opened in 1878, continued as a telephone exchange and closed in 1979. [1][10]
Wild Horse Plains formally had a school for all ages known as Wild Horse Plains School.
See also
References
- ^ a b "Development Plan - Mallala Council" (PDF). Department of Planning Transport and Infrastructure. pp. 212, 248 & 366. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 February 2015. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
- ^ a b "Wild Horse Plains, South Australia". Postcodes Australia. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
- ^ a b Life around the Light, A history of the Mallala District Council Area. The Community Development Board of the Council District of Mallala. December 1985. pp. 22–23. ISBN 0-9588959-0-2.
- ^ a b Narungga (Map). Electoral District Boundaries Commission. 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
- ^ a b "Federal electoral division of Grey, boundary gazetted 20 July 2018". Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Wild Horse Plains (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Wild Horse Plains (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ a b "Search result for " Wild Horse Plains (LOCB)" (Record no SA0062509)". Department of Planning Transport and Infrastructure. Archived from the original on 7 December 2015. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
- ^ "Wild Horse Plains". State Library of South Australia. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
- ^ "Home Page, Postmarks: WILD HORSE PLAINS, SOUTH AUSTRALIA, NEAR ADELAIDE, POST MARK". www.auspostalhistory.com. Retrieved 27 August 2017.