Everard Central, South Australia
| Everard Central South Australia | |||||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 33°57′55″S 138°18′59″E / 33.96528°S 138.31639°ECoordinates: 33°57′55″S 138°18′59″E / 33.96528°S 138.31639°E | ||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 5461 | ||||||||||||
| Location | 108 km (67 mi) N of Adelaide | ||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Wakefield Regional Council | ||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Frome | ||||||||||||
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Everard Central (33°58′S 138°19′E / 33.967°S 138.317°E; postcode: 5461) is a locality in South Australia's Mid North.[1][2] The locality is situated in approximately the southern two thirds of the cadastral Hundred of Everard.[1][3]
Hundred of Everard
| Hundred of Everard South Australia | |||||||||||||
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| Established | 24 May 1867 | ||||||||||||
| Area | 215 km2 (83.0 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| County | Stanley | ||||||||||||
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The Hundred of Everard is the cadastral unit of hundred on the northern Adelaide Plains containing the Everard Central locality.[3] It is one of the 16 hundreds of the County of Stanley.[4] It was named in 1867 by Governor Dominick Daly after William Everard (1819–1889), a South Australian parliamentarian.[3] The southern third of the locality of Condowie is also situated inside the bounds of the Hundred of Everard.
Geology
Everard Central contains a series of ephemeral salt lake basins.[5] The lunette formations at the basin edges contain deposits of gypsum. Gypsum for agricultural use is mined at the site, with 35,000 t (34,000 long tons; 39,000 short tons) being obtained by G.J. Mills and McArdle in 2002.[6]
See also
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "Search result for 'Everard Central, LOCB' (ID SA0023115)". Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure, Government of South Australia. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
- ↑ "Everard Central, South Australia". Retrieved 25 January 2016.
- 1 2 3 "Search result for 'Hundred of Everard' (ID SA0023127)". Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure, Government of South Australia. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
- ↑ South Australia hundred maps 1:63 360. Surveyor General's Office. 1867.
- ↑ "Geological Survey of South Australia - Burra - S.A. Geological Atlas Series Sheet SI 54-05" (PDF). Department for Manufacturing, Innovation, Trade, Resources and Energy, Commonwealth of Australia. 22 May 2012.
Holocene/Pleistocene Undifferentiated Pleistocene calcrete/gypcrete; Holocene/Quaternary gypsiferous dunes/lunettes
- ↑ "Minerals - Gypsum". Government of South Australia. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
Everard: Variable tonnages (35 000 t in 2002) of agricultural gypsum are mined by G.J. Mills and McArdle Pty Ltd from lunette deposits near Everard Central, 15 km east of Lochiel in the State’s Mid North.