Amyton is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on the eastern side of the Flinders Ranges about 259 kilometres (161 mi) north of the state capital of Adelaide and about 28 kilometres (17 mi) north-east of the municipal seat of Melrose.[1]
| Amyton South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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  Amyton | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 32°36′39″S 138°19′40″E / 32.610901°S 138.327857°E[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 9 (SAL 2021)[2] | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 10 April 1879 (town) 13 March 1997 (locality)[3][4] | ||||||||||||||
| Abolished | 13 June 1957 (town)[5] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 5431 [6] | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | ACST (UTC+9:30) | ||||||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | ACST (UTC+10:30) | ||||||||||||||
| Location | |||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Mount Remarkable[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Region | Yorke and Mid North [1] | ||||||||||||||
| County | Frome[1] | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Stuart[7] | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Grey[8] | ||||||||||||||
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| Footnotes | Location[1] Adjoining localities[1] | ||||||||||||||
Boundaries for the locality were created on 13 March 1997 and was given the “long established name” of Amyton which is derived from the former Government Town of Amyton.[4]
The government town was intended to be the principal settlement of the cadastral unit of the Hundred of Pinda. It was surveyed in January 1879 and laid out as “204 house allotments and 180 larger blocks and parklands.” It was proclaimed on 10 April 1879 and was named after the eldest daughter of William Jervois, the Governor of South Australia. It was diminished on 13 May 1954 by the cancellation of the loan registration book for the land intended for “school purposes” and resumption of all of the land intended for the school, parklands and the town, and was proclaimed to ‘cease to exist’ on 13 June 1957.[1][10][3][11][5]
The town had as many as “four buildings and many temporary constructions” at one time and had a school in operation from 1881 to 1930. As of 2012, “nothing remains but a small pioneer cemetery” and “a few rubble heaps…”[10] Geoffrey Manning, the South Australian historian, notes that the town was not successful because the “uncertainty of the rainfall” made the growing of wheat unviable, although farmers of the time could practise dairying as the “good variety of summer fodders, such as saltbush and blue bush” realized better financial returns than growing wheat.[10]
Amyton is located within the federal division of Grey, the state electoral district of Stuart and the local government area of the District Council of Mount Remarkable.[8][7][1]
References edit
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Search results for 'Amyton, LOCB' with the following datasets being selected - 'Suburbs and Localities', 'Postcode', 'Counties', 'Hundreds', 'Local Government Areas', 'SA Government Regions', 'Land Development Plan Zone Categories' and 'Gazetteer'". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Amyton (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ a b "Untitled proclamation under the Crown Lands Consolidation Act re the Town of Amyton" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. South Australian Government. 10 April 1879. p. 1074. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
- ^ a b "GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT 1991 Notice to Assign Names and Boundaries to Places" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. South Australian Government. 13 March 1997. p. 1177. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
- ^ a b "CROWN LANDS ACT, 1929-1944: TOWN OF AMYTON TO CEASE TO EXIST" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. South Australian Government. 13 June 1957. p. 1464. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
- ^ "Postcode for Amyton, South Australia". Postcodes Australia. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
- ^ a b "Electoral district of Stuart". Electoral Commission SA. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
- ^ a b "Federal electoral division of Grey" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
- ^ a b c "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics Port Augusta Power Station (nearest station)". Commonwealth of Australia , Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
- ^ a b c Manning, Geoffrey H. (2012). "Search result for Amyton" (PDF). A Compendium of the Place Names of South Australia From Aaron Creek to Zion Hill With 54 Complementary Appendices. Geoffrey Manning. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
- ^ "CROWN LANDS ACT, 1929-1944: HUNDRED OF PINDA -LANDS RESUMED AND TOWN OF AMYTON DIMINISHED" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. South Australian Government. 13 May 1954. pp. 957–958. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
