Australian Plains
| Australia Plains South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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 Former Church (left) and school | |||||||||||||||
  Australia Plains | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°05′49″S 139°09′00″E / 34.097°S 139.15°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 41 (SAL 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 5374 | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Regional Council of Goyder | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Stuart | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Grey | ||||||||||||||
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Australian Plains is a small settlement in South Australia. Originally, the settlement was founded by German immigrants, in the 1880s. In 2014, it had a population of about 30 people. The post office operated from 1882 to 1971.[2] The public school operated from 1917 to 1956. Before 1917, there was a Lutheran school, which had to close during World War I.[3][4]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Australia Plains (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ↑ "Placename Details: Australia Plains Post Office". Property Location Browser. Land Services, Government of South Australia. 13 October 2009. SA0003564. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
- ↑ "CLOSING GERMAN SCHOOLS". Daily Herald. Vol. 8, no. 2260. South Australia. 18 June 1917. p. 3. Retrieved 24 December 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ Dreckow, Betty (1986). Hills, Valley and Plains: History of the Eudunda District. p. 142.
