Dawesley
Dawesley is a locality in South Australia. It is in the Adelaide Hills 40 km southeast of Adelaide. It is on Dawesley Creek, a tributary of the Bremer River, and the old Princes Highway between Nairne and Kanmantoo. It is in the Hundred of Kanmantoo.[3]
Dawesley South Australia | |||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | |||||||||||||||
![]() ![]() Dawesley | |||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 35°02′32″S 138°56′43″E[1] | ||||||||||||||
Population | 259 (2016 census)[2] | ||||||||||||||
Established | 1857 | ||||||||||||||
Location | |||||||||||||||
LGA(s) | District Council of Mount Barker | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | electoral district of Kavel | ||||||||||||||
Federal Division(s) | Division of Mayo | ||||||||||||||
|
The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Dawesley had 259 people living within its boundaries.[2]
History
The town was laid out by William Bower Dawes and sold at the District Hotel, Nairne, on 4 May 1857.[4] Mount Beevor station, once held by T. Hope Murray, is nearby.[5]
gollark: I have to ignore loads of them because I see so many.
gollark: No they aren't.
gollark: Oh, Neglectedragon.
gollark: CB Zcode what?
gollark: That's a 56, by the way.
References
- "Search results for 'Dawesley, 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 27 September 2019.
- Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Dawesley (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats.
- South Australian Names
- Manning, Geoffrey. "Dawesley" (PDF). Manning Index of South Australian History - Place Names. Retrieved 6 November 2017 – via State Library of South Australia.
- "Family Notices". The Advertiser. Adelaide. 2 May 1903. p. 6. Retrieved 15 November 2014 – via National Library of Australia.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.