Gum Creek, South Australia
Gum Creek is a rural locality in the Mid North region of South Australia, situated in the Regional Council of Goyder.[1] It was established in August 2000, when boundaries were formalised for the "long established local name".[2] It is named for the Gum Creek pastoral property, which originally extended from Farrell Flat to Mount Bryan, with the homestead being located in the Gum Creek locality.[3][2] The property was owned by a number of notable figures, with Sir John Duncan succeeding Sir Walter Hughes as owner.[4]
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Coordinates | 33°42′46.3″S 138°45′55.8″E | ||||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 5417 [1] | ||||||||||||||
LGA(s) | Regional Council of Goyder | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | Stuart [1] | ||||||||||||||
Federal Division(s) | Grey [1] | ||||||||||||||
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Footnotes | Coordinates[2] |
A Primitive Methodist church opened at "Iron Mine, Gum Creek" in October 1871, built by J. & T. Pearce of Kooringa for a cost of £140.[5] A Sunday school at Ironmine Methodist Church, as it came to be known, was built in 1923.[6] The church held a 75th anniversary celebration in April 1946.[7] The church closed in 1974 and was converted to a residence.[8]
Gum Creek School opened in 1898 and closed in 1957.[9] Prior to this, a day school was reported as being run by a Mr. Rogers in the Gum Creek Chapel during the 1870s.[10] The later school building survives today, though is in a derelict state.
A telephone office opened at Gum Creek on 1 May 1926, became a postal receiving office on 3 May 1926 and was upgraded to a post office on 1 July 1927. It closed on 13 March 1953.[11]
It formerly had its own tennis, football and cricket teams.[12][13]
References
- "Search result(s) for Gum Creek, 5417". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
- "Search result(s) for Peep Hill, 5374". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
- "GUM CREEK CHEEP STATION". The Register (Adelaide). LXXXV (22, 936). South Australia. 13 May 1920. p. 5. Retrieved 27 December 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
- "BURRA PASTORAL ESTATES". Kapunda Herald. XLII (3, 327). South Australia. 26 January 1906. p. 6. Retrieved 27 December 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
- "THE MUTILATED LAND BILL". South Australian Register. XXXVI (7767). South Australia. 6 October 1871. p. 7. Retrieved 27 December 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
- "NEWS FROM THE COUNTRY". The Register (Adelaide). LXXXVIII (25, 602). South Australia. 17 January 1923. p. 11. Retrieved 27 December 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
- "Church Anniversary at Ironmine". Burra Record. 69 (13). South Australia. 2 April 1946. p. 4. Retrieved 27 December 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
- "Lower North Regional Heritage Survey - District Council of Burra Burra" (PDF). Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
- "Place Names of South Australia - G". The Manning Index of South Australian History. State Library of South Australia. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
- "NOTES BY THE WAY". South Australian Chronicle And Weekly Mail. XVII (831). South Australia. 18 July 1874. p. 10. Retrieved 27 December 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
- "Gum Creek (2)". Post Office Reference. Premier Postal. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
- "GUM CREEK". Burra Record. XV (988). South Australia. 24 April 1912. p. 3. Retrieved 27 December 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
- "FOOTBALL". Burra Record. XV (636). South Australia. 27 July 1904. p. 3. Retrieved 27 December 2016 – via National Library of Australia.