Mount Hope, South Australia

Mount Hope is a small town on the Flinders Highway on the west coast of Eyre Peninsula in South Australia. It was the terminus of a branch of the Eyre Peninsula Railway from Yeelanna from 1914 until but the line was closed and dismantled in 1966.[8] The town was surveyed in 1916, and proposed to be named Mount Woakwine, but no action was taken to call it that.[1]

Mount Hope
South Australia
Mount Hope
Coordinates34°06′38″S 135°21′11″E[1]
Population46 (2016 census)[2]
Established30 Nov 1916 (town)[3]
Postcode(s)5607[4]
Elevation52 m (171 ft)[5]
Time zoneACST (UTC+9:30)
 • Summer (DST)ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location
  • 310 km (193 mi) W of Adelaide[4]
  • 80 km (50 mi) W of Port Lincoln[1]
LGA(s)District Council of Lower Eyre Peninsula
RegionEyre Western[1]
CountyFlinders[1]
Musgrave[1]
State electorate(s)Flinders[6]
Federal Division(s)Grey[7]
Localities around Mount Hope:
Great Australian Bight Kiana Mitchell
Great Australian Bight Mount Hope Mitchell
Kapinnie
Great Australian Bight Mount Drummond Kapinnie
FootnotesAdjoining localities[1]

Mount Hope was part of the traditional territory of the Nauo. It was first traversed by Europeans when Edward John Eyre passed that way in 1839.[9] The school opened in 1911 and closed in 1974.[9] In 1912, it had an undenominational Sunday School run by the same teacher as taught in the school for the rest of the week.[10]

The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Mount Hope had a population of 46 people.[2]

Mount Hope is located within the federal division of Grey, the state electoral district of Flinders and the local government area of the District Council of Lower Eyre Peninsula.[7][1][6]

See also

References
  1. "Search results for 'Mount Hope, LOCB' with the following datasets selected - 'Suburbs and localities', 'Counties', 'Local Government Areas', 'SA Government Regions' and 'Gazetteer'". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
  2. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Mount Hope (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats.
  3. Styles, A.W. (30 November 1916). "TOWN OF MOUNT HOPE" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australia. p. 1045. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
  4. "Postcode for Mount Hope, South Australia". postcodes-australia.com. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  5. "Search results for 'Mount Hope Railway Station' with the following datasets selected - 'Suburbs and localities', 'Government Towns' and 'Gazetteer'". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  6. "District of Flinders Background Profile". Electoral Commission SA. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
  7. "Federal electoral division of Grey". Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
  8. Kapinnie and Mount Hope Railway Discontinuance Act, 1966, No. 11, Government Printer, 24 May 2011, retrieved 13 August 2015
  9. "Place Names of South Australia - H". The Manning Index of South Australian History. State Library of South Australia. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
  10. "GENERAL NEWS". The Advertiser. Adelaide, SA: National Library of Australia. 22 May 1912. p. 8. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
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