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Coordinates: 34°2136S 138°1736E / 34.360070°S 138.293260°E / -34.360070; 138.293260
 

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Wild Horse Plains
South Australia
Wild Horse Plains is located in South Australia
Wild Horse Plains

Wild Horse Plains

Coordinates34°21′36S 138°17′36E / 34.360070°S 138.293260°E / -34.360070; 138.293260
Population96 (SAL 2021)[1]
Established1881[2]
Postcode(s)5501[3]
Time zoneACST (UTC+9:30)
 • Summer (DST)ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location
LGA(s)Adelaide Plains Council[4]
State electorate(s)Narungga[5]
Federal division(s)Grey[6]
Localities around Wild Horse Plains:
Proof Range Inkerman Avon
Gulf St Vincent Wild Horse Plains Long Plains
Gulf St Vincent Windsor, Parham Windsor

Wild Horse Plains is a locality in South Australia on the eastern coastline of Gulf St Vincent about 69 kilometres (43 miles) north-northwest of the Adelaide city centre.[7] Its name is attributed to Thomas Day, who found wild horses grazing within the locality around 1870.[8] Its boundaries, created in June 1997, include the town of Wild Horse Plains, established in 1881 on Port Wakefield Road, and the former Government Town of Lorne.[2] Port Lorne Road marks most of the northern boundary of Wild Horse Plains and is the access road to the former township of Lorne.[7]

Wild Horse Plains lies within the federal Division of Grey, the state electoral district of Narungga[5] and the local government area of the Adelaide Plains Council.[4][6]

The post office opened in 1878, continued as a telephone exchange and closed in 1979. [1][9]

Wild Horse Plains formally had a school for all ages known as Wild Horse Plains School.

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Wild Horse Plains (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. Edit this at Wikidata
  • ^ a b Life around the Light, A history of the Mallala District Council Area. The Community Development Board of the Council District of Mallala. December 1985. pp. 22–23. ISBN 0-9588959-0-2.
  • ^ a b "Wild Horse Plains, South Australia". Postcodes Australia. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
  • ^ a b "Development Plan - Mallala Council" (PDF). Department of Planning Transport and Infrastructure. pp. 212, 248 & 366. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
  • ^ a b Narungga (Map). Electoral District Boundaries Commission. 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
  • ^ a b "Federal electoral division of Grey, boundary gazetted 20 July 2018". Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  • ^ a b "Search result for " Wild Horse Plains (LOCB)" (Record no SA0062509)". Department of Planning Transport and Infrastructure. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
  • ^ "Wild Horse Plains". State Library of South Australia. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
  • ^ "Home Page, Postmarks: WILD HORSE PLAINS, SOUTH AUSTRALIA, NEAR ADELAIDE, POST MARK". www.auspostalhistory.com. Retrieved 27 August 2017.

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