Collinsville South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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Coordinates | 33°23′37″S 139°10′05″E / 33.3936°S 139.168090°E | ||||||||||||||
Population | 11 ( SAL 2021) [1] | ||||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 5418 [2] | ||||||||||||||
LGA(s) | Regional Council of Goyder | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | Stuart [2] | ||||||||||||||
Federal division(s) | Grey [2] | ||||||||||||||
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Footnotes | Coordinates [3] |
Collinsville is a rural locality in the Mid North region of South Australia, situated in the Regional Council of Goyder. [2] It was established in August 2000, when boundaries were formalised for the "long established local name". [3] It has almost exactly the same boundaries as the cadastral Hundred of Tomkinson, with small variations on its western border. [4]
The Hundred of Tomkinson was proclaimed on 18 September 1879 by Governor William Jervois, named after politician Samuel Tomkinson. [4] Collinsville Post Office opened on 1 April 1896, named after the property of local grazier John Collins; it closed on 1 December 1917. The state Nomenclature Committee had recommended in 1916 that the post office be renamed 'Metiappa', an abridgement of 'Piltimetiappa', the Aboriginal name for a local creek and the name of another local station, but there is no record of this having occurred before the closure. [3] [5] The Collinsville property developed as a famous merino stud, and upon Collins' death, The Advertiser described his family firm as "among the best studmasters in Australia". [6]
The historic Collinsville Homestead Complex and the Piltimittiappa Homestead are both listed on the South Australian Heritage Register. [7] [8]
Much of the Caroona Creek Conservation Park lies within Collinsville. [2]
Collinsville South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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Coordinates | 33°23′37″S 139°10′05″E / 33.3936°S 139.168090°E | ||||||||||||||
Population | 11 ( SAL 2021) [1] | ||||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 5418 [2] | ||||||||||||||
LGA(s) | Regional Council of Goyder | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | Stuart [2] | ||||||||||||||
Federal division(s) | Grey [2] | ||||||||||||||
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Footnotes | Coordinates [3] |
Collinsville is a rural locality in the Mid North region of South Australia, situated in the Regional Council of Goyder. [2] It was established in August 2000, when boundaries were formalised for the "long established local name". [3] It has almost exactly the same boundaries as the cadastral Hundred of Tomkinson, with small variations on its western border. [4]
The Hundred of Tomkinson was proclaimed on 18 September 1879 by Governor William Jervois, named after politician Samuel Tomkinson. [4] Collinsville Post Office opened on 1 April 1896, named after the property of local grazier John Collins; it closed on 1 December 1917. The state Nomenclature Committee had recommended in 1916 that the post office be renamed 'Metiappa', an abridgement of 'Piltimetiappa', the Aboriginal name for a local creek and the name of another local station, but there is no record of this having occurred before the closure. [3] [5] The Collinsville property developed as a famous merino stud, and upon Collins' death, The Advertiser described his family firm as "among the best studmasters in Australia". [6]
The historic Collinsville Homestead Complex and the Piltimittiappa Homestead are both listed on the South Australian Heritage Register. [7] [8]
Much of the Caroona Creek Conservation Park lies within Collinsville. [2]