Bookabie, South Australia
| Bookabie South Australia | |||||||||||||
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  Bookabie | |||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 31°50′24″S 132°40′34″E / 31.84°S 132.676°ECoordinates: 31°50′24″S 132°40′34″E / 31.84°S 132.676°E | ||||||||||||
| Established | 1891[1] | ||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 5690[2] | ||||||||||||
| Time zone | ACST (UTC+9:30) | ||||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | ACST (UTC+10:30) | ||||||||||||
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| LGA(s) | unincorporated area[1] | ||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Flinders[3] | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Grey[4] | ||||||||||||
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Location[2] Coordinates[1] Climate[5] Adjoining localities[1] | ||||||||||||
Bookabie is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on the state’s west coast overlooking the Great Australian Bight about 648 kilometres (403 mi) north-west of the Adelaide city centre and about 103 kilometres (64 mi) west of the town centre of Ceduna.[1][2]
The name was first used for a town located in the Hundred of Magarey which was surveyed in July 1890 and officially named by Governor Kintore on 27 August 1891. The name was recorded by the journalist, Daisy Bates, as being derived from an aboriginal word meaning “bad water” which was used by local aboriginals for a waterhole near the town. Boundaries for the locality including the town were created in October 2003 with some additional “unincorporated land” being added on 26 April 2013.[6][1]
Bookabie consists of land associated with a section of coastline overlooking the Great Australian Bight including the eastern side of Fowlers Bay including the bay’s eastern headland.[7] The Eyre Highway passes through the locality in an east-west direction.[1] As of 2012, the majority land use within the locality was agriculture while the land adjoining the coastline in the south being zoned for conservation.[8]
Bookabie is located within the federal Division of Grey, the state electoral district of Flinders and the unincorporated area of South Australia.[1][4][3]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Search result for "Bookabie (LOCB)" (Record no SA0008187) with the following layers selected - "Suburbs and Localities" and " Place names (gazetteer)"". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
- 1 2 3 "Bookabie, South Australia (Postcode)". postcodes-australia.com. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
- 1 2 "District of Flinders Background Profile". Electoral Commission SA. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
- 1 2 "Federal electoral division of Grey" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
- ↑ "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics FOWLERS BAY (nearest weather station)". Commonwealth of Australia , Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
- ↑ "Bookabie, nomenclature". Place names of South Australia. State Library of South Australia. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
- ↑ "Search result for "Bookabie (Locality Bounded)" with the following datasets being selected - "Suburbs and Localities"". LocationSA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
- ↑ "Development Plan, Land Not Within a Council Area Eyre, Far North, Riverland and Whyalla – 18 October 2012" (PDF). Government of South Australia. 2012. pp. 101, 110, 161 and 200–203. Retrieved 16 September 2015.