Boors Plain, South Australia

Boors Plain
South Australia
Boors Plain
Coordinates 34°01′50″S 137°41′54″E / 34.03044°S 137.6983°E / -34.03044; 137.6983Coordinates: 34°01′50″S 137°41′54″E / 34.03044°S 137.6983°E / -34.03044; 137.6983
Postcode(s) 5554 [1]
LGA(s) District Council of the Copper Coast
State electorate(s) Goyder [1]
Federal Division(s) Grey [1]
Localities around Boors Plain:
Warburto Kadina Thrington
Paramatta
North Yelta
East Moonta		 Boors Plain Cunliffe
Agery Agery Agery
Footnotes Coordinates[2]

Boors Plain (historically Boors Plains) is a rural locality at the north end of the Yorke Peninsula of South Australia, situated east of Moonta and south of Kadina. It is located in the District Council of the Copper Coast.[1]

The name and boundaries of the modern locality were formalised in January 1999.[2] It is named after James Boor, a shepherd working for Sir Walter Hughes; Boor made the copper discovery that became Wallaroo Mines.[3][4]

Land within the locality is zoned for “agricultural production and the grazing of stock on relatively large holdings.”[5]

A small village previously existed on the Kadina-Cunliffe Road.[2] Boors Plains Post Office opened in July 1882 and closed in September 1899.[6] Boors Plains School operated from 1879 to 1941.[4] The Boors Plains Methodist Church (1873-1967) was also located in this area; today, the former church site is marked by a memorial cairn. A limestone quarry nearby supplied building materials for the Moonta and Wallaroo Mines.[3]

The Boors Plains Oval was located on Moonta-Thrington Road at a site known as Stanways Corner. The Boors Plains Cricket Club (1880-1965) and the Boors Plains Tennis Club (closed during World War II) were both based there.[3]

The Bald Hill 1864 Miners' Strike Site, located in the west of Boors Plain, is listed on the South Australian Heritage Register.[7]

Boors Plain had its own branch of the Agricultural Bureau: it was reported as being highly successful in the 1930s, and in 1979 published a short history celebrating "the first 50 years".[8][9]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Search result(s) for Boors Plain, 5554". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 "Search result(s) for Boors Plain, 5554". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 "Minutes of Meeting of the Council, 2 June 2004" (PDF). District Council of the Copper Coast. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
  4. 1 2 "Boor Plains". State Library of South Australia. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
  5. ↑ "Development Plan - Copper Coast Council Consolidated – 28 August 2014" (PDF). Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. pp. 187, 286 and 290. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
  6. ↑ "Boors Plains". Post Office Reference. Premier Postal. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
  7. ↑ "Bald Hill (Site of 1864 Miners' Strike Meetings)". South Australian Heritage Register. Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
  8. ↑ "FIELD DAY AT BOOR'S PLAINS". The Advertiser (Adelaide). South Australia. 12 October 1935. p. 15. Retrieved 18 May 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  9. ↑ "Boors Plains Agricultural Bureau--the first 50 years, 1929-1979 / by C. Rust.". Retrieved 18 May 2016.
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