Sherlock, South Australia
Town in South Australia
35°19′13″S 139°48′13″E / 35.3202°S 139.8037°E / -35.3202; 139.803724 August 2000 (locality)[2][3]
Localities around Sherlock: | ||
Wynarka | Karoonda | |
Moorlands | Sherlock | Peake |
Coomandook | Yumali | |
Sherlock is a town and locality in the Australian state of South Australia. It is on the Pinnaroo railway line[4] and Mallee Highway.
History
The town was surveyed in May 1907.[5] The railway station opened in January 1913, with the stationmaster also responsible for the Moorlands station 9 miles (14 km) west.[6] The Sherlock Baptist Church opened in 1911, and was the first stone building erected along the Pinnaroo railway line.[7]
References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Sherlock (SA) (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ Kirkpatrick, A.A. (8 August 1907). "Town of Sherlock" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australia. p. 299. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
- ^ "GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT 1991, Notice to Assign Boundaries and Names to Places (within the Coorong District Council)" (PDF), The South Australian Government Gazette: 596, 24 August 2000, retrieved 9 April 2019
- ^ a b "Placename Details: Sherlock Railway Station". Property Location Browser. Land Services, Government of South Australia. 21 April 2008. SA0061422. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
- ^ "Placename Details: Sherlock". Property Location Browser. Land Services, Government of South Australia. 12 May 2011. SA0007045. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
- ^ "SHERLOCK RAILWAY SIDING". Daily Herald. Adelaide, SA: National Library of Australia. 1 January 1913. p. 3. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
- ^ "THE COUNTRY". The Advertiser. Adelaide, SA: National Library of Australia. 25 March 1911. p. 21. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
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Localities of the Coorong District Council
- Ashville
- Bunbury
- Carcuma
- Colebatch
- Cooke Plains
- Coomandook
- Coombe
- Coonalpyn
- Coorong (part)
- Culburra
- Deepwater
- Elwomple
- Field
- Jabuk
- Ki Ki
- Lake Alexandrina (part)
- Malinong
- Meningie
- Meningie East
- Meningie West
- Moorlands
- Narrung
- Naturi
- Netherton
- Ngarkat
- Peake
- Poltalloch
- Salt Creek
- Sherlock
- Tailem Bend
- Tintinara
- Waltowa
- Wellington East
- Yumali
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