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Agery
South Australia
Population90 (SAL 2021)[1]
Postcode(s)5558
Elevation104 m (341 ft)
LGA(s)Yorke Peninsula Council
State electorate(s)Goyder[2]
Federal division(s)Grey[3]
Localities around Agery:
Kooroona Moonta Mines
East Moonta
Boors Plain		 Cunliffe
Nalyappa Agery Sunnyvale
Weetulta Weetulta
Arthurton		 Arthurton
FootnotesAdjoining localities[4][5]

Agery is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on Yorke Peninsula. It is situated 17 km south-east of Moonta. Its name comes from the Aboriginal word ngadjali meaning "pipe clay".[6]

History

Agery School opened in 1880 and operated for over 100 years. It closed in 1982. Agery Post Office opened in December 1890.[6] Agery Methodist Church, originally known as the New Wesleyan Chapel, was built in 1885 and remained open until 1970. [7]

Features

Agery Reserve is a small nature reserve that is managed by the Moonta Branch of the National Trust of South Australia. It comprises 3.3 ha of mallee scrub. [8]

See also

References

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Agery (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ "Goyder electorate boundaries as of 2014". ELECTORAL COMMISSION SA. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
  3. ^ "Federal electoral division of Grey" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
  4. ^ "New Ward Structure 2014". Yorke Peninsula Council. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
  5. ^ "Development Plan, Copper Coast Council, Consolidated – 28 August 2014" (PDF). Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. 2014. pp. 286 & 394. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
  6. ^ a b "Agery, (Place names of South Australia)". Place names of South Australia. State Library of South Australia. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
  7. ^ "Trove". Trove. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 17 April 2015.
  8. ^ "National Trust - Agery Reserve". National Trust - Agery Reserve. National Trust. Retrieved 17 April 2015.
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