Verran, South Australia
| Verran South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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  Verran | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°51′02″S 136°18′58″E / 33.85062628°S 136.31612053°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 88 (SAL 2016)[2][3] | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1914[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 5603[4] | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | ACST (UTC+9:30) | ||||||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | ACST (UTC+10:30) | ||||||||||||||
| Location | 241 km (150 mi) west of Adelaide | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | District Council of Cleve[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Region | Eyre Western[5] | ||||||||||||||
| County | Jervois[1] | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Flinders[6] | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Grey[7] | ||||||||||||||
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| Footnotes | Location[4] Climate[8] Coordinates[1] Adjoining localities[1] | ||||||||||||||
Verran is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on the Eyre Peninsula about 241 kilometres (150 miles) west of the state capital of Adelaide.[4] Its name is derived from the cadastral unit of the Hundred of Verran, which was named for former Premier John Verran.[9]
Verran began as a government town surveyed during May 1914 and proclaimed by Governor Galway on 30 July 1914. The government town was declared to “cease to exist” on 29 October 1970. Boundaries for the locality were created during December 1998 and include the “ceased Government Town of Verran.” [1][10]
The Verran Siding School opened in 1913 and closed in 1941.[9] A postal receiving office opened at Verran on 21 June 1912, became a post office in June 1915, and closed on 29 February 1972.[11]
The principal land use within the locality is ‘primary production’ which mainly concerned with "grazing and cropping." It also includes the protected area known as the Verran Tanks Conservation Park.[12][1]
Verran is located within the federal division of Grey, the state electoral district of Flinders and the local government area of the District Council of Cleve.[7][6][1]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Search result for "Verran (Locality Bounded)" (Record no SA0013108) with the following layers being selected - "Suburbs and Localities", "Government Towns", "Place names (gazetteer)", "Road labels" and "Development Plan"". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Verran (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2016.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Verran (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2016 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ a b c "Verran, South Australia (Postcode)". postcodes-australia.com. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
- ^ "Eyre Western SA Government region" (PDF). The Government of South Australia. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
- ^ a b "District of Flinders Background Profile". Electoral Commission SA. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
- ^ a b "Federal electoral division of Grey" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
- ^ "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics CLEVE AERODROME (nearest weather station)". Commonwealth of Australia , Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
- ^ a b "Place Names of South Australia - V". Manning Index of South Australian History. State Library of South Australia. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
- ^ "CROWN LANDS ACT, 1929-1969: HUNDRED OF VERRAN—TOWN OF VERRAN DECLARED TO CEASE TO EXIST" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australia: 1894. 29 October 1970. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
- ^ "Verran". Post Office Reference. Premier Postal. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
- ^ "Development Plan, Cleve (DC), Consolidated – 23 April 2015" (PDF). Government of South Australia. pp. 136–137 and 181. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
