Baroota, South Australia

Baroota is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on the east coast of Spencer Gulf about 230 kilometres (140 miles) north of the state capital of Adelaide and about 29 kilometres (18 mi) north-east of the city of Port Pirie.[1][4]

Baroota
South Australia
Baroota is located in South Australia
Baroota
Baroota
Coordinates32°55′36″S 137°58′50″E[1]
Population52 (SAL 2021)[2]
Established13 March 1997[3]
Postcode(s)5495[4]
Time zoneACST (UTC+9:30)
 • Summer (DST)ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location
LGA(s)District Council of Mount Remarkable
RegionYorke and Mid North[1]
CountyFrome[1]
State electorate(s)Stuart[5]
Federal division(s)Grey[6]
Mean max temp[7] Mean min temp[7] Annual rainfall[7]
24.7 °C
76 °F		 13.6 °C
56 °F		 257.0 mm
10.1 in
Suburbs around Baroota:
Spencer Gulf Mambray Creek
Wilmington		 Melrose
Spencer Gulf Baroota Melrose
Bangor
Spencer Gulf Port Germein Port Germein
FootnotesLocations[1]
Adjoining localities[1]

Baroota originally started as a private sub-division in the cadastral unit of the Hundred of Baroota. Its boundaries were created for the “long established name” on 13 March 1997. Its name is reported as being derived from “an early pastoral lease which derived the name either from the local Aboriginal tribe or a corruption of the Aboriginal word "nilbaroota" meaning reedy place for animals or animal food.”[1][3]

The locality occupies land extending from the coastline with Spencer Gulf in the west to the western side of the Flinders Ranges in the east. The Augusta Highway and Adelaide-Port Augusta railway line both pass through the locality in a north-south direction.[1] The southern end of the Black Range section of the Mount Remarkable National Park extends into the locality from the north-east.[1] The Baroota Reservoir is located on the Baroota Creek in the east of the locality.[1][8]

The land use within the locality is divided between agriculture and conservation of land associated with both the coastline in the west and the water catchment for the Baroota Reservoir in the locality’s east.[9][10]

The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Telowie had a population of 95 people.[11]

Baroota is located within the federal division of Grey, the state electoral district of Stuart and the local government area of the District Council of Mount Remarkable.[6][1][5]

See also

References
  1. "Search results for 'Baroota, LOCB' with the following datasets being selected - 'Suburbs and Localities', 'Counties', 'Local Government Areas', 'SA Government Regions' and 'Gazetteer'". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
  2. Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Baroota (Suburb and Locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. 
  3. "GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT 1991 Notice to Assign Names and Boundaries to Places" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. South Australian Government. 13 March 1997. p. 1177. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  4. "Postcode for Baroota, South Australia". postcodes-australia.com. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
  5. "District of Stuart Background Profile". Electoral Commission SA. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  6. "Federal electoral division of Grey" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
  7. "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics Summary statistics Port Augusta Power Station (nearest station)". Commonwealth of Australia , Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
  8. "Baroota Reservoir". SA Water. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
  9. "Development Plan, Mount Remarkable Council, Consolidated – 5 September 2013" (PDF). Government of South Australia. pp. 10, 152, 170, 187, 193, 198, 199, 201 and 203. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
  10. "Search results for 'Baroota, LOCB' with the following datasets being selected - 'Suburbs and Localities' and 'Land Development Plan Zone Categories'". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
  11. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Melrose". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
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