Wild Horse Plains, South Australia

Wild Horse Plains is a locality in South Australia on the eastern coastline of Gulf St Vincent about 69 kilometres (43 miles) north-northwest of the Adelaide city centre.[7] Its name is attributed to Thomas Day, who found wild horses grazing within the locality around 1870.[8] Its boundaries, created in June 1997, include the town of Wild Horse Plains, established in 1881 on Port Wakefield Road, and the former Government Town of Lorne.[2] Port Lorne Road marks most of the northern boundary of Wild Horse Plains and is the access road to the former township of Lorne.[7]

Wild Horse Plains
South Australia
Wild Horse Plains is located in South Australia
Wild Horse Plains
Wild Horse Plains
Coordinates34.360070°S 138.293260°E / -34.360070; 138.293260
Population96 (SAL 2021)[1]
Established1881[2]
Postcode(s)5501[3]
Time zoneACST (UTC+9:30)
 • Summer (DST)ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location
LGA(s)Adelaide Plains Council[4]
State electorate(s)Narungga[5]
Federal division(s)Grey[6]
Localities around Wild Horse Plains:
Proof Range Inkerman Avon
Gulf St Vincent Wild Horse Plains Long Plains
Gulf St Vincent Windsor, Parham Windsor

Wild Horse Plains lies within the federal Division of Grey, the state electoral district of Narungga[5] and the local government area of the Adelaide Plains Council.[4][6]

The post office opened in 1878, continued as a telephone exchange and closed in 1979. [9]

Wild Horse Plains formally had a school for all ages known as Wild Horse Plains School.

See also

References
  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Wild Horse Plains (Suburb and Locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. 
  2. Life around the Light, A history of the Mallala District Council Area. The Community Development Board of the Council District of Mallala. December 1985. pp. 22–23. ISBN 0-9588959-0-2.
  3. "Wild Horse Plains, South Australia". Postcodes Australia. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
  4. "Development Plan - Mallala Council" (PDF). Department of Planning Transport and Infrastructure. pp. 212, 248 & 366. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
  5. Narungga (Map). Electoral District Boundaries Commission. 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
  6. "Federal electoral division of Grey, boundary gazetted 20 July 2018". Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  7. "Search result for " Wild Horse Plains (LOCB)" (Record no SA0062509)". Department of Planning Transport and Infrastructure. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
  8. "Wild Horse Plains". State Library of South Australia. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
  9. "Home Page, Postmarks: WILD HORSE PLAINS, SOUTH AUSTRALIA, NEAR ADELAIDE, POST MARK". www.auspostalhistory.com. Retrieved 27 August 2017.



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