Spalding, South Australia
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Spalding is a town located north of the Clare Valley in South Australia, Australia. At the Template:CensusAU, Spalding had a population of 215.[2]
It is mainly a farming community and also is home to a slate quarry.
Services in the town include a supermarket, hotel, school, gun supplies store, roadhouse, Country Fire Service station, South Australian State Emergency Service (SES) unit, dedicated post office and police station.
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History
Prior to 1869, there were five sheep runs in the Spalding area: Bundaleer, Booborowie, Canowie, Hill River and Bungaree. From this date, the Spalding area was made available to farmers and a farming-centred community grew.[1]
On 30 July 1885, the District Council of Spalding was proclaimed; it remained until 1997, when it merged into the Northern Areas Council. In 1925 a post office was built in Spalding.[1]
Spalding was serviced by a broad gauge railway line through the Clare Valley from Adelaide from its construction in 1922 until the last train in 1978.[3]
The historic Spalding Railway Bridge over the Broughton River and Bundaleer Reservoir site are both listed on the South Australian Heritage Register.[4][5][6]
Features of interest
- The Heysen Trail runs past Spalding, which is approximately the midpoint of the 1200 km walking route.[7]
References
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- ↑ a b c "Spalding". Spalding Management Committee. Retrieved 2009-06-24
- ↑ Template:Census 2016 AUS
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