Brinkley, South Australia
Town in South Australia
Brinkley
South Australia |
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Coordinates | 35°13′48″S 139°13′19″E / 35.230°S 139.222°E / -35.230; 139.222 | ||||||||||
Population | 88 ( 2016 census ) [1] | ||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 5253 | ||||||||||
Location | 16 km (10 mi) NW of Murray Bridge | ||||||||||
LGA(s) | Rural City of Murray Bridge | ||||||||||
State electorate(s) | Hammond | ||||||||||
Federal division(s) | Barker | ||||||||||
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Footnotes | Coordinates [2] |
Brinkley is a locality and former township in South Australia west of the Murray River and approximately 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) south west by road from the centre of Murray Bridge . [2] Its boundaries for the long-established locality were formalised in March 2000. [2] It is named for the cadastral division in which it lies, the Hundred of Brinkley , which itself was named after Captain M. Brinkley who in 1860 was the clerk of the state's Executive Council. [3] [4]
Hundred of Brinkley
The Hundred of Brinkley is larger than the modern locality boundaries. It includes all or most of the localities and towns:
- Brinkley
- White Sands
- Woods Point
- Jervois
- Mulgundawa
- Nalpa
- Wellington
See also
References
- ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Brinkley (State Suburb)" . 2016 Census QuickStats . Retrieved 16 June 2021 .
- 1 2 3 "Property Location Browser: Search for 'Brinkley, LOCB' (ID SA0009619)" . Government of South Australia . Retrieved 20 June 2016 .
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"Property Location Browser: Search for 'Hundred of Brinkley, HD' (ID SA0009691)"
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2016
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Area 568 sq km, (219 1/2 square miles). Captain Brinkley was the Clerk of Executive Council in 1860.
- ↑ "South Australia. The Government" . South Australian Register . 28 April 1860. p. 4 . Retrieved 20 June 2016 .
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