Buckleboo, South Australia
Encyclopedia
Buckleboo is a wheat
farming community 35 km northwest of Kimba
, on South Australia
's Eyre Peninsula
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Buckleboo is home to 'Buckleboo Park' which consists of 6 tennis courts and an oval for Australian Rules Football and Cricket. Nicknamed the Club in the Scrub many have played and savoured their time at Buckleboo.
Buckleboo is the railhead for a narrow gauge railway to haul grain via Kimba and Cummins
to Port Lincoln
for export. It was proclaimed in 1925 and named after the adjacent pastoral run.
Buckleboo is in the District Council of Kimba
local government area, the South Australian House of Assembly
electoral district of Flinders
and the Australian House of Representatives
Division of Grey
.
Wheat
Wheat is a cereal grain, originally from the Levant region of the Near East, but now cultivated worldwide. In 2007 world production of wheat was 607 million tons, making it the third most-produced cereal after maize and rice...
farming community 35 km northwest of Kimba
Kimba, South Australia
Kimba is a rural service town on the Eyre Highway at the top of Eyre Peninsula in South Australia. At the 2006 census, Kimba had a population of 636 and it has an annual rainfall of 339 mm. There is 7 metre tall statue of a big galah beside the highway marking halfway between the east and west...
, on South Australia
South Australia
South Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories.South Australia shares borders with all of the mainland...
's Eyre Peninsula
Eyre Peninsula
Eyre Peninsula is a triangular peninsula in South Australia. It is bounded on the east by Spencer Gulf, the west by the Great Australian Bight, and the north by the Gawler Ranges. It is named after explorer Edward John Eyre who explored some of it in 1839-1841. The coastline was first explored by...
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Buckleboo is home to 'Buckleboo Park' which consists of 6 tennis courts and an oval for Australian Rules Football and Cricket. Nicknamed the Club in the Scrub many have played and savoured their time at Buckleboo.
Buckleboo is the railhead for a narrow gauge railway to haul grain via Kimba and Cummins
Cummins, South Australia
Cummins is a town on Eyre Peninsula in South Australia, 67 km north of Port Lincoln and 68 m above sea level. At the 2006 census, the town had a population of 705....
to Port Lincoln
Port Lincoln, South Australia
- Transport :Port Lincoln is the port for the isolated narrow gauge Eyre Peninsular Railway.There is also a subsidiary port at Proper Bay which may be restored to use for iron ore traffic. The export of iron ore through Port Lincoln has been approved by the South Australian Government. Port...
for export. It was proclaimed in 1925 and named after the adjacent pastoral run.
Buckleboo is in the District Council of Kimba
District Council of Kimba
The District Council of Kimba is a local government area located on the northern Eyre Peninsula in South Australia. The district is mostly agricultural in nature, with the township of Kimba being the focal point of the district...
local government area, the South Australian House of Assembly
South Australian House of Assembly
The House of Assembly, or lower house, is one of the two chambers of the Parliament of South Australia. The other is the Legislative Council. It sits in Parliament House in the state capital, Adelaide.- Overview :...
electoral district of Flinders
Electoral district of Flinders
Flinders is an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia. It is named after explorer Matthew Flinders, who was responsible for charting most of the state's coastline. It is a 55,260.6 km² coastal rural electorate encompassing the Eyre Peninsula and...
and the Australian House of Representatives
Australian House of Representatives
The House of Representatives is one of the two houses of the Parliament of Australia; it is the lower house; the upper house is the Senate. Members of Parliament serve for terms of approximately three years....
Division of Grey
Division of Grey
The Division of Grey is an Australian Electoral Division in South Australia.The division was created in 1903 and is named for Sir George Grey, who was Governor of South Australia 1841-45 ....
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