Everard Central, South Australia facts for kids
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 Everard Central
Location in South Australia
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| Postcode(s) | 5461 | ||||||||||||||
| Location | 108 km (67 mi) N of Adelaide | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Wakefield Regional Council | ||||||||||||||
| Region | Mid North | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Frome | ||||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Grey | ||||||||||||||
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Everard Central (33°58′S 138°19′E / 33.967°S 138.317°E; postcode: 5461) is a locality in South Australia's Mid North. The locality is situated in approximately the southern two thirds of the cadastral Hundred of Everard.
Hundred of Everard
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| Everard South Australia |
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| Established | 24 May 1867 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 215 km2 (83.0 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| County | Stanley | ||||||||||||||
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The Hundred of Everard is the cadastral unit of hundred on the northern Adelaide Plains containing the Everard Central locality. It is one of the 16 hundreds of the County of Stanley. It was named in 1867 by Governor Dominick Daly after William Everard (1819–1889), a South Australian parliamentarian. The southern third of the locality of Condowie is also situated inside the bounds of the Hundred of Everard.
Geology
Everard Central contains a series of ephemeral salt lake basins. The lunette formations at the basin edges contain deposits of gypsum. Gypsum for agricultural use is mined at the site, with 35,000 tonnes being obtained by G.J. Mills and McArdle in 2002.
