Brooker is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located in the state’s west on Eyre Peninsula about 266 kilometres (165 mi) west of the state capital of Adelaide and about 38 kilometres (24 mi) north-west of the municipal seat in Tumby Bay.[1][4]
| Brooker South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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  Brooker | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°05′43″S 135°52′30″E / 34.095351°S 135.875074°E[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 76 (2016 census)[2] | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 23 December 1998[3] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 5607[4] | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 135 m (443 ft)[5] | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | ACST (UTC+9:30) | ||||||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | ACST (UTC+10:30) | ||||||||||||||
| Location | |||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | District Council of Tumby Bay[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Region | Eyre Western[1] | ||||||||||||||
| County | Jervois[1] | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Flinders[6] | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Grey[7] | ||||||||||||||
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| Footnotes | Locations[4] Adjoining localities[1] | ||||||||||||||
Brooker’s boundaries were created on 23 December 1998 and it was given the ”long established name” which is derived from the cadastral unit of the Hundred of Brooker. It occupies all of the land in the hundred as well as some land to the immediate north in the Hundred of Nicholls.[1][3]
The Cummins to Kimba branch of the Eyre Peninsula Railway passes through the south-east corner of the locality. A site for a railway station named Moreenia is located on the branch line within the locality.[5][1]
Land use within Brooker is zoned as primary production which typically consists of “agricultural production and the grazing of stock on relatively large holdings.”[9][10]
The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Brooker had a population of 76 people.[2]
Brooker is located within the federal division of Grey, the state electoral district of Flinders and the local government area of the District Council of Tumby Bay.[7][1][6]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Search results for "Brooker, LOCB" with the following datasets selected - 'Suburbs and Localities', 'Counties', 'Hundreds', 'Local Government Areas', 'SA Government Regions' and 'Gazetter'". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
- ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Brooker (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
- ^ a b Kentish, P.M (23 December 1998). "GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT 1991 Notice to Assign Boundaries and Names to Places (in the District Council of Tumby Bay)" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australia. p. 2009. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
- ^ a b c "Brooker, South Australia (Postcode)". postcodes-australia.com. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
- ^ a b "Search results for "Moreenia Railway Station, RSTA" with the following datasets selected - 'Suburbs and Localities', 'Gazetter' and 'Railways'". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
- ^ a b "District of Flinders Background Profile". Electoral Commission SA. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
- ^ a b "Federal electoral division of Grey" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
- ^ a b c "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics North Shields (Port Lincoln AWS)". Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 12 January 2018.}
- ^ "Development Plan – Tumby Bay (DC)- Consolidated – 6 March 2018". Government of South Australia. pp. 131 and 193. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
- ^ "Search results for "Brooker, LOCB" with the following datasets selected - 'Suburbs and Localities', 'Local Government Areas', 'Gazetter' and 'Land Development Planning Zone Categories'". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
