Rudall, South Australia

Rudall is a town and locality in South Australia.[1] At the 2016 census, Rudall had a population of 90.[2] It is named for the cadastral Hundred of Rudall, which was named after politician Samuel Rudall.[10]

Rudall South Australia
Rudall
Coordinates	33.6904°S 136.2710°E[1]
Population	90 (2016 census)[2]
Established	4 June 1914 (town) 23 December 1998 (locality)[3][4]
Postcode(s)	5642
Elevation	97 m (318 ft)railway station[5]
Time zone	ACST (UTC+9:30)
• Summer (DST)	ACST (UTC+10:30)
LGA(s)	District Council of Cleve[1]
Region	Eyre Western[6]
County	Jervois[1]
State electorate(s)	Flinders[7]
Federal Division(s)	Grey[8]
Mean max temp[9] Mean min temp[9] Annual rainfall[9] 22.1 °C 72 °F 11.4 °C 53 °F 401.5 mm 15.8 in
Localities around Rudall: Boonerdo Kielpa Campoona Murlong Rudall Cleve Hinks Verran Verran
Footnotes	Adjoining localities[1]

It is a grain and sheep service centre on Eyre Peninsula. It is on the Eyre Peninsula Railway between Cummins and Kimba and the Birdseye Highway between Cleve and Lock.

Rudall Centre School opened on 1921 and closed in 1946, while the Hundred of Rudall School opened in 1917 and closed in 1949.[11] A postal receiving office opened at Rudall on 3 January 1914, was upgraded to a post office on 1 January 1921, and became a community mail agent on 10 January 1992.[12] It formerly had a Methodist church.[13]

Rudall is located within the federal division of Grey, the state electoral district of Flinders and the local government area of the District Council of Cleve.[8][7][1]

The government town of Taragoro

The town of Taragoro (33°45′34″S 136°17′48″E) which was located about 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) south-east of the town of Rudall on the route of the Eyre Peninsula Railway was proclaimed on 30 July 1914 and was declared to "cease to exist" on 4 February 1960. The former town whose site is located within the locality of Rudall is reported to be named after an Aboriginal word for "small black cormorant."[14][15][16][17]

See also

• Rudall Conservation Park

References

1. "Search result for "Rudall (Locality Bounded)" (Record no SA0059594) with the following layers being selected - "Suburbs and Localities", "Government Towns", "Place names (gazetteer)", "Road labels" and "Development Plan"". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
2. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Rudall (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
3. Bice, John G. (4 June 1914). "Town of Rudall" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australia. p. 1222. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
4. Kentish, P.M. (23 December 1998). "GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT 1991 Notice to Assign Boundaries and Names to Places (within the District Council of Cleve)" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australia. p. 2009. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
5. "Search results for "Rudall Railway Station" with the following datasets selected – 'Suburbs and Localities' and 'Gazetteer'". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australian. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
6. "Eyre Western SA Government region" (PDF). The Government of South Australia. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
7. "District of Flinders Background Profile". Electoral Commission SA. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
8. "Federal electoral division of Grey" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
9. "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics CLEVE (nearest weather station)". Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
10. "Place Names of South Australia - R". Manning Index of South Australian History. State Library of South Australia. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
11. "Place Names of South Australia - R". The Manning Index of South Australian History. State Library of South Australia. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
12. "Rudall". Post Office Reference. Premier Postal. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
13. "NEW CHURCH BUILDING DEDICATED AT RUDALL". Port Lincoln Times. XXVII (1, 494). South Australia. 24 September 1953. p. 14. Retrieved 30 December 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
14. Bice, John C. (30 July 1914). "Town of Taragoro" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australia. p. 261. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
15. McEwIn, A. Lyell (4 February 1960). "CROWN LANDS ACT, 1929-1957: TOWN OF TARAGORO DECLARED TO CEASE TO EXIST" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australia. p. 351. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
16. "Search results for "Taragoro" with the following datasets selected – 'Suburbs and Localities' and 'Gazetteer'". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australian. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
17. "Place Names of South Australia - T". The Manning Index of South Australian History. State Library of South Australia. Retrieved 25 June 2019.