Silverton, South Australia

Silverton is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located about 85 kilometres (53 mi) south of the state capital of Adelaide and about 24 kilometres (15 mi) south-west of the municipal seat in Yankalilla.[1][5]

Silverton
South Australia
Silverton
Coordinates35°37′05″S 138°09′39″E[1]
Population29 (2016 census)[2]
Established1864 (sub-division)
5 August 1999 (locality)[3][4]
Postcode(s)5204[5]
Time zoneACST (UTC+9:30)
 • Summer (DST)ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location
LGA(s)District Council of Yankalilla[1]
RegionFleurieu and Kangaroo Island[1]
CountyHindmarsh[1]
State electorate(s)Mawson[6]
Federal Division(s)Mayo[7]
Mean max temp[8] Mean min temp[8] Annual rainfall[8]
17.6 °C
64 °F		 10.3 °C
51 °F		 831.2 mm
32.7 in
Suburbs around Silverton:
Cape Jervis Cape Jervis
Delamere		 Delamere
Cape Jervis Silverton Delamere
Deep Creek
Cape Jervis Cape Jervis
Deep Creek		 Deep Creek
FootnotesAdjoining localities[1]

Silverton began in 1864 as a sub-division of part of section 116 in the cadastral unit of the Hundred of Waitpinga developed by John Wrathall Bull in response to mining activity at the nearby Talisker silver mine which started in the 1860s and which had ceased by the 1920s. Boundaries for the locality were created on 5 August 1999 for the "local established name" which is derived from the name adopted for the sub-division.[1][3][4]

Silverton consists of land on the eastern side of the Mount Lofty Ranges which is bounded in part to the north by the portion of Main South Road passing from Delamere in the north to Cape Jervis in the southwest.[1]

Land use within the locality consists of 'primary production' and conservation. The latter land use is in respect to land in the locality's south which is located within the boundaries of the Talisker Conservation Park.[9] The following places within the locality are listed on the South Australian Heritage Register – the Silverton Lodge, a dwelling which was formerly the post office and general store, and the Talisker Silver Lead Mine.[10][11]

The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Silverton had 29 people living within its boundaries.[2]

Silverton is located within the federal division of Mayo, the state electoral district of Mawson and the local government area of the District Council of Yankalilla.[7][1][6]

References
  1. "Search results for 'Silverton, LOCB' with the following datasets selected - 'Suburbs and localities', 'Counties', 'Government Towns', 'Hundreds', 'Local Government Areas', 'SA Government Regions' and 'Gazetteer'". Location SA Map Viewer. South Australian Government. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
  2. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Silverton (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
  3. Manning, Geoffrey. "South Australian Names - S" (PDF). Manning Index of South Australian History. State Library of South Australia. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
  4. Sarneckis, Kos (5 August 1999). "GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT 1991 Notice to Assign Names and Boundaries to Places (within the District Council of Yankalilla)" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australia. p. 657. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
  5. "Postcode for Silverton, South Australia". Postcodes Australia. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
  6. Mawson (Map). Electoral District Boundaries Commission. 2018. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
  7. "Profile of the electoral division of Mayo (SA)". Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
  8. "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics Parawa (Second Valley Forest AWS) (nearest weather station)". Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
  9. "Search results for 'Silverton, LOCB' with the following datasets selected - 'Suburbs and localities', 'Gazetteer', 'Land Development Plan Zone Categories' and 'SA Heritage Places'". Location SA Map Viewer. South Australian Government. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
  10. "Dwelling - 'Silverton Lodge' (former Post Office & General Store)". SA Heritage Places Database Search. South Australian Government. 27 September 1990. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
  11. "Talisker Silver Lead Mine". SA Heritage Places Database Search. South Australian Government. 5 April 1984. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
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