Whyalla Barson, South Australia

Whyalla Barson is a suburb in South Australia located on the northern side of the city of Whyalla in the north east corner of Eyre Peninsula. It is named after Thomas Leonard Barson, superintendent of the Broken Hill Proprietary Company Limited in Whyalla from 1933 to 1938.[2][7][8] The suburb was first established in 2011 with revisions to boundaries occurring both in 2013 and 2014.[1][2][6][9][10]

Whyalla Barson
South Australia
Whyalla Barson
Coordinates32.97758441°S 137.56443136°E / -32.97758441; 137.56443136
Established2011[1]
Postcode(s)5601[2]
Time zoneACST (UTC+9:30)
 • Summer (DST)ACST (UTC+10:30)
LGA(s)City of Whyalla
unincorporated area[2][3]
State electorate(s)Giles[4]
Federal Division(s)Grey[5]
Localities around Whyalla Barson:
Cultana[6] Cultana Cultana
Cultana Whyalla Barson False Bay[6]
Middleback Range[6] Whyalla city[6] Spencer Gulf[6]

Whyalla Barson is located within the federal Division of Grey, the state electoral district of Giles and is located within both the local government area of the City of Whyalla and the unincorporated areas of South Australia.[1][3][4][5] The land within Whyalla Barson is used for purposes such as the Whyalla Conservation Park, and the Whyalla Steelworks and the associated port infrastructure which is being operated by Arrium as of 2015.[1][11] The Lincoln Highway passes through the suburb on its way to the city of Whyalla.[1]

See also

References
  1. City of Whyalla - Additional Locality Boundaries (PDF) (Map). Department for Planning, Transport and Infrastructure, Government of South Australia. Rack Plan 1017. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
  2. "Search result for " Whyalla Barson (Suburb)" (Record no SA0056559)". Department of Planning Transport and Infrastructure. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  3. "Development Plan, Land Not Within a Council Area Eyre, Far North, Riverland and Whyalla Consolidated – 18 October 2012". Department of Planning Transport and Infrastructure. 2012. pp. 16 & 349. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
  4. "District of Giles Background Profile". ELECTORAL COMMISSION SA. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  5. "Federal electoral division of Grey, boundary gazetted 16 December 2011" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  6. Cultana and Adjoining Locality Boundries [sic] (PDF) (Map). Department for Planning, Transport and Infrastructure, Government of South Australia. Rack Plan 1074. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
  7. "FORMER WHYALLA SUPERINTENDENT DIES". Whyalla News. 13 (38). South Australia. 25 September 1953. p. 1. Retrieved 26 March 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. "Family Notices". The Argus (Melbourne) (33, 402). Victoria, Australia. 23 September 1953. p. 13. Retrieved 26 March 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  9. Kentish, Peter (29 September 2011). "Notice to Discontinue the Name and Assign a Name and a Boundary to a Place and to Alter the boundary of Places" (PDF). Department for Planning, Transport and Infrastructure, Government of South Australia. DTEI.2010/12582/01. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
  10. Burdett, Michael (23 September 2014). "Notice to Discontinue the Name and Assign a Name and a Boundary to a Place and to Alter the boundary of Places" (PDF). Department for Planning, Transport and Infrastructure, Government of South Australia. DPTI.2014/13764/01. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
  11. "Port". Arrium Ltd. Retrieved 4 September 2015.


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