Collinsville, South Australia

Collinsville
South Australia
Collinsville
Coordinates 33°23′37″S 139°10′05″E / 33.3936°S 139.168090°E / -33.3936; 139.168090Coordinates: 33°23′37″S 139°10′05″E / 33.3936°S 139.168090°E / -33.3936; 139.168090
Postcode(s) 5418 [1]
LGA(s) Regional Council of Goyder
State electorate(s) Stuart [1]
Federal Division(s) Grey [1]
Localities around Collinsville:
Wonna Pine Creek Warnes
Mount Bryan East Collinsville Warnes
Mount Bryan East Burra Eastern Districts Warnes
Footnotes Coordinates[2]

Collinsville is a rural locality in the Mid North region of South Australia, situated in the Regional Council of Goyder.[1] It was established in August 2000, when boundaries were formalised for the "long established local name".[2] It has almost exactly the same boundaries as the cadastral Hundred of Tomkinson, with small variations on its western border.[3]

The Hundred of Tomkinson was proclaimed on 18 September 1879 by Governor William Jervois, named after politician Samuel Tomkinson.[3] Collinsville Post Office opened on 1 April 1896, named after the property of local grazier John Collins; it closed on 1 December 1917. The state Nomenclature Committee had recommended in 1916 that the post office be renamed 'Metiappa', an abridgement of 'Piltimetiappa', the Aboriginal name for a local creek and the name of another local station, but there is no record of this having occurred before the closure.[2][4] The Collinsville property developed as a famous merino stud, and upon Collins' death, The Advertiser described his family firm as "among the best studmasters in Australia".[5]

The historic Collinsville Homestead Complex and the Piltimittiappa Homestead are both listed on the South Australian Heritage Register.[6][7]

Much of the Caroona Creek Conservation Park lies within Collinsville.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Search result(s) for Collinsville, 5418". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 "Search result(s) for Collinsville, 5418". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
  3. 1 2 "Search result(s) for Hundred of Tomkinson, 5417". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
  4. ↑ "Collinsville". Post Office Reference. Premier Postal. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
  5. ↑ "DEATH OF PIONEER PASTORALIST". The Advertiser (Adelaide). South Australia. 23 July 1932. p. 16. Retrieved 4 May 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ↑ "Collinsville Homestead Complex (Homestead, old cottage to south of homestead, house and underground tank to west of homestead, stone barn, stables, smithy & shearers' quarters)". South Australian Heritage Register. Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
  7. ↑ "Piltimittiappa Homestead, Chimney & Kitchen". South Australian Heritage Register. Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
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