Olary, South Australia

Olary
Town
Olary Hotel, 2017
Olary Hotel, 2017
Olary is located in South Australia
Olary
Olary
Coordinates: 32°16′51″S 140°19′35″E / 32.2809°S 140.3265°E / -32.2809; 140.3265[1]
CountryAustralia
StateSouth Australia
RegionFar North[1]
LGA
Location
Established1 December 1887 (town)
23 October 2003 (locality)[3][4]
Government
 • State electorate
 • Federal division
Elevation
285 m (935 ft)
Population
 • Total4 (SAL 2016)[7][8]
Time zoneUTC+9:30 (ACST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+10:30 (ACST)
Postcode
5440[2]
Mean max temp24.7 °C (76.5 °F)[9]
Mean min temp9.5 °C (49.1 °F)[9]
Annual rainfall202.5 mm (7.97 in)[9]
Localities around Olary
Outalpa Abminga Station Abminga Station
Outalpa Olary Abminga Station
Wiawera
Wiawera Wiawera Wiawera
Adjoining localities[1]

Olary is a town and locality on the Barrier Highway in South Australia.[1] It is situated near Olary Creek and is one of the easternmost settlements in the state. The name "Olary" was first given to a nearby well or waterhole by the pastoralists Duffield, Harrold, and Hurd.[10]

History

A small settlement was established in the late 1880s to serve the highway and the railway which passed through there. O'Lary Post Office opened on 12 October 1886, was renamed Oolarie in around 1888, and Olary in around 1896.[11]

As motor vehicles began to be increasingly used to travel between Adelaide and Broken Hill, the population of the village declined.[12]

In 2010, the historic Bimbowrie Cobb and Co coach house near Olary became the scene of a traditional restoration operation, with almost 20 tradespeople attending a five-day training course in stonemasonry restoration. Low-security prisoners from the Port Augusta Prison were among those who assisted with the project.[13]

Geography

The Flinders-Olary NatureLink includes the mountainous Flinders and Olary Ranges, together with the connecting plains country, and covers six percent of the state of South Australia.[14]

Governance

Olary is located within the federal division of Grey, the state electoral district of Stuart and the Pastoral Unincorporated Area of South Australia.[6][5][1]

As of 2019, the community within Olary received municipal services from the Outback Communities Authority, a South Australian government agency.[15]

Nearby places of interest

The nearby Mount Victoria Well & Whim Historic Site is listed on the South Australian Heritage Register.[16]

Radium Hill, located approximately 40 kilometres (25 mi) east-south-east of Olary,[17] is the site of a uranium mine which operated from 1906 until 1961,[18] and was the first uranium mine in Australia.[19] In 1906, Sir Douglas Mawson discovered what he called davidite there. Named after Mawson's mentor, geologist Edgeworth David, davidite contains titanium and uranium.[20]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Search results for 'Olary, Locb' with the following datasets being selected – 'Suburbs and Localities', 'Government Towns', 'Counties', 'Local Government Areas', 'SA Government Regions' and 'Gazetteer'". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  2. 1 2 "Postcode for Olary, South Australia". Postcodes Australia. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  3. ↑ Ramsay, J.G. (1 December 1887). "Untitled proclamation re the "Town of Olary"" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australia. p. 1054. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  4. ↑ Weatherill, Jay (23 October 2003). "GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT 1991 Notice to Assign Names and Boundaries to Places" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South AustralIA. p. 3859. Retrieved 14 April 2019. Assign the names YUNTA, BLINMAN, BOOKABIE, GLENDAMBO, YALATA, KINGOONYA, OLARY, INNAMINCKA, and MANNA HILL, to those areas Out of Councils and shown numbered 1 to 9 on Rack Plan 857 (Sheet 3)
  5. 1 2 "District of Stuart Background Profile (2014-2018 boundaries)". Electoral Commission SA. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  6. 1 2 "Federal electoral division of Grey" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  7. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Olary (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2016. 
  8. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Olary (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2016 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. 
  9. 1 2 3 "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics YUNTA (nearest weather station)". Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  10. ↑ "Names of Railway Stations". The Register (Adelaide, SA : 1901 – 1929). Adelaide, SA. 24 March 1915. p. 4. Retrieved 19 August 2026 – via National Library of Australia.
  11. ↑ Premier Postal History. "Post Office List". Premier Postal Auctions. Retrieved 26 May 2011.
  12. ↑ Reader's Digest Illustrated Guide to Australian Places. Sydney, NSW: Reader's Digest. 1993. p. 526. ISBN 0-86438-399-1.
  13. ↑ "Historic building rekindles stonemasonry skills". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Archived from the original on 8 October 2010. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
  14. ↑ "Flinders-Olary NatureLink". Nature Links. South Australia: Department for Environment and Heritage. Archived from the original on 27 March 2011. Retrieved 19 August 2026.
  15. ↑ "Olary". Outback Communities Authority. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  16. ↑ "Mount Victoria Well & Whim Historic Site, including boiler, tank, trough and wind pump, Plumbago Station". South Australian Heritage Register. Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
  17. ↑ Kevin R. Kakoschke (10 August 2005). ""A Clouded History" Radium Hill Australia's First Uranium Mine" (PDF). History Trust of South Australia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 October 2009. Retrieved 27 July 2009.
  18. ↑ "Welcome". Radium Hill Historical Association. Archived from the original on 12 June 2009. Retrieved 27 July 2009.
  19. ↑ "Radium Hill, SA". sea-us.org.au. Archived from the original on 13 September 2009. Retrieved 27 July 2009.
  20. ↑ Branagan, David (2007). "Davidite and other early events in Australia's uranium story" (PDF). Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales. /07/01001–9. 140: 1–9. ISSN 0035-9173. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 March 2017.

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