Bruce, South Australia

Bruce is a town and a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located about 278 kilometres (173 mi) north of the state capital of Adelaide.^[1][5]

Bruce South Australia
Bruce
Coordinates	32°27′48″S 138°11′51″E[1]
Population	17 (SAL 2021)[2]
Established	1881 (town) 1997 (locality)[3][4]
Postcode(s)	5433[5]
Elevation	239 m (784 ft)[citation needed]
Time zone	ACST (UTC+9:30)
• Summer (DST)	ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location	278 km (173 mi) N of Adelaide 40 km (25 mi) N of Melrose 19 km (12 mi) SE of Quorn
LGA(s)	District Council of Mount Remarkable Flinders Ranges Council
Region	Yorke and Mid North[1]
County	Frome[1]
State electorate(s)	Stuart
Federal division(s)	Grey
Mean max temp[6] Mean min temp[6] Annual rainfall[7] 24.7 °C 76 °F 13.6 °C 56 °F 269.7 mm 10.6 in
Localities around Bruce: Quorn Stephenston Stephenston Quorn Wilmington Bruce Hammond Wilmington Wilmington Hammond
Footnotes	Adjoining localities[1]

The Town of Bruce was surveyed in February 1881 on land in the cadastral unit of the Hundred of Willochra. It was proclaimed on 19 May 1881.^[1][3] Its name is reported in one source as being named after a "well known landowner in the district" while another source suggests that it was named by the Governor of South Australia after one of his family or friends.^[1][8] It was the site of a railway station on the Peterborough–Quorn railway line which operated from 1882 to 1987.^{[citation needed]} A post office operated from 1882 to 1976 and a school operated from 1882 to 1962.^[8] Boundaries for the locality were proclaimed on 13 March 1997 and was named after the town whose site is located within its boundaries.^[4][1]

The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Bruce had a population of eight people.^[9]

Bruce is located within the federal division of Grey and the state electoral district of Stuart, and with most of its extent being within the local government area of the District Council of Mount Remarkable and the remainder being within the Flinders Ranges Council.^[1]

References

1. "Search results for 'Bruce, LOCB' with the following datasets being selected - 'Suburbs and Localities', 'Government Town', 'Counties', 'Hundreds', 'Local Government Areas', 'SA Government Regions', 'Land Development Plan Zone Categories' and 'Gazetteer'". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
2. Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Bruce (SA) (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. 
3. "Untitled proclamation under the Crown Lands Consolidation Act 1880 re the Town of Bruce" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. South Australian Government. 19 May 1881. p. 1567. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
4. "GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT 1991 Notice to Assign Names and Boundaries to Places" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. South Australian Government. 13 March 1997. p. 1177. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
5. "Postcode for Bruce, South Australia". Postcodes Australia. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
6. "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics Port Augusta Power Station (nearest station)". Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
7. "Monthly rainfall: Summary statistics for all years - Bruce (nearest station)". Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
8. Manning, Geoffrey H. (2012). "Search result for Bruce" (PDF). A Compendium of the Place Names of South Australia From Aaron Creek to Zion Hill With 54 Complementary Appendices. Geoffrey Manning. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
9. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "State Suburb of Bruce". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 15 February 2018.