Avenue Range, South Australia

Avenue Range (formerly Downer) is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located in the state's south-east within the Limestone Coast region about 265 kilometres (165 miles) south east of the Adelaide city centre.^[1]

Avenue Range South Australia
Former school building at Avenue Range
Avenue Range
Coordinates	36.925470°S 140.176110°E / -36.925470; 140.176110[1]
Population	112 (SAL 2021)[2]
Established	3 December 1998[3][4]
Postcode(s)	5273[5]
Time zone	ACST (UTC+9:30)
• Summer (DST)	ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location	265 km (165 mi) south-east of Adelaide city centre 50 km (31 mi) west of Naracoorte
LGA(s)	Kingston District Council Naracoorte Lucindale Council[1]
State electorate(s)	MacKillop[6]
Federal division(s)	Barker[7]
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall 21.2 °C 70 °F 8.4 °C 47 °F 601.7 mm 23.7 in
Localities around Avenue Range: Blackford Keilira Woolumbool Reedy Creek Avenue Range Lucindale Reedy Creek Conmurra Lucindale
Footnotes	Coordinates[1] Locations[1] Climate[8] Adjoining localities[1]

The traditional owners of this region are the Bungandidj (Boandik) people.^{[citation needed]}

In 1843 a pastoralist named John ‘Jacky’ White acquired a run of 134 square miles spanning Reedy Creek, Keilira, Crower and Lucindale. He was the first European settler in Avenue Range.^[9]

Avenue Range was a stop on the Kingston-Naracoorte railway line. The first passenger train to travel on the line from Kingston to Naracoorte was on 1 September 1876 until the last on 28 November 1987 spanning 111 years.^[10]

The first Avenue school, named Downer School, was built south of the railway line and operated from 1890 to 1901. A new school, built on Council of Education land opened in 1901 and operated until 1955.^[11]

The locality includes the Cairnbank Homestead and Shearing Shed, which is listed on the South Australian Heritage Register.^[12]

Land within the locality is used exclusively for agriculture.^[13][14]

Avenue Range is located within the federal Division of Barker, the state electoral district of MacKillop, and the local government areas of the Kingston District Council and the Naracoorte Lucindale Council.^[1][6][7]

See also

• Hundred of Townsend

References

1. "Search result for "Avenue Range (Locality Bounded)" (Record no SA0054134) with the following layers selected - "Suburbs and Localities", "Government Towns", and "Local Government Areas"". Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
2. Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Avenue Range (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. 
3. "GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT 1991 Notice to Assign Boundaries and Names to Places (in the District Council of Lacepede)" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australia. 3 December 1998. p. 1711. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
4. "GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT 1991 Notice to Assign Boundaries and Names to Places (in the District Council of Lucindale)" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australia. 3 December 1998. p. 1711. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
5. "Find a post - search result for Avenue Range, South Australia". postcodes-australia.com. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
6. "District of MacKillop Background Profile". Electoral Commission SA. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
7. "Federal electoral division of Barker" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
8. "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics LUCINDALE POST OFFICE (nearest station)". Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
9. "Avenue Range - John Jacky White". Avenue Range.
10. Hensel, Brenda; McDowell, Phyllis; Mugford, Judith (1986). Life on the Range. Naracoorte, South Australia: Hansen Print. p. 25. ISBN 0 9588265 0 1.
11. Brenda, Hensel; McDowall, Phyllis; Mugford, Judith (1986). Life on the Range. Naracoorte, South Australia: Hansen Print. p. 31. ISBN 0 9588265 0 1.
12. "Cairnbank Homestead & Shearing Shed". South Australian Heritage Register. Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources. 10 April 1997. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
13. Development Plan- Naracoorte Lucindale Council, Consolidated – 29 November 2012 (PDF). Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. 2012. pp. 10, 179 & 181.
14. "NEW TOWN NAMES APPROVED". The Advertiser (Adelaide). South Australia. 26 July 1940. p. 10. Retrieved 5 September 2016 – via National Library of Australia.

External links

• Media related to Avenue Range, South Australia at Wikimedia Commons