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Brinkworth, South Australia

Town in South Australia

33°41′0″S 138°24′0″E / 33.68333°S 138.40000°E / -33.68333; 138.40000Population401 (2016 census)^[1]Established1892Postcode(s)5464Elevation122 m (400 ft)Location

19 km (12 mi) north of Blyth
21 km (13 mi) NE of Snowtown
31 km (19 mi) NW of Clare
55 km (34 mi) south of Gladstone
153 km (95 mi) north of Adelaide

LGA(s)Wakefield Regional CouncilState electorate(s)Frome Federal division(s)Grey

Localities around Brinkworth:
Lake View	Koolunga Yacka	Marola
Burnsfield	Brinkworth	Rochester
Condowie	Blyth	Hart

Brinkworth (postcode 5464) is a town in the Mid North region of South Australia with a current population of 243. It is 31 km (19 mi) north west of the regional centre of Clare.

The Brinkworth area was first settled in the 1860s and the town laid out in 1892. Brinkworth is named after the early landowner, George Brinkworth.^[2]

Transport

Brinkworth was a junction on the Gladstone railway line from Hamley Bridge to Gladstone in the north. The other line from Brinkworth went through Snowtown to Kadina and Wallaroo. Both were originally built as narrow gauge 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in). These lines were converted to broad gauge 1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) in 1927. The Hamley Bridge-Gladstone railway line closed in May 1988. The remaining Kadina-Brinkworth railway line closed in March 1993. The railway lines and yards have since been demolished.

Governance

Brinkworth is in the local government area of Wakefield Regional Council, the state electoral district of Frome and the federal division of Grey.

References

^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Brinkworth (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
^ "Place Names of South Australia: Brinkworth". Manning Index of South Australian History. State Library of South Australia. Retrieved 26 July 2017.