Whyalla Barson, South Australia

Whyalla Barson is a suburb in South Australia located on the northern side of the city of Whyalla in the north east corner of Eyre Peninsula. It is named after Thomas Leonard Barson, superintendent of BHP in Whyalla from 1933 to 1938.[3][8][9] The suburb was first established in 2011 with revisions to boundaries occurring both in 2013 and 2014.[10][3][7][11][12]

Whyalla Barson
South Australia
Whyalla Barson is located in South Australia
Whyalla Barson
Whyalla Barson
Coordinates32.97758441°S 137.56443136°E / -32.97758441; 137.56443136
Population0 (SAL 2016)[1][2]
Established2011
Postcode(s)5601
Time zoneACST (UTC+9:30)
 • Summer (DST)ACST (UTC+10:30)
LGA(s)City of Whyalla
unincorporated area[3][4]
State electorate(s)Giles[5]
Federal division(s)Grey[6]
Localities around Whyalla Barson:
Cultana[7] Cultana Cultana
Cultana Whyalla Barson False Bay[7]
Middleback Range[7] Whyalla city[7] Spencer Gulf[7]

Whyalla Barson is located within the federal Division of Grey, the state electoral district of Giles and is located within both the local government area of the City of Whyalla and the unincorporated areas of South Australia.[10][4][5][6] The land within Whyalla Barson is used for purposes such as the Whyalla Conservation Park, and the Whyalla Steelworks and the associated port infrastructure which is being operated by Arrium as of 2015.[10][13] The Lincoln Highway passes through the suburb on its way to the city of Whyalla.[10]

See also

References
  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Whyalla Barson (Suburb and Locality)". Australian Census 2016. 
  2. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Whyalla Barson (Suburb and Locality)". Australian Census 2016 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. 
  3. "Search result for " Whyalla Barson (Suburb)" (Record no SA0056559)". Department for Infrastructure & Transport. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  4. "Development Plan, Land Not Within a Council Area Eyre, Far North, Riverland and Whyalla Consolidated – 18 October 2012". Department of Planning Transport and Infrastructure. 2012. pp. 16 & 349. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
  5. "District of Giles Background Profile". Electoral Commission of South Australia. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  6. "Federal electoral division of Grey, boundary gazetted 16 December 2011" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  7. Cultana and Adjoining Locality Boundries [sic] (PDF) (Map). Department for Infrastructure & Transport. Rack Plan 1074. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
  8. "FORMER WHYALLA SUPERINTENDENT DIES". Whyalla News. Vol. 13, no. 38. South Australia. 25 September 1953. p. 1. Retrieved 26 March 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  9. "Family Notices". The Argus (Melbourne). No. 33, 402. Victoria, Australia. 23 September 1953. p. 13. Retrieved 26 March 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  10. City of Whyalla - Additional Locality Boundaries (PDF) (Map). Department for Infrastructure & Transport. Rack Plan 1017. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
  11. Kentish, Peter (29 September 2011). "Notice to Discontinue the Name and Assign a Name and a Boundary to a Place and to Alter the boundary of Places" (PDF). Department for Infrastructure & Transport. DTEI.2010/12582/01. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
  12. Burdett, Michael (23 September 2014). "Notice to Discontinue the Name and Assign a Name and a Boundary to a Place and to Alter the boundary of Places" (PDF). Department for Planning, Transport and Infrastructure, Government of South Australia. DPTI.2014/13764/01. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
  13. "Port". Arrium. Retrieved 4 September 2015.


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