Barabba
South Australia
Former post office
Barabba is located in South Australia
Barabba
Barabba
Coordinates34°20′S 138°35′E / 34.34°S 138.59°E / -34.34; 138.59
Population135 (SAL 2021)[1]
Postcode(s)5460
LGA(s)
State electorate(s)
Federal division(s)Grey
Localities around Barabba:
Pinery Owen Stockyard Creek
Grace Plains Barabba Hamley Bridge
Mallala Redbanks Pinkerton Plains
Footnotes[2]

Barabba is a locality in the Mid North region of South Australia, between Mallala and Hamley Bridge on the north bank of the Light River.

Barabba includes the former government town of Aliceburgh which was proclaimed in 1879[3] and named for Governor William Jervois' daughter Alice.[4]

The name Barabba is derived from an Aboriginal word for an indigenous bulrush plant.[2] The town of Aliceburgh ceased to exist in 1897 and was resurveyed into larger workingmen's blocks. A Primitive Methodist Church opened in 1877.[5] The Barabba post office operated from 1877 until 1971. It operated from the school building until 1926. The school itself closed in 1960 and the building was destroyed by the 2015 Pinery bushfire. The final service in the church was held in 1967 and it has since been demolished.[6]

References

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Barabba (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ a b "Placename Details: Barabba (LOCB)". Property Location Browser Report. Government of South Australia. 27 March 2017. SA0004564. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
  3. ^ "THE GOVERNMENT GAZETTE". The Express and Telegraph. Vol. XVI, no. 4, 645. South Australia. 11 July 1879. p. 3 (SECOND EDITION). Retrieved 26 March 2018 – via National Library of Australia. Lands are similarly reserved in the Hundred of Grace for a new town, to be called Aliceburgh.
  4. ^ "Placename Details: Aliceburgh". Property Location Browser Report. Government of South Australia. 12 May 2011. SA0000810. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
  5. ^ "Place Names of South Australia - B". The Mannning Index of South Australian History. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
  6. ^ denisbln. "Barabba on the Adelaide Plains". Flickr. Retrieved 26 March 2018.


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