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((Infobox Australian place | type = town
| name      = Snowtown
| state     =sa
| image     = Snowtown welcome sign.jpg
| caption   = South-western entrance to Snowtown
| coordinates = ((coord|33|47|0|S|138|12|0|E|display=inline,title))
| pushpin_label_position = top
| lga       = [[Wakefield Regional Council]]
| postcode  = 5520
| est       = 1878
| pop       = <!--leave blank to draw the latest automatically from Wikidata-->
| elevation = 103
| maxtemp   = 23.3
| mintemp   = 9.7
| rainfall  = 407.4
| stategov = [[Electoral district of Narungga|Narungga]]<ref name=ECSA>((cite map |url=http://edbc.sa.gov.au/redistributions/2016/2016-electoral-district-maps/narungga-map-2016-pdf/download.html |title=Narungga |publisher=Electoral District Boundaries Commission |date=2016 |access-date=1 March 2018))</ref>
| fedgov    = [[Division of Grey|Grey]]
| dist1     = 145
| dir1      = north
| location1 = Adelaide
| county    = [[County of Daly|Daly]]
| near-n    = [[Hope Gap, South Australia|Hope Gap]], [[Burnsfield, South Australia|Burnsfield]], [[Lake View, South Australia|Lake View]]
| near-ne   = [[Brinkworth, South Australia|Brinkworth]]
| near-e    = [[Condowie, South Australia|Condowie]], [[Blyth, South Australia|Blyth]]
| near-se   = [[Everard Central, South Australia|Everard Central]]
| near-s    = [[Lochiel, South Australia|Lochiel]], [[Bumbunga, South Australia|Bumbunga]]
| near-sw   = [[Barunga Gap, South Australia|Barunga Gap]], [[Bute, South Australia|Bute]]
| near-w    = [[Wokurna, South Australia|Wokurna]]
| near-nw   = [[Mundoora, South Australia|Mundoora]], [[Port Broughton, South Australia|Port Broughton]]
))

'''Snowtown''' is a town located in the [[Mid North]] of [[South Australia]] 145&nbsp;km (90 miles) north of [[Adelaide]] and lies on the main road and rail routes between Adelaide and [[Perth, Western Australia|Perth]] – the [[Augusta Highway]] and [[Adelaide-Port Augusta railway line]]. The town's elevation is 103 metres (338 feet) and on average the town receives 389&nbsp;mm of rainfall per annum.

==History==
The settlement of Snowtown by non-[[Indigenous Australians]] initially grew up around a [[railway station]] on the [[Brinkworth, South Australia|Brinkworth]]-[[Wallaroo, South Australia|Wallaroo]] line. Located on what is traditionally the land of the [[Kaurna people|Kaurna]], an [[Aboriginal Australians|Aboriginal people]], the first pioneers arrived sometime between 1845 and 1869 due to the [https://www.snowtownmuseum.org/captain-john-ellis rapid expansion of grazing], then farming to the north of the area.  ''Baillière's South Australian gazetteer and road guide'', published in 1866, contains a brief description of "Hummock's Run"<ref>((cite web |last1=South Australian Register |first1=Tue 27 Sep 1864 Page 3 |title=HUMMOCKS RUN |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/39127422 |website=Trove |publisher=National Library of Australia |access-date=11 October 2020))</ref> located ((Convert|28|mi|km)) north of [[Port Wakefield, South Australia|Port Wakefield]]. This farmland, according to the publication, contained the farming stations of [[Barunga Gap, South Australia|Barunga]], [[Bumbunga, South Australia|Bumbunga]] and [[Wokurna, South Australia|Wokurna]] and consisted of "salt lakes and lagoons, dense scrub, with mallee, pine and bushes, grassy plains and saltbush, well grassed spurs and hills, with oaks and wattle on the [[Broughton River (South Australia)|Broughton River]]."<ref name="Bailliere">Whitworth (1866) p. 283</ref>
[[File:Snowtown1880.png|thumb|Town boundaries as shown on an 1880 map of the [[Hundred of Barunga]]|left]]

The hill to the east of Snowtown, Black Point Hill<ref>((cite web |last1=Map of Black Point Hill, SA |title=Black Point Hill, SA |url=https://mapcarta.com/30050048|website=mapcarta.com |publisher=Mapcarta))</ref> (and the nearby Black Point Lagoon) gave its name "Black Point" to the area by 1856<ref>((cite web |last1=South Australian Register |first1= Sat 18 Oct 1856 Page 3 |title=REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF SHEEP.|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/49755906?searchTerm=gleeson%20black%20point |website=Trove |publisher=National Library of Australia |access-date=29 January 2021))</ref> before Snowtown was established in 1878. This permanent waterhole and scrub-covered hill were then known as territory occupied by aboriginals, but claimed by Paddy Gleeson, founder of Clare<ref>((cite web |last1=Ruwolt |first1=Jon |title=Paddy Gleeson |url=https://www.snowtownmuseum.org/paddy-gleeson-of-clare |website=Snowtown Museum |access-date=10 October 2020))</ref> as his 'Black Point Run'. 
From 1862,<ref>((cite web |last1=South Australian Weekly Chronicle |first1=Sat 12 Apr 1862 Page 3 |title=CLARE. |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/90254300# |website=Trove |publisher=National Library of Australia |access-date=11 October 2020))</ref> and 1863<ref>((cite web |last1=Adelaide Observer |first1=Sat 15 Aug 1863 Page 4 . |title=WALLAROO |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/159519529?searchTerm=road%20kadina%20black%20point |website=Trove |publisher=National Library of Australia |access-date=11 October 2020))</ref> and well before 1870<ref>((cite web |last1=The South Australian Advertiser |first1=Wed 7 Dec 1870 Page 7 |title=THE PARLIAMENT. |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/28597363?searchTerm=In%20the%20House%20of%20assembly%20on%20Tuesday%20Three%20petitions%20were%20presented# |website=Trove |publisher=National Library of Australia |access-date=11 October 2020))</ref> settlers and graziers campaigned for better transport routes<ref>((cite web |last1=Ruwolt |first1=Jon |title=Snowtown History ((!)) Railways |url=https://www.snowtownmuseum.org/railway |website=Snowtown Museum |access-date=10 October 2020 |language=en))</ref> from Black Point to [[Kadina, South Australia|Kadina]] for easier freight transport of wheat and wool. By 1867 a Parliamentary Enquiry produced a Report recommending the Clare to Wallaroo railway be built for a cost of £144.15s.<ref>((cite web |last1=South Australian Weekly Chronicle |first1=Sat 7 Dec 1867 Page 2 |title=THE WALLAROO AND CLARE RAILWAY. |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/91259986 |website=Trove |publisher=National Library of Australia |access-date=11 October 2020))</ref> Only with the arrival in 1870<ref>((cite web |last1=The South Australian Advertiser |first1=Fri 7 Jan 1870 Page 2 |title=GOVERNMENT LAND SALE. |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/28588156# |website=Trove |publisher=National Library of Australia |access-date=11 October 2020))</ref> of [[Robert Barr Smith]] at the Hummocks Run,<ref>((cite web |last1=Ruwolt |first1=Jon |title=Robert Barr Smith |url=https://www.snowtownmuseum.org/robert-barr-smith |website=Snowtown Museum |access-date=10 October 2020))</ref> did the surveyors immediately arrive in February 1870,<ref>((cite web |last1=The South Australian Advertiser |first1=Thu 24 Feb 1870 Page 3 |title=HUMMOCKS, FEBRUARY 21. |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/28589508?searchTerm=hummocks%20survey&searchLimits=l-state=South+Australia# |website=Trove |publisher=National Library of Australia |access-date=11 October 2020))</ref> and then, first a paved road (1874),<ref>((cite web |last1=Yorke's Peninsula Advertiser and Miners' News (Friday 24 Jul 1874) page 2 |title=Road Meeting at Kadina |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/215906242 |website=Trove |publisher=National Library of Australia |access-date=11 October 2020))</ref> and later a railway (1878)<ref>((cite web |last1=South Australian Register |first1=Tue 1 Jan 1878 Page 6 |title=PROGRESS OF RAILWAYS AND OTHER PUBLIC WORKS DURING THE YEAR 1877 |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/40778015# |website=Trove |publisher=National Library of Australia |access-date=11 October 2020))</ref> get built from [[Kadina, South Australia|Kadina]] to Barunga (now [[Barunga Gap, South Australia|Barunga Gap]]), a location on the Western side of the [[Hummocks Range|Hummocks]]. On September 25, 1877, the Commissioner for Crown Lands agreed with a local delegation that a township should be established at Black Point,<ref>((cite web |last1=South Australian Chronicle and Weekly Mail |first1=29 Sep 1877 Page 11 |title=TOWNSHIP AT BLACK POINT. |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/90943350?searchTerm=township%20at%20black%20point# |website=Trove |publisher=National Library of Australia |access-date=11 October 2020))</ref> and the railway was extended from [[Barunga Gap, South Australia|Barunga Gap]] to Black Point.<ref>((cite web |last1=Barunga Gap and Black Point Railway Act |first1=(No 72 of 40 and 41 Vic, 1877) |title=An Act to provide for the formation of a Line of Railway from Barunga Gap towards Black Point. |url=http://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/sa/num_act/bgabpra72o40a41v1877383/ |website=Australasian Legal Information Institute |publisher=UTS and UNSW Faculties of Law |access-date=11 October 2020))</ref>

The Government only started showing interest in the settlement as late as 1869 when it planned to establish various new towns throughout the district and to divide the land into much smaller holdings. Snowtown's charter as a government town was proclaimed on 19 December 1878 by Governor [[William Jervois]].<ref>Jones (1978)</ref> Jervois named the town after one of the members of the Snow family who were his cousins and lived on [[Yorke Peninsula]] (which lies immediately west and southwest of Snowtown). It is officially considered that the town was named after Thomas Snow,<ref>((Cite web |url=http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb |work=Property Location Browser |title=Search for 'Snowtown, LOBC' |id=SA0062295 |access-date=10 December 2015 |publisher=[[Government of South Australia]] |quote=Town surveyed in October 1878. T Snow was the private secretary to (1878) and cousin of Governor Jervois. Name also applied to a private subdivision. Boundaries created in January 2000 for long established name. Incorporates the Government Town of Snowtown.))</ref> who became Jervois's aide de camp when he received his posting in South Australia. The town boundaries were defined as an approximate rectangle immediately adjacent to section 114 in the [[Hundred of Barunga]] north east of Barunga Creek, north west of Salt Lagoon and south of Boundary Creek.<ref>((Cite journal |url=http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/other/sa_gazette/1878/59.pdf |journal=South Australian Government Gazette |title=Proclamation by His Excellency Sir WILLIAM FRANCIS DRUMMOND JERYOIS |date=19 December 1878 |edition=59 |publisher=[[Government of South Australia]] |page=1758 |access-date=21 June 2017 |quote=Crown lands hereinafter described shall, from the date hereof, be reserved and designated as the Town of Snowtown: Commencing at the south-east corner of section 114, Hundred of Barunga; thence south-south-westerly at an angle of 58° 10' with the south-eastern boundary of said section, for 3569 links; thence east-south-easterly at right angles, for 3550 links; thence north-north-easterly at right angles, for 4450 links; thence west-north-westerly at right angles, for 3973 links, to the eastern boundary of section aforesaid; thence southerly, along said boundary to the point of commencement, exclusive of reserve for railway purposes.))</ref> During this period one of the first major structures, the old Snowtown Pub was built in 1879 by Mr. Richard Hazelgrove, who paid £171 for block 160 on which he built the hotel.<ref>Jones (1978) p.144</ref> In 1879 the Snowtown school was also established on Glen Davidson Drive and the [[Kadina-Brinkworth railway line|Kadina railway line]] was opened to Snowtown in October of that year. The extension to Brinkworth would be completed in 1894.((citation needed|date=January 2021))

In 1888 the [[District Council of Snowtown]] was established by proclamation of the [[District Councils Act 1887]],<ref>((cite journal |url=http://dspace.flinders.edu.au/xmlui/handle/2328/3465 |title=The District Councils Act 1887 No. 419 |publisher=Flinders University |access-date=27 March 2015 |page=90 |quote=DISTRICT OF SNOWTOWN.-Comprising the Hundreds of Barunga and Boucaut.|year=1887 |last1=Parliament |first1=South Australia ))</ref> along with 20 other new local government bodies in South Australia. The new council incorporated the entirety of the hundreds of Barunga and [[Hundred of Boucaut|Boucaut]].

In 1923 the [[Adelaide-Port Augusta railway line|Long Plains railway]] line extension reached Snowtown<ref name="SouthRailway">((cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article96041969 |title=LONG PLAINS RAILWAY |newspaper=[[The Recorder (Port Pirie)|The Recorder]] |issue=7,364 |location=South Australia |date=4 September 1923 |access-date=31 July 2019 |page=1 |via=National Library of Australia))</ref> and, in 1925, was completed to [[Redhill, South Australia|Redhill]],<ref>((cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article165870942 |title=REDHILL RAILWAY OPENING. |newspaper=[[The Observer (Adelaide)|The Observer]] |volume=LXXXII |issue=6,081 |location=South Australia |date=15 August 1925 |access-date=31 July 2019 |page=62 |via=National Library of Australia))</ref> bringing an increase of rail traffic to the town.

St Canice's Catholic Church was built in 1936 to designs by Adelaide architects [[Herbert Jory]] and Stanley Pointer in [[Romanesque Revival]] style.<ref name=uq2016east>((cite report | title=Australian Romanesque: A History of Romanesque-Inspired Architecture in Australia|first= John W. |last=East |date=2016 | website=[[University of Queensland]] | url=https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:390729 | access-date=19 January 2021|pages=166))</ref>

Salt Lake school once existed at the southern extremity of the locality about ((convert|2.4|km)) east of [[Augusta Highway]].((when|date=January 2021))((citation needed|date=January 2021))

During the 1970s and 1980s, the secessionist [[micronation]] of [[Province of Bumbunga|Bumbunga Province]] existed on farmland owned by the Brackstone family at [[Bumbunga, South Australia|Bumbunga]], ((convert|15|km)) south of Snowtown.

==="Snowtown" murders===
((main|Snowtown murders))
In 1999, Snowtown became known as the location where the remains of eight bodies were found in barrels of acid stored in a disused bank vault. The "Snowtown murders" or "bodies in barrels murders", as they came to be known, occurred in several locations in South Australia between August 1992 and May 1999. The bodies were held at a series of locations around Adelaide for some time, and were moved to Snowtown in early 1999, a few months before their discovery.((citation needed|date=January 2021))

Only one victim was actually killed in Snowtown, and none of the victims or the perpetrators were local to the town. Most of the murders had actually been committed in the outer northern suburbs of Adelaide, located on the outskirts of the South Australian capital.((citation needed|date=January 2021))

Four people, including ringleader John Justin Bunting, were convicted of murder or assisting the murders. ''[[Snowtown (film)|Snowtown]]'', a film about the murders and the life of Bunting, was released in 2011.

==Geography and climate==
Snowtown is situated approximately 7 kilometres east of Barunga Gap, a cleft between the [[Barunga Range|Barunga]] and [[Hummocks]] ranges. The excess rainfall from these hills collects in [[Lake Bumbunga]], directly south of the township, and in a trail of smaller lakes stretching north of the town to [[Lake View, South Australia|Lake View]] near the main highway and railway line. Beyond the eastern edge of the township is the Snowtown Golf Course and a swampy region populated by [[saltbush]] and other salt-tolerant flora.

Snowtown has a warm [[Mediterranean climate]] with average summer temperatures around 30&nbsp;°C and winter temperatures around 16&nbsp;°C. The average annual rainfall is ((Convert|407.4|mm|in)), most of which falls in the winter months.<ref name="BomSnowtownStation"/>
((Weather box
|location = Snowtown
|metric first = Yes
|single line = Yes
|Jan record high C = 46.3
|Feb record high C = 44.8
|Mar record high C = 43.0
|Apr record high C = 39.6
|May record high C = 31.7
|Jun record high C = 26.7
|Jul record high C = 27.7
|Aug record high C = 30.3
|Sep record high C = 34.4
|Oct record high C = 40.0
|Nov record high C = 43.9
|Dec record high C = 45.0
|year record high C = 46.3
|Jan high C = 31.1
|Feb high C = 30.8
|Mar high C = 28.2
|Apr high C = 23.6
|May high C = 19.4
|Jun high C = 16.2
|Jul high C = 15.4
|Aug high C = 16.7
|Sep high C = 19.7
|Oct high C = 23.2
|Nov high C = 26.7
|Dec high C = 29.2
|year high C = 23.3
|Jan low C = 14.6
|Feb low C = 14.7
|Mar low C = 12.7
|Apr low C = 9.9
|May low C = 7.8
|Jun low C = 6.0
|Jul low C = 5.2
|Aug low C = 5.6
|Sep low C = 6.7
|Oct low C = 8.6
|Nov low C = 11.1
|Dec low C = 13.2
|year low C = 9.7
|Jan record low C = 3.8
|Feb record low C = 2.8
|Mar record low C = 0.0
|Apr record low C = -1.1
|May record low C = -2.0
|Jun record low C = -3.9
|Jul record low C = -4.4
|Aug record low C = -3.1
|Sep record low C = -2.2
|Oct record low C = -1.7 
|Nov record low C = 0.6
|Dec record low C = 2.2
|year record low C = -4.4
|Jan rain mm = 18.6
|Feb rain mm = 19.0
|Mar rain mm = 17.3
|Apr rain mm = 29.8
|May rain mm = 44.4
|Jun rain mm = 52.4
|Jul rain mm = 49.7
|Aug rain mm = 50.2
|Sep rain mm = 43.2
|Oct rain mm = 37.6
|Nov rain mm = 24.8
|Dec rain mm = 20.4
|Jan rain days = 3.5
|Feb rain days = 3.4
|Mar rain days = 4.2
|Apr rain days = 7.0
|May rain days = 10.4
|Jun rain days = 12.5
|Jul rain days = 13.4
|Aug rain days = 13.5
|Sep rain days = 10.9
|Oct rain days = 9.2
|Nov rain days = 6.0
|Dec rain days = 4.7
|unit rain days = 0.2mm
|source 1 = [[Bureau of Meteorology (Australia)|Bureau of Meteorology]]<ref name="BomSnowtownStation">((BoM Aust stats |site_ref=cw_021046_All |site_name=Snowtown |date= 19 December 2019<!--02:48:30 AM EST--> |accessdate=19 December 2019))</ref>
))

==Governance==
The town administration now falls under the control of the [[Wakefield Regional Council]] for local governance. This body came into effect on 1 July 1997 as a result of the amalgamation of the former councils of [[District Council of Blyth-Snowtown|Blyth-Snowtown]] and [[District Council of Wakefield Plains|Wakefield Plains]].

Snowtown lies in the state electoral district of [[Electoral district of Narungga|Narungga]] and in the federal electoral [[division of Grey]].

==Media==
Snowtown was home to a weekly newspaper called the ''Broughton Star'' (5 March 1909 – 5 July 1912) which was founded by James Barclay.<ref>((Cite book|url=https://www.catalog.slsa.sa.gov.au/record=b1255250~S1|title=The Broughton star [newspaper]|date=1909|publisher=James Barclay|location=Snowtown, S.A))</ref> The newspaper was "continued" by Barclay, although it was in fact absorbed by another of his publications, the ''Stanley Herald'' (a reference to the [[Electoral district of Stanley (South Australia)|electorate of Stanley]]), which he had also started in March 1909. The merged newspaper ran until 26 June 1941, at which point publication stopped due to [[Second World War|war]]time restrictions. Publication of the ''Herald'' resumed on 11 December 1947 for a little over a year at which point post-war labour shortages halted production on 16 December 1948.

Since 2002, the Snowtown Community Management Committee has published a monthly newsletter called ''Snowtown's View''.<ref>((Cite journal |title=Cricket legend Ebsary visits Snowtown Primary |quote=Established 2002 |url=https://www.wrc.sa.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0037/778654/Snowtowns-View-Oct-2020.pdf |date=October 2020 |newspaper=Snowtown's View |volume=18 |edition=2))</ref> The publication is edited by a committee of community volunteers.<ref>((Cite web |url=https://www.wrc.sa.gov.au/our-community/communitygroups/snowtown-community-management-committee |title=Snowtown Community Management Committee |access-date=25 January 2021))</ref>

==Economy==
[[File:Snowtown silos with tracks.jpg|thumb|Grain silos on western side of railway tracks, Snowtown]]

Located in what is described as a wheat-belt, the local Snowtown economy is predominantly based on [[cereal crops]]. Other primary industries include [[wool]]growing, [[livestock]] production and [[Sodium chloride|salt]] mining (at the nearby [[Lake Bumbunga]] saltworks).<ref>((Cite journal|last=Hough|first=Joanne|date=2008|title=Salt production in South Australia|url=http://www.pir.sa.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/93803/mj50_salt_production.pdf|journal=MESA Journal|volume=50|page=33|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924073548/http://www.pir.sa.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/93803/mj50_salt_production.pdf|archive-date=24 September 2015))</ref>

Snowtown is a service centre for the local area, providing various essential services for the district<ref>((Cite web|url=https://raywhiteclarevalley.com.au/area-profiles/snowtown|title=Snowtown|date=11 December 2014|website=Ray White Clare Valley|access-date=29 October 2020))</ref> as well as for motorists on the [[Augusta Highway]], the section of [[Highway 1 (Australia)|Highway 1]] past the town.

In 2008, [[TrustPower]] completed the first stage of the 47-turbine [[Snowtown Wind Farm]] in the [[Barunga Range|Barunga]] and [[Hummocks Range|Hummocks range]]s just west of Snowtown. The wind turbines are 110 metres from the ground to tip of the top wing.<ref>((cite news |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/03/28/2201937.htm |title=Wind farm ahead of schedule |date=2008-03-28 |access-date=2008-05-14 |publisher=ABC News Online))</ref>
Snowtown Wind Farm 2 is one of the most modern wind farms in Australia. This wind farm produces enough electricity for 180,000 South Australian homes; the 270MW Snowtown 2 Wind Farm was commissioned in October 2014, producing an average of 875GWh of electricity per year.<ref>((Cite web|url=https://www.snowtownmuseum.org/post/snowtown-s-wind-farm-2|title=Snowtown's Wind Farm 2|first=Jon|last=Ruwolt|date=1 March 2020|website=Snowtown Museum|access-date=29 October 2020))</ref>

==Built environs==
[[File:Snowtown Soldiers Memorial.jpg|thumb|Snowtown Soldiers Memorial Hall]]
The town's main street, Fourth Street contains most of the town's civic buildings, notably the Snowtown Memorial Hall (built 1919) which is attached to the Old Institute (built 1885).<ref>Jones p.157</ref> Nearby is the town's tribute to the original pioneers. The town's population is 467.<ref>((Cite web|url=https://quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au/census_services/getproduct/census/2016/quickstat/SSC41336|title=2016 Census QuickStats: Snowtown|website=quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au|access-date=29 October 2020))</ref>
[[File:Big blade Snowtown.jpg|alt=Wind turbine blade mounted horizontally as monument|thumb|Big blade, Snowtown]]
In 2008, a monument in the form of a 44-metre wind turbine blade was installed at the intersection of Fourth Street and Railway Terrace East.<ref>((Cite web |url=http://www.earthmover.com.au/news/2008/december/big-blade-joins-the-big-pineapple-merino-etc |date=December 2008 |access-date=14 June 2011 |work=EarthMover.com.au |title=Big Blade joins the big Pineapple, Merino etc ))</ref>

===Transport===
The main north–south road running just outside the western edge of the town was designated to form part of Australia's [[Highway 1 (Australia)|Highway 1]] in 1955.<ref>Jones, p.314</ref> The section passing Snowtown (from [[Port Wakefield, South Australia|Port Wakefield]] to [[Port Augusta, South Australia|Port Augusta]]) was named Augusta Highway in 2011.<ref>"[http://www.plainsproducer.com.au/?p=5691 Highway One gets a change of name]". [[Plains Producer]]. 19 August 2011. Retrieved 2 September 2014.</ref>

The Snowtown-Kadina railway line opened in 1879.<ref>Jones p. 61</ref> It connected Snowtown via [[Bute, South Australia|Bute]] to the port of [[Wallaroo, South Australia|Wallaroo]], initially built as narrow gauge. This line was converted to broad gauge in 1927, but closed following the gauge standardisation of the Adelaide-Crystal Brook line in 1982.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20130412031054/http://www.artc.com.au/library/RAS_D15.pdf D15 Broken Hill to Crystal Brook] Australian Rail Track Corporation April 2014</ref> The Snowtown-Brinkworth railway line was opened on 30 March 1894<ref>Jones p.64</ref> with a siding halfway between, named Condowie. The full [[Kadina-Brinkworth railway line]] opened for traffic on 2 July 1894.<ref>Jones, p.64</ref> The Snowtown to Brinkworth section closed on 20 February 1990 followed by the rest of the line on 3 March 1993.<ref>Quinlan, Howard; Newland, John (2000). Australian Railway Routes 1854 - 2000. Redfern: Australian Railway Historical Society. p. 56-58. ((ISBN|0 909650 49 7)).</ref>

The [[Adelaide-Port Augusta railway line|main rail line from Salisbury]] has intersected the town along a north–south axis since 1923.<ref name="SouthRailway"/> Snowtown was linked by direct rail to Adelaide when the line from [[Bumbunga, South Australia|Bumbunga]] siding was opened on 2 September 1923.<ref>((cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article65037540 |title=THE SNOWTOWN RAILWAY OPENED. |newspaper=[[The Register (Adelaide)]] |volume=LXXXVIII |issue=25,799 |location=South Australia |date=4 September 1923 |access-date=5 November 2019 |page=11 |via=National Library of Australia |quote=The usually quiet town of Snowtown wore a holiday aspect on Monday on the occasion of the opening of the new length of broad gauge railway from Lochiel. Although the line is only 82 miles long, it is important, as Snowtown residents travelling to the city will save over two hours in the journey, and they will have the choice of sending their produce to either Wallaroo or Port Adelaide by train.))</ref> The line was extended north to [[Redhill, South Australia|Redhill]] later in that year. From then until 1982 the line was known as the [[Port Pirie, South Australia|Port Pirie]] line as there was a break of gauge from broad gauge to standard gauge at that terminus. The [[Adelaide-Port Augusta railway line]] through Snowtown was converted to standard gauge in 1982.

===School===
In 1879 Mrs Lamb opened a Provisional School in Snowtown with a total enrolment of 14 pupils.((Citation needed|date=May 2016)) During its lifetime [[agricultural science]] has been a particular focus for the school.<ref>((Cite news |url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/65039917 |date=30 October 1923 |page=8 |work=The Register (Adelaide) |title=School Experiments: Success at Snowtown |access-date=2 May 2016))</ref><ref name="endofera"/>

In 1961 the school became an area school known as Snowtown Area School and was located on ((convert|4.5|ha)) of land, with an additional ((convert|10|ha)) of land used for agricultural studies.((Citation needed|date=May 2016))

In the 1970s and 1980s, the school's respected agricultural credentials drew students from neighbouring communities.<ref name="endofera"/> The school provided many entries into [[Royal Adelaide Show]] livestock and horticulture competitions, especially the sheep and beef cattle categories. In the early 1980s the school became a [[Dorset sheep|poll dorset]] sheep stud called 'SASdor' for several years.<ref name="endofera"/>

Pupil enrolments at Snowtown Area School in 2006 totalled 118, with many pupils also travelling from nearby [[Lochiel, South Australia|Lochiel]], Barunga Gap and [[Redhill, South Australia|Redhill]].((Citation needed|date=May 2016)) ((As of|2006)) pupils were also able to study via distance education through the [[Open Access College]] at [[Marden, South Australia|Marden]] (Adelaide) or via larger neighbouring schools to increase their range of subject choices.

By 2012, the fall in enrolments, and consequent drop in funding, led to the ceasing of senior enrolments at the commencement of the 2013 school year. The school was subsequently renamed to Snowtown Primary School.<ref name="endofera">((Cite news |url=http://www.plainsproducer.com.au/2012/12/14/end-of-an-era-for-snowtown-area-school |first=Lisa |last=Redpath |date=14 December 2012 |title=End of an era for Snowtown Area School |access-date=2 May 2016 |work=Plains Producer))</ref>

In 2015, pupil enrolments at Snowtown Primary School totalled 52.<ref>((Cite web |url=http://www.snowtownps.sa.edu.au/docs/newsletters/newsletter_week_3_term_1_2015.pdf |date=11 February 2015 |work=Snowtown Primary News |publisher=Snowtown Primary School |title=Term 1 Week 3 |access-date=2 May 2016 |quote=Snowtown Primary School has begun the year with 52 enrolments, the most enrolments we have had since 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160603234749/http://www.snowtownps.sa.edu.au/docs/newsletters/newsletter_week_3_term_1_2015.pdf |archive-date=3 June 2016 |url-status=dead))</ref>

==Notable residents==
* Australian cricketer [[Lauren Ebsary]] was born and schooled in Snowtown.<ref>((Cite web |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Players/12/12298/12298.html |title=Lauren Ebsary |date=2016 |access-date=27 January 2016 |publisher=CricketArchive.com ))</ref>

==See also==
* [[Stanley Football Association]]
* [http://www.SnowtownMuseum.org Snowtown Museum]
* [[List of cities and towns in South Australia]]
* [[Snowtown murders]]

==Notes==
((Reflist))

==References==
* ((Cite book |last=Jones |first=A. |year=1978 |title=Snowtown, the First Century, 1878–1978 |publisher=Snowtown Centenary Committee, Australia))
* ((Cite book |editor=Whitworth, Robert Percy |title=Baillière's South Australian gazetteer and road guide: containing the most recent and accurate information as to every place in the Colony |url=https://archive.org/details/baillieressouth00firgoog |publisher=F.F. Bailliere |year=1866))

==Further reading==

*((cite news|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-05-20/can-snowtown-ever-shake-off-its-dark-past/11082778|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|website=ABC News|title=Life after death: Dark tourism and the future of Snowtown|first1=Daniel|last1= Keane|first2=Patrick |last2=Martin|date=20 May 2019|quote=Twenty years after police uncovered one of the nation's worst serial killings, Snowtown locals are facing tough decisions about whether to cash in on the town's infamy.))
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20050621210037/http://www.wakefieldrc.sa.gov.au/webdata/resources/files/snowtownmap1.pdf Town Map]
*[http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/dwo/IDCJDW5064.latest.shtml Snowtown's weather – Government data]
*[http://www.southaustralianhistory.com.au/salt.htm Local salt mining]
*[http://www.snowtownmuseum.org/ Snowtown online Museum]

==External links==
*[http://www.wakefieldrc.sa.gov.au/page.aspx?u=937 Wakefield Regional Council - Snowtown Community Management Committee, with strategic plan 2012-2022]

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