Allandale Station, South Australia

Allandale Station is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located about 848 kilometres (527 mi) north of the state capital of Adelaide and about 20 kilometres (12 mi) south-east of the town of Oodnadatta.

Allandale Station
South Australia
Allandale Station
Coordinates27°40′40″S 135°36′16″E
Population204 (shared with other localities) (2016 census)
Established26 April 2013
Postcode(s)5723
Elevation73 m (240 ft)(railway station)
Time zoneACST (UTC+9:30)
 • Summer (DST)ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location
  • 848 km (527 mi) N of Adelaide
  • 580 km (360 mi) N of Port Augusta
  • 20 km (12 mi) SE of Oodnadatta
LGA(s)Pastoral Unincorporated Area
RegionFar North
State electorate(s)Giles
Federal division(s)Grey
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall
29.1 °C
84 °F
14.6 °C
58 °F
175.8 mm
6.9 in
Suburbs around Allandale Station:
Macumba Macumba Macumba
Todmorden
Oodnadatta
Todmorden
Arckaringa
Allandale Station Macumba
Anna Creek
Nilpinna Station Nilpinna Station Anna Creek
FootnotesLocations
Adjoining localities

Allandale Station's boundaries were created on 26 April 2013 and given the “local established name”. The term ‘Station’ was included in the name to distinguish it from the South Australian localities of Allendale East and Allendale North. Its boundaries align approximately with the Allandale Station pastoral lease.

The Oodnadatta Track passes through the locality entering in the south-east and exiting in the north-west near Oodnadatta while the Kemp Road, an unsealed road passes through the west side of the locality via Oodnadatta on its way to the Macumba homestead The Neales River flows from the west through the locality on its way to Lake Eyre in the east. Mount Toondina crater, an impact structure, is located in the locality's south-east.

Land use within the locality is ’primary production’ with the majority of the land being located in the Allandale Station pastoral lease. Allandale Station includes the Algebuckina Bridge, a disused railway bridge which spans the Neales River and which is listed on the South Australian Heritage Register.

The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Allandale Station and other adjoining localities in the north of South Australia shared a population of 204 people of which at least 80 are estimated by the Outback Communities Authority to be living in the locality of Oodnadatta.

Allandale Station is located within the federal division of Grey, the state electoral district of Giles, the Pastoral Unincorporated Area of South Australia and the state government region of the Far North.

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