Brooker, South Australia

Brooker is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located in the state’s west on Eyre Peninsula about 266 kilometres (165 mi) west of the state capital of Adelaide and about 38 kilometres (24 mi) north-west of the municipal seat in Tumby Bay.

Brooker
South Australia
Brooker
Coordinates34°05′43″S 135°52′30″E
Population76 (2016 census)
Established23 December 1998
Postcode(s)5607
Elevation135 m (443 ft)
Time zoneACST (UTC+9:30)
 • Summer (DST)ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location
  • 266 km (165 mi) W of Adelaide
  • 38 km (24 mi) NW of Tumby Bay
LGA(s)District Council of Tumby Bay
RegionEyre Western
CountyJervois
State electorate(s)Flinders
Federal division(s)Grey
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall
21.3 °C
70 °F
11.4 °C
53 °F
393.9 mm
15.5 in
Suburbs around Brooker:
Tooligie Hincks Hincks
Tooligie
Karkoo
Yeelanna
Brooker Hincks
Moody
Ungarra
Cummins Cockaleechie
Ungarra
Ungarra
FootnotesLocations
Adjoining localities

Brooker’s boundaries were created on 23 December 1998 and it was given the ”long established name” which is derived from the cadastral unit of the Hundred of Brooker. It occupies all of the land in the hundred as well as some land to the immediate north in the Hundred of Nicholls.

The Cummins to Kimba branch of the Eyre Peninsula Railway passes through the south-east corner of the locality. A site for a railway station named Moreenia is located on the branch line within the locality.

Land use within Brooker is zoned as primary production which typically consists of “agricultural production and the grazing of stock on relatively large holdings.”

The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Brooker had a population of 76 people.

Brooker is located within the federal division of Grey, the state electoral district of Flinders and the local government area of the District Council of Tumby Bay.

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