Bookabie, South Australia
Suburb of Pastoral Unincorporated Area, South Australia
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Bookabie is a town and locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on the state’s west coast overlooking the Great Australian Bight about 648 kilometres (403 miles) north-west of the state capital of Adelaide and about 103 kilometres (64 miles) west of the town centre of Ceduna.[1][8]
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| Coordinates: 31.843288°S 132.675268°E[1] | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | South Australia | ||||||||||||
| Region | Eyre Western[2] | ||||||||||||
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| Established | 27 August 1891 (town) 23 October 2003 (locality)[3][4] | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 289 (shared with Penong) (2016 census)[7][a] | ||||||||||||
| Time zone | UTC+9:30 (ACST) | ||||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+10:30 (ACST) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 5690[8] | ||||||||||||
| County | Kintore[1] | ||||||||||||
| Mean max temp | 21.5 °C (70.7 °F)[9] | ||||||||||||
| Mean min temp | 12.3 °C (54.1 °F)[9] | ||||||||||||
| Annual rainfall | 300.2 mm (11.82 in)[9] | ||||||||||||
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| Location[8] Adjoining localities[1] | |||||||||||||
The name was first used for a town located in the Hundred of Magarey which was surveyed in July 1890 and officially named by Governor Kintore on 27 August 1891.[1][3] The name was recorded by the journalist, Daisy Bates, as being derived from an Aboriginal word meaning “bad water” which was used by local Aboriginal people for a waterhole near the town. Boundaries for the locality including the town were created on 23 October 2003 with some additional “unincorporated land” being added on 26 April 2013.[10][1]
The locality of Bookabie consists of land associated with a section of coastline overlooking the Great Australian Bight including the eastern side of Fowlers Bay including the bay’s eastern headland.[1] The Eyre Highway passes through the locality in an east-west direction.[1] As of 2012, the majority land use within the locality was agriculture while the land adjoining the coastline in the south being zoned for conservation.[11]
The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that the localities of Bookabie and Penong shared a population of 289 people.[7][1]
Bookabie is located within the federal Division of Grey, the state electoral district of Flinders and the Pastoral Unincorporated Area of South Australia.[1][6][5]
