Boors Plain, South Australia
Town in South Australia
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Boors Plain (historically Boors Plains) is a rural locality at the north end of the Yorke Peninsula of South Australia, situated east of Moonta and south of Kadina. It is located in the Copper Coast Council.[2]
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| Coordinates: 34.030440°S 137.6983°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | South Australia | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 56 (SAL 2021)[3] | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 5554[2] | ||||||||||||
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Description
The name and boundaries of the modern locality were formalised in January 1999.[4] It is named after James Boor, a shepherd working for Sir Walter Hughes; Boor made the copper discovery that became Wallaroo Mines.[5][6] Land within the locality is zoned for “agricultural production and the grazing of stock on relatively large holdings".[7]
History
A small village previously existed on the Kadina-Cunliffe Road.[4] A limestone quarry nearby supplied building materials for the Moonta and Wallaroo Mines.[5] Boors Plains Post Office opened in July 1882 and closed in September 1899.[8] Boors Plains School operated from 1879 to 1941.[6] The Boors Plains Methodist Church (1873-1967) consisted of three rooms – the church, the Boor's Plains School room + a third room used for Sunday School or celebration of community's event). Today, the former church site is marked by a memorial cairn. The Boors Plains Oval was located on Moonta-Thrington Road at a site known as Stanways Corner. The Boors Plains Cricket Club (1880-1965) and the Boors Plains Tennis Club (closed during World War II) were both based there.[5] Boors Plain had its own branch of the Agricultural Bureau: it was reported as being highly successful in the 1930s, and in 1979 published a short history celebrating "the first 50 years".[9][10] The Bald Hill 1864 Miners' Strike Site, located in the west of Boors Plain, is listed on the South Australian Heritage Register.[11]
