Collinsville, South Australia
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| Coordinates: 33°23′37″S 139°10′05″E / 33.3936°S 139.168090°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | South Australia | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 11 (SAL 2021)[2] | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 5418[1] | ||||||||||||
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Collinsville is a rural locality in the Mid North region of South Australia, situated in the Regional Council of Goyder.[1] It was established in August 2000, when boundaries were formalised for the "long established local name".[3] It has almost exactly the same boundaries as the cadastral Hundred of Tomkinson, with small variations on its western border.[4]
According to the 2021 Census, Collinsville had a very low population, with the ABS reporting suppressed data due to the small number of residents.[5]
The Hundred of Tomkinson was proclaimed on 18 September 1879 by Governor William Jervois, named after politician Samuel Tomkinson.[4] Collinsville Post Office opened on 1 April 1896, named after the property of local grazier John Collins; it closed on 1 December 1917. The state Nomenclature Committee had recommended in 1916 that the post office be renamed 'Metiappa', an abridgement of 'Piltimetiappa', the Aboriginal name for a local creek and the name of another local station, but there is no record of this having occurred before the closure.[3][6] The Collinsville property developed as a famous merino stud, and upon Collins' death, The Advertiser described his family firm as "among the best studmasters in Australia".[7]
In 2014, the Collinsville pastoral holding was sold following a period in receivership, marking a change in ownership after nearly two decades under the Handbury family.[8]
The historic Collinsville Homestead Complex and the Piltimittiappa Homestead are both listed on the South Australian Heritage Register.[9][10]
Much of the Caroona Creek Conservation Park lies within Collinsville.[1] The park was proclaimed in 2010 under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972 (SA).[11]
