Pine Creek, South Australia
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Pine Creek | |||||||||||||
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  Pine Creek | |||||||||||||
| Coordinates: 33°10′S 139°17′E / 33.17°S 139.29°E[1] | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | South Australia | ||||||||||||
| Region | Yorke and Mid North[1] | ||||||||||||
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| • Total(s) | 0 (SAL 2016)[4][5] | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 5419[6] | ||||||||||||
| County | Kimberley[1] | ||||||||||||
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Pine Creek is a rural locality in the Mid North region of South Australia, situated in the Regional Council of Goyder.[6] It was established in August 2000 when boundaries were formalised for the long established local name.[7]
Ketchowla | |||||||||||||
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| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | South Australia | ||||||||||||
| Established | 5 August 1880 | ||||||||||||
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• Total | 410 km2 (157 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total(s) | 0 (SAL 2016)[8][9] | ||||||||||||
| County | Kimberley | ||||||||||||
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The Hundred of Ketchowla is a cadastral unit of hundred, the boundaries of which are exactly contiguous with the locality of Pine Creek.[6] The hundred was proclaimed by Governor William Jervois on 5 August 1880, named for an Aboriginal name of unknown origin.[10]
Ketchowla Station is named after the hundred and the station's homestead is located within Pine Creek.[7] A post office at Ketchowla opened circa 1872 and closed on 30 November 1917.[11] The Ketchowla Woolshed, Old Homestead and Outbuildings are listed on the South Australian Heritage Register.[12]
Note that there are several creeks in South Australia called Pine Creek, including a tributary that joins the River Wakefield at Undalya and forms part of the boundary between the Hundred of Upper Wakefield[13] and the Hundred of Saddleworth.[14]
