Bruce, South Australia

Bruce is a town and a locality in the Australian state of South Australia.[1]

Bruce
South Australia
Bruce
Coordinates32°27′48″S 138°11′51″E[1]
Population8 (2016 census)[2]
Established1850
Postcode(s)5433
Elevation239 m (784 ft)[3]
Location23 km (14 mi) southeast of Quorn
LGA(s)District Council of Mount Remarkable
State electorate(s)Stuart
Federal Division(s)Grey
Localities around Bruce:
Quorn Stephenston Stephenston
Quorn
Wilmington		 Bruce Hammond
Wilmington Wilmington Hammond
FootnotesAdjoining localities[1]

Bruce was first settled in 1850 and declared a town in 1876, replete with parklands and boasting cricket and tennis teams. The town was surveyed in 1881 and named after a well known landowner in the district.[4] It suffered terribly from the 1864-66 drought, then irreparably from the following drought years of the 1880s and 1890s. An historic railway town in the centre of the Willochra Plain, 334 km north of Adelaide, it was on the Peterborough–Quorn railway line, part of the train voyage from Sydney to Perth between 1917 and 1937. The railway opened in 1882 and closed in 1987.

The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Bruce had a population of eight people.[2]

References
  1. "Search results for 'Stephenston, LOCB' with the following datasets being selected - 'Suburbs and Localities', 'Government Town', 'Counties', 'Hundreds', 'Local Government Areas', 'SA Government Regions', 'Land Development Plan Zone Categories' and 'Gazetteer'". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
  2. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "State Suburb of Bruce". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
  3. "Placename Details: Bruce Railway Station". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. 2 December 2013. SA0010105. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
  4. "Placename Details: Bruce (LOCB)". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. 4 March 2010. SA0010150. Retrieved 7 August 2017.


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