Gum Creek, South Australia

Gum Creek 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".[2] It is named for the Gum Creek pastoral property, which originally extended from Farrell Flat to Mount Bryan, with the homestead being located in the Gum Creek locality.[3][2] The property was owned by a number of notable figures, with Sir John Duncan succeeding Sir Walter Hughes as owner.[4]

Gum Creek
South Australia
Gum Creek
Coordinates33°42′46.3″S 138°45′55.8″E
Postcode(s)5417 [1]
LGA(s)Regional Council of Goyder
State electorate(s)Stuart [1]
Federal Division(s)Grey [1]
Localities around Gum Creek:
Hilltown Leighton Leighton
Hilltown Gum Creek Burra
Hill River Farrell Flat Hanson
FootnotesCoordinates[2]

A Primitive Methodist church opened at "Iron Mine, Gum Creek" in October 1871, built by J. & T. Pearce of Kooringa for a cost of £140.[5] A Sunday school at Ironmine Methodist Church, as it came to be known, was built in 1923.[6] The church held a 75th anniversary celebration in April 1946.[7] The church closed in 1974 and was converted to a residence.[8]

Gum Creek School opened in 1898 and closed in 1957.[9] Prior to this, a day school was reported as being run by a Mr. Rogers in the Gum Creek Chapel during the 1870s.[10] The later school building survives today, though is in a derelict state.

A telephone office opened at Gum Creek on 1 May 1926, became a postal receiving office on 3 May 1926 and was upgraded to a post office on 1 July 1927. It closed on 13 March 1953.[11]

It formerly had its own tennis, football and cricket teams.[12][13]

References
  1. "Search result(s) for Gum Creek, 5417". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
  2. "Search result(s) for Peep Hill, 5374". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
  3. "GUM CREEK CHEEP STATION". The Register (Adelaide). LXXXV (22, 936). South Australia. 13 May 1920. p. 5. Retrieved 27 December 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. "BURRA PASTORAL ESTATES". Kapunda Herald. XLII (3, 327). South Australia. 26 January 1906. p. 6. Retrieved 27 December 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. "THE MUTILATED LAND BILL". South Australian Register. XXXVI (7767). South Australia. 6 October 1871. p. 7. Retrieved 27 December 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. "NEWS FROM THE COUNTRY". The Register (Adelaide). LXXXVIII (25, 602). South Australia. 17 January 1923. p. 11. Retrieved 27 December 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. "Church Anniversary at Ironmine". Burra Record. 69 (13). South Australia. 2 April 1946. p. 4. Retrieved 27 December 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. "Lower North Regional Heritage Survey - District Council of Burra Burra" (PDF). Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
  9. "Place Names of South Australia - G". The Manning Index of South Australian History. State Library of South Australia. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
  10. "NOTES BY THE WAY". South Australian Chronicle And Weekly Mail. XVII (831). South Australia. 18 July 1874. p. 10. Retrieved 27 December 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  11. "Gum Creek (2)". Post Office Reference. Premier Postal. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
  12. "GUM CREEK". Burra Record. XV (988). South Australia. 24 April 1912. p. 3. Retrieved 27 December 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  13. "FOOTBALL". Burra Record. XV (636). South Australia. 27 July 1904. p. 3. Retrieved 27 December 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
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