Jabuk, South Australia
Jabuk (formerly Marmon Jabuk) is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located about 142 kilometres (88 mi) south-east of the state capital of Adelaide and respectively about 78 kilometres (48 mi) west and 58 kilometres (36 mi) east of the municipal seats of Pinnaroo and Tailem Bend.[5][1]
| Jabuk South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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 Former Jabuk school building | |||||||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 35°23′11″S 140°04′07″E[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 66 (2016 census)[2] | ||||||||||||||
| Established | by 1908 (private town) 2 August 1999 (locality)[3][4] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 5301[5] | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 84 m (276 ft)(railway station) [6] | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | ACST (UTC+9:30) | ||||||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | ACDT (UTC+10:30) | ||||||||||||||
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| Region | Murray and Mallee[1] | ||||||||||||||
| County | Buccleuch[1] | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Hammond[7] | ||||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Barker[8] | ||||||||||||||
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| Footnotes | Locations[5][1] Adjoining localities[1] | ||||||||||||||
It began originally by 1908 as a private subdivision of section 5 in the cadastral unit of the Hundred of Peake by a local landowner known as "Mr.Cross of Wellington". In several sources, it has been described as a private town. The name was officially altered from Marmon Jabuk to Jabuk on 20 February 1941. Boundaries for the locality were created on 12 August 1999 for the portion within the Southern Mallee District Council and on 24 August 2000 for the portion within the Coorong District Council.[3][10][4][11]
The name appears to be derived from the nearby Marmon Jabuk Range, but the origin of that name is unclear. It could be named from an Afghan word by a cameleer, or from a local Aboriginal word.[12]
The 'private town' is located in the approximate centre of the locality with the Mallee Highway to its north and the Pinnaroo railway line to its south.[1]
There is also a war memorial, institute, football oval, tennis courts with lights and a play ground. Jabuk has a tennis club with a senior section. The football oval is no longer in use, and now farmed, and its clubrooms are used by the Jabuk tennis team. The Epiphany Lutheran Church, the foundation stone being laid on 7 February 1960, has long been closed. There is also a Baptist church which is no longer in use.
The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Jabuk had a population of 66.[2]
Jabuk is located within the federal division of Barker, the state electoral district of Hammond and the local government areas of the Coorong District Council and the Southern Mallee District Council.[8][7][1]
References
- "Search results for 'Jabuk, LOCB' with the following datasets being selected - 'Suburbs and Localities', 'Government Towns', 'Counties', 'Local Government Areas', 'SA Government Regions' and 'Gazetteer'". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
- Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Jabuk". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
- "THE LAND AND THE PRODUCER". The Advertiser. LIII (16, 414). South Australia. 26 May 1911. p. 8. Retrieved 5 May 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
- Lawson, Robert (12 August 1999). "GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT 1991 Notice to Assign Boundaries to Places (in the Southern Mallee District Council)" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. South Australian Government. p. 766. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
- "Postcode for Jabuk, South Australia". Postcodes Australia. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
- "Search results for 'Jabuk Railway Station' with the following datasets being selected - 'Suburbs and Localities', 'Government Towns' and 'Gazetteer'". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
- "District of Hammond (map)". Electoral Commission SA. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
- "Federal electoral division of Barker, boundary gazetted 16 December 2011" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
- "Summary (climate) statistics KAROONDA (nearest weather station)". Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
- "ALTERATION OF NAMES OF TOWNS AND PLACES" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. South Australian Government. 20 February 1941. p. 225. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
- "GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT 1991, Notice to Assign Boundaries and Names to Places (in the Coorong District Council )" (PDF), The South Australian Government Gazette: 596, 24 August 2000, retrieved 4 May 2018
- Manning, Geoffrey H. "Jutland, Hundred of Jabuk". The Manning Index of South Australian History. The State Library of South Australia. Retrieved 4 May 2018.