Cradock is a town and locality in the Australian state of South Australia 320 kilometres north of the state capital of Adelaide on the RM Williams Way . The nearest town with a greater population is Hawker which is approximately 20 km away with a population of around 360. Cradock is in the Flinders Ranges Council area, the state Electoral district of Stuart and the federal Division of Grey.
| Cradock South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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 The Cradock Hotel. | |||||||||||||||
  Cradock | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 32°04′21″S 138°29′34″E / 32.072377°S 138.492776°E[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 44 (SAL 2021)[2] | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 6 March 1879 (town) 25 November 1999 (locality)[3][4] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 5432 | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 410 m (1,345 ft)[citation needed] | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | ACST (UTC+9:30) | ||||||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | ACST (UTC+10:30) | ||||||||||||||
| Location | 320 km (199 mi) N of Adelaide | ||||||||||||||
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| Region | Far North[1] | ||||||||||||||
| County | Granville[1] | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Stuart | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Grey | ||||||||||||||
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The town was surveyed during November 1878 and proclaimed on 6 March 1879. The locality's boundaries were gazetted on 25 November 1999 and include the Government Town of Cradock and the sites of the ceased Government Towns of Charlcome and Herbert.[1]
After the South Australian government permitted settlers to go into the semi-arid lands north of Goyder's Line Cradock was established in 1879 on a 'grassy flat' of 'strong red loam', by the Wirreanda Creek. Cradock takes its name from the then Governor of South Africa, Sir John Cradock.[6]
Soon after settlement, a school, police station, two hotels, two blacksmith shops and a saddler were operating in Cradock. The "wheat rush" was followed by the failure of four years of crops which led to an increasing despair and a loss of many of the town's population.[6]
Historic buildings
editCradock had three churches. The stone Catholic church opened in 1883. The Wesleyan Methodist church built in 1884 was weatherboard and iron, replaced by a stone church (construction started in 1924[7]) which was used into the 1980s, but is now a private residence.[8] The stone Anglican church built in 1894 was used until 1958 and is also now a private residence.[9]
The historic former St Gabriel's Catholic Church designed by Thomas Burgoyne in Main Street is listed on the South Australian Heritage Register.[10]
The town still has one hotel, the Cradock Hotel,[11] known in earlier days as the Heartbreak Hotel.
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f "Search result for 'Cradock, LOCB' with the following datasets selected – 'Suburbs and Localities', 'Government Towns', 'Hundreds', 'Counties', 'Local Government Areas', 'SA Government Regions' and 'Gazetteer'". Location SA Map Viewer. South Australian Government. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Cradock (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ "untitled (proclamation of the Town of Cradock)" (PDF), The South Australian Government Gazette (10): 625, 6 March 1879, retrieved 27 January 2018
- ^ "GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT 1991 Notice to Assign Boundaries and Names to Places" (PDF), The South Australian Government Gazette: 2442, 25 November 1999, retrieved 27 January 2018
- ^ a b c "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics Hawker (nearest weather station)". Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
- ^ a b Reader's Digest Illustrated Guide to Australian Places. Sydney, NSW: Reader's Digest. 1993. p. 534. ISBN 0-86438-399-1.
- ^ "Advertising". Quorn Mercury. SA. 29 August 1924. p. 2. Retrieved 13 February 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "15 MAIN ROAD, Cradock SA 5432". Domain. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
- ^ "Cradock". Flinders Ranges. Froling Enterprises & Lyn Leader-Elliott. 7 September 2012. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
- ^ "Former St Gabriel's Catholic Church". South Australian Heritage Register. Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources. Archived from the original on 15 February 2016. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
- ^ "Cradock Hotel". Retrieved 12 February 2016.
