Poochera, South Australia

Poochera South Australia
Poochera
Coordinates	32°43′S 134°50′E / 32.717°S 134.833°E / -32.717; 134.833Coordinates: 32°43′S 134°50′E / 32.717°S 134.833°E / -32.717; 134.833
Population	185 (2006 census)^[1]
Established	1920
Postcode(s)	5655
Elevation	426 m (1,398 ft)
Location	60 km (37 mi) NE of Streaky Bay
LGA(s)	District Council of Streaky Bay
State electorate(s)	Flinders
Federal Division(s)	Grey

Poochera is a small grain belt town 60 km north-west of Streaky Bay on the Eyre Peninsula, South Australia. At the 2006 census, Poochera had a population of 185.^[1]

The township of Poochera was not surveyed until 1920, and its name is thought to be taken from the name of King Poojeri, a local aboriginal who died in 1917. A nearby hill is also named Poochera, possibly stemming from the same origin.

The town had a school which opened in 1920, but closed its doors in 1976.

Poochera is the centrepoint of a large agricultural area, the town itself being a strategic grain exchange point for the region's farmers, who specialise in cereal crops and sheep.

The town is 53 km away from the Gawler Ranges, and is commonly used as a stop off by tourists, who have access to a hotel and caravan park.

Poochera, however, is probably best noted for its nearby colonies of Dinosaur Ant (Nothomyrmecia macrops), a rare, primitive species of ant that has attracted entomologists and evolutionary biologists from around the world. Only one other colony near Penong, 180 km away is known to exist.

Apart from the Poochera Hotel and Caravan Park, the town is served by a roadhouse where most general supplies can be purchased.

Notes and references

1 2 Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Poochera (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 23 October 2011.

External links

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Towns and localities of the District Council of Streaky Bay

Baird Bay Bockelberg Calca Carawa Chandada Chilpenunda Colley Cungena Eba Anchorage Haslam Inkster Kaldoonera Karcultaby Koolgera Maryvale Mortana Mount Cooper Petina Perlubie Piednippie Pimbaacla Poochera Pureba Sceale Bay Streaky Bay Tyringa Wallalla Wirrulla Witera Yanerbie Yantanabie

Eyre Peninsula, South Australia

Cities

Townships

Governance

Federal division	Grey

State electoral districts	Flinders Giles Stuart

Local Government	Ceduna DC Cleve DC Elliston DC Franklin Harbour DC Kimba DC Lower Eyre Peninsula DC City of Port Augusta City of Port Lincoln Streaky Bay DC Tumby Bay DC City of Whyalla Wudinna DC

Protected areas

Coastal features

West coast	Anxious Bay Calca Peninsula Cape Blanche Cape Carnot Cape Catastrophe Cape Finniss Cape Radstock Cape Wiles Coffin Bay Peninsula Jussieu Peninsula Point Avoid Point Labatt Point Weyland Point Whidbey Slade Point

East coast	Cape Burr Cape Donington Cape Hardy Lipson Cove Memory Cove Point Lowly Yorkey Crossing

Islands adjoining Eyre Peninsula coast

West coast	Avoid Bay Islands Baird Bay Jones Island Unnamed island, Baird Bay Cap Island Eba Island Germein Island Grantham Island Greenly Island Investigator Group Flinders Island Waldegrave Islands Ward Islands Liguanea Island Neptune Islands Nicolas Baudin Island Nuyts Archipelago Smooth Island Olive Island Pigface Island Whidbey Isles Williams Island

East coast	Bicker Isles Boston Island Curlew Island Entrance Island Hopkins Island Lewis Island Lipson Island Little Island Louth Island Owen Island Sir Joseph Banks Group Sleaford Islands Smith Island Taylor Island Thistle Island Tumby Island

Related and uncategorised

The Peninsulas zone (wine)

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