Lameroo, South Australia

Lameroo South Australia
Lameroo
Coordinates	35°19′45″S 140°31′0″E / 35.32917°S 140.51667°ECoordinates: 35°19′45″S 140°31′0″E / 35.32917°S 140.51667°E
Population	847 (2011 census)[1]
Established	1896
Postcode(s)	5302
Elevation	100.213 m (329 ft)
Location	40 km (25 mi) W of Victorian Border 210 km (130 mi) E of Adelaide
LGA(s)	Southern Mallee District Council
State electorate(s)	Hammond
Federal Division(s)	Barker
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall 22.9 °C ^73 °F 8.7 °C ^48 °F 383.6 mm ^15.1 in
Localities around Lameroo: Marama[2] Sandalwood Billiatt[2] Karte[2] Parrakie[2] Lameroo Karte Parilla[2] Parrakie[2] Ngarkat[2] Ngarkat[2]

Lameroo is a town in the Murray Mallee region of South Australia. It is on the Mallee Highway and Pinnaroo railway line about 40 km west of the Victorian border, or 210 km east of Adelaide. It is primarily a service town for the surrounding rural areas, growing grain and sheep. At the 2011 census, Lameroo had a population of 847.^[1] Lameroo now includes the former settlements of Kulkami, Mulpata, Wirha and Gurrai which were on the Peebinga railway line and Wilkawatt which was between Parrakie and Lameroo on the Pinnaroo railway.^{[3][4][5][6][7]}

Situated in the town is Lameroo Regional Community School, which is the school not only for Lameroo youth but also surrounding towns as Geranium, Parrakie and Parilla.^[8] The town is home to the Lameroo Hawks Football Club, coached by former Adelaide Crows player Rodney Maynard.^[9][10]

Land in the Murray Mallee region was first taken up on pastoral lease in the late 1850s. For the first twenty years there were several lessees; the area had limited grazing during this time.

After a well was dug at Lameroo, then known as Wow Wow Plain, in 1884, settlement on Wow Wow Plain became permanent.

The land was surveyed in 1894 and the initial survey of Wow Wow Plain gave each block some natural open land to start cultivating. The town reserve was proclaimed in 1894 and a Government well excavated. Much of the land that became in the District Council of Lameroo now the western part of the Southern Mallee District Council) was released for pastoral ownership in about 1858.

Lameroo celebrated its centenary in 2006, based on it being 100 years since the railway line was built through Lameroo.

Attractions

Lameroo is sandwiched between the Billiatt Wilderness Protection Area to the north, and the Ngarkat Conservation Park to the south. Both protected areas are reserves for bushwalkers and nature enthusiasts. In the Spring, native Australian wildflowers abound in the Ngarkat, while the Billiatt offers native fauna such as kangaroos and mallee fowl.

Notes and references

1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Lameroo". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
2. "Search result for "Lameroo (Locality Bounded)" (Record no SA0004944) with the following layers selected = “Suburbs and Localities” and “Government Towns”". Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
3. "Search result(s) for Kulkami, Gtwn". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
4. "Search result(s) for Mulpata, Gtwn". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
5. "Search result(s) for Wirha, Locu". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
6. "Search result(s) for Gurrai, Locu". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
7. "Search result(s) for Wilkawatt, Locu". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
8. "Welcome to Lameroo Regional Community School". Retrieved 14 April 2016.
9. "Lameroo Hawks Football Club". Fox Sports Pulse. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
10. "Tragedy inspires ex-Crow Rodney Maynard’s road safety plea". The Advertiser. 31 March 2014. Retrieved 14 April 2016.

External links

• Town map
• Walkabout - Lameroo