Tantanoola, South Australia
| Tantanoola South Australia | |||||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 37°41′S 140°27′E / 37.683°S 140.450°ECoordinates: 37°41′S 140°27′E / 37.683°S 140.450°E | ||||||||||||
| Population | 524 (shared with other localities within the "State Suburb of Tantanoola") (2011 census)[1] | ||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 5280 | ||||||||||||
| Elevation | 67 m (220 ft) | ||||||||||||
| Time zone | ACST (UTC+9:30) | ||||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | ACDT (UTC+10:30) | ||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Wattle Range Council[2] | ||||||||||||
| Region | Limestone Coast[3] | ||||||||||||
| County | County of Grey[2] | ||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) |
MacKillop[4] Mount Gambier[5] | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Barker[6] | ||||||||||||
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| Footnotes | Adjoining localities[2] | ||||||||||||
Tantanoola (postcode 5280) is a town in South Australia. The name is derived from the aboriginal word tentunola, which means boxwood / brushwood hill or camp. Tantanoola was originally named 'Lucieton' by Governor Jervois after his daughter Lucy Caroline, on 10 July 1879. It was changed by Governor Robinson to 'Tantanoola' on 4 October 1888. At the 2006 census, Tantanoola had a population of 255.[7]
Tantanoola is in the Wattle Range Council local government area, the South Australian House of Assembly electoral districts of MacKillop and Mount Gambier, and the Australian House of Representatives Division of Barker.
History
The township of Tantanoola is situated in the Hundred of Hindmarsh, 425 km south east of Adelaide, and was once a portion of Mayurra Station. It was the second town of importance on the Rivoli Bay to Mount Gambier railway line which was built in 1876, converted from narrow to broad gauge in 1956 and ceased operating in 1995. The historic Tantanoola railway station is listed on the South Australian Heritage Register.[8]
Tantanoola Tiger
Tantanoola is known for the Tantanoola Tiger, a phantom cat which supposedly stalked the area during the late nineteenth century. In August 1895 an animal was shot by one Thomas John Donovan, which was believed to have been the mysterious predator. The animal turned out to be more like a wolf than a cat. Later, it was determined to be an Arabian wolf, although how it arrived in South Australia has been the subject of a number of theories. It is currently preserved and on display at the Tantanoola Hotel (which is also known colloquially as the Tantanoola Tiger Hotel).[9] Tantanoola Caves Conservation Park, featuring a spectacular dolomite cave is located nearby.
Australian poet Max Harris wrote a poem titled "The Tantanoola Tiger", which is included in the collection The Angry Penguin: the Poetry of Max Harris, published by the National Library of Australia. [10][11]
Snuggery
The next station northwest along the railway line was Snuggery. Snuggery is not recognised as a separate town, but is part of Tantanoola towards Millicent. The area includes the Snuggery Power Station with three diesel-powered gas turbines, and the Kimberly-Clark woodchip and paper pulp mill. The pulp mill was commissioned in 1992 but ceased operations in 2011.[12] It was demolished in November 2012.[13]
References
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- ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Tantanoola". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
- 1 2 3 "Search result for "Tantanoola (Locality Bounded)" (Record no SA0036085) with the following layers selected - "Suburbs and Localities", "Place names (gazetteer)" and "Development Plan Layers"". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
- ↑ "Limestone Coast SA Government region" (PDF). The Government of South Australia. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
- ↑ "District of MacKillop Background Profile". Electoral Commission SA. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
- ↑ "District of Mount Gambier Background Profile". Electoral Commission SA. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
- ↑ "Federal electoral division of Barker" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
- ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Tantanoola (L) (Urban Centre/Locality)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 29 October 2011.
- ↑ "Tantanoola Railway Station & Goods Shed". South Australian Heritage Register. Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
- ↑ "Tantanoola". Wattle Range Council. Retrieved 2007-05-31.
- ↑ "Harris Poetry". www.ernmalley.com. 2007-12-28. Retrieved 2008-09-13.
- ↑ "Angry Penguin: Selected Poems of Max Harris". http://www.nla.gov.au. 2000-09-11. Retrieved 2008-09-13. External link in
|publisher=(help) - ↑ "Kimberly-Clark Corporation: A Proud History". Kimberly-Clark. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
- ↑ Tasha Impey (5 November 2012). "Explosive end for Tantanoola pulp mill". ABC South East SA. Retrieved 16 May 2016.