Jamestown, South Australia

Jamestown, South Australia

Infobox Australian Place | type = town
name = Jamestown
state = sa


caption =
lga = Northern Areas Council
postcode = 5491
est =
pop = 1,407
pop_footnotes=
elevation=
elevation_footnotes=
maxtemp =
mintemp =
rainfall =
stategov = Stuart
fedgov = Grey
dist1 = 207
dir1 = N
location1= Adelaide
dist2 = 66
dir2 = E
location2= Port Pirie
dist3 = 43
dir3 = SW
location3= Peterborough

Jamestown is a town in the Mid North region of South Australia convert|207|km|mi|0|lk=on north of Adelaide. It is on the banks of the Belalie Creek and on the railway line between Gladstone and Peterborough, and ultimately on the main line linking Adelaide and Perth to Sydney. At the 2006 census, Jamestown had a population of 1,407.Census 2006 AUS|id=UCL410000 |name=Jamestown (Urban Centre/Locality)|accessdate=2007-11-18|quick=on]

Jamestown was named after Sir James Fergusson, the Governor of South Australia when the town was surveyed in 1871.

Major products of the area are grain, legumes, wool and timber. The world's first plantation forest was the Bundaleer Forest first planted in the area in 1876.

Jamestown is in the Northern Areas Council, the South Australian Legislative Assembly electoral district of Stuart and the federal Division of Grey.

Sir John Cockburn was the town's first mayor, doctor, and later Premier of South Australia in 1889–1890.

Jamestown is also the birthplace of Australian bush legend, the late Reginald Murray Williams, better known as R. M. Williams, the bush outfitter.

References

External links

* [http://www.travelmate.com.au/Places/Places.asp?TownName=Jamestown_%5C_SA Travelmate]
* [http://www.walkabout.com.au/locations/SAJamestown.shtml Walkabout]


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