Simmonston

For other uses, see Simmons.

Simmonston
Town
Ruins of the half-built hotel at Simmonston
Ruins of the half-built hotel at Simmonston
Simmonston is located in South Australia
Simmonston
Simmonston
Coordinates: 32°04′22″S 138°09′08″E / 32.07289728°S 138.15227855°E / -32.07289728; 138.15227855[2]
CountryAustralia
StateSouth Australia
CityKanyaka
LGA
Established15 April 1880[1]

Simmonston was a former town in South Australia which was abandoned before completion in the early 1880s. The town was originally intended to be on the new railway extending north from Quorn, but the final route passed through Gordon instead. Today, the stone ruins of a hotel and its cellars are still visible. The town is reported as being "named after Sir Lintorn Simmons, Field Marshal and Commandant of the Royal Engineers" by William Jervois, the 10th Governor of South Australia.[3] The creation of the town was announced in April 1880 as follows: "Portions of Crown Lands in the Hundred of Kanyaka have been reserved as a site for the new town of Simmonston."[4] Plans to build the hotel were announced three weeks later in May 1880 by a D. McFie.[5] The site of the former town is currently located in the gazetted locality of Kanyaka and within the local government area of the Flinders Ranges Council.[2]

References

  1. ^ Morgan, William (15 April 1880). "Proclamation (under the Crown Lands Consolidation Act)" (PDF). South Australian Government Gazette. South Australian Government. p. 1243. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Search results for 'Simmonston, GTWN' with the following datasets selected - 'Suburbs and localities', 'Counties', 'Government Towns', 'Hundreds', 'Local Government Areas', 'SA Government Regions', 'Gazetteer' and 'Railways'". Location SA Map Viewer. South Australian Government. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  3. ^ "The Manning Index - Simmonston". The State Library of South Australia. Retrieved 19 June 2015.
  4. ^ "Government Gazette; Crown Lands reserved". South Australian Chronicle and Weekly Mail. 17 April 1880. p. 4. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
  5. ^ "Public notices". South Australian Chronicle and Weekly Mail. 8 May 1880. p. 2. Retrieved 18 June 2015.

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