Agery, South Australia

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{{Infobox Australian place

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| name = Agery

| state = sa

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| coordinates = {{coord|34|09|0|S|137|44|24|E|display=inline,title}}

| coord_ref = {{cite web|url=http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/# |title=Search result(s) for Agery (LOCB) (Record No. SA0000379) with the following layers being selected - "Suburbs and Localities", "Counties", "Hundreds", "Place names (gazetteer)" and "Road labels" |publisher=Government of South Australia |work=Property Location Browser |access-date=28 April 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161012010923/http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/ |archive-date=12 October 2016 }}

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| postcode = 5558

| established = 24 May 1999 (locality)

| established_footnotes ={{cite web|last1=Kentish|first1=Peter MacLaren|title=GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT 1991, Notice to Assign Boundaries and Names to Places ( within the District Council of Yorke Peninsula) |url=http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/other/sa_gazette/1999/68/2696.pdf |website=The South Australian Government Gazette|publisher=The South Australian Government|access-date=1 March 2018|page=2696|date=24 May 1999}}

| elevation = 104

| elevation_footnotes = {{citation needed|date=March 2018}}

| lga = Yorke Peninsula Council

| region =Yorke and Mid North{{cite web|title= Yorke and Mid North SA Government region|url=https://www.sa.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/12793/Yorke_Mid_North_SA_Government_region.pdf |publisher=The Government of South Australia|access-date=17 April 2017}}

|county = Daly

| stategov = Narungga{{cite map |url=http://edbc.sa.gov.au/redistributions/2016/2016-electoral-district-maps/narungga-map-2016-pdf/download.html |title=Narungga |publisher=Electoral District Boundaries Commission |date=2016 |access-date=1 March 2018}}

| fedgov = Grey{{cite web|title=Federal electoral division of Grey|url=http://www.aec.gov.au/profiles/sa/files/2011/2011-aec-a4-map-sa-grey.pdf |publisher=Australian Electoral Commission|access-date=24 July 2015}}

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| near-n =Moonta Mines
East Moonta
Boors Plain
Cunliffe

| near-ne =Cunliffe

| near-e =Sunnyvale

| near-se = Arthurton

| near-s = Weetulta
Arthurton

| near-sw = Weetulta

| near-w = Nalyappa

| near-nw = Kooroona

| near =

|footnotes=Adjoining localities{{cite web|title=Development Plan, Copper Coast Council, Consolidated – 28 August 2014|url=http://www.sa.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0016/20770/Copper_Coast_Council_Development_Plan.pdf|publisher=Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure|date=2014|access-date=23 October 2015|pages=286 & 394}}{{Dead link|date=October 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

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Agery is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on Yorke Peninsula. It is situated 17 km south-east of Moonta. Its name comes from the Aboriginal word ngadjali meaning "pipe clay".{{Cite web|url = http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/manning/pn/a/a2.htm#agery|title = Agery, (Place names of South Australia)|access-date = 24 October 2015|website = Place names of South Australia|publisher = State Library of South Australia}}

History

Agery School opened in 1880 and operated for over 100 years. It closed in 1982. Agery Post Office opened in December 1890. Agery Methodist Church, originally known as the New Wesleyan Chapel, was built in 1885 and remained open until 1970.

{{cite web|url = http://trove.nla.gov.au/people/501731?q=agery&l-availability=y&c=people|website = Trove|publisher = National Library of Australia|access-date = 17 April 2015|title = Trove}}

Features

Agery Reserve is a small nature reserve that is managed by the Moonta Branch of the National Trust of South Australia. It comprises 3.3 ha of mallee scrub.

{{cite web|url = http://www.nationaltrust.org.au/sa/agery-reserve|website = National Trust - Agery Reserve|publisher = National Trust|access-date = 17 April 2015|title = National Trust - Agery Reserve}}

Governance

Agery is located within the federal division of Grey, the state electoral district of Narungga and the local government area of the Yorke Peninsula Council.

See also

References

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{{Yorke Peninsula}}

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Category:Towns in South Australia

Category:Yorke Peninsula