Georgetown, South Australia

{{Infobox Australian place

| type = town

| name = Georgetown

| state = sa

| image = Bank of Adelaide, Georgetown, SA.jpg

| caption = Bank of Adelaide, Georgetown, early 1900s

| coordinates = {{coord|33|22|0|S|138|24|0|E|display=inline,title}}

| pushpin_label_position = top

| lga = Northern Areas Council

| postcode = 5472

| est =

| pop =

| elevation=

| maxtemp =

| mintemp =

| rainfall =

| stategov = Frome

| fedgov = Grey

| dist1 = 196

| dir1 = N

| location1= Adelaide

| dist2 = 49

| dir2 = SE

| location2= Port Pirie

| dist3 = 11

| dir3 = S

| location3= Gladstone

| near-n = Gladstone

| near-ne = West Bundaleer

| near-e = Bundaleer Gardens, Washpool

| near-se = Spalding

| near-s = Gulnare

| near-sw = Narridy

| near-w = Huddleston

| near-nw =

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Georgetown is a town in the Mid North region of South Australia. The town is in the Northern Areas Council, {{convert|196|km|mi}} north of the state capital, Adelaide on the Horrocks Highway (Main North Road).

Georgetown was one of the first towns to be surveyed in the upper Mid North when the Strangways Act was passed in 1869 to authorise resumption of pastoral leases to enable closer settlement for more intensive farming purposes. It was surveyed in 1869, along with Redhill. It was the seat of the District Council of Georgetown from 1876 to 1988, but following two successive amalgamations with neighbouring councils, it is now part of the Northern Areas Council.{{cite web | url=http://www.nacouncil.sa.gov.au/page.aspx?u=188 | title=Georgetown | publisher=Northern Areas Council | accessdate=30 March 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304192036/http://www.nacouncil.sa.gov.au/page.aspx?u=188 | archive-date=4 March 2016 | url-status=dead }}

A Catholic chapel was opened in 1872.{{cite news |date=30 August 1872 |title=OPENING OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHAPEL IN GEORGETOWN. |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article92763262 |accessdate=12 October 2024 |newspaper=The Northern Argus |location=South Australia |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia |volume=IV |issue=185}}

Georgetown was on the Gladstone railway line from Adelaide. This was constructed in 1894 as {{track gauge|3'6"}} narrow gauge. It was converted to {{track gauge|5'3"}} broad gauge in 1927 and closed in 1988.{{cite web |url=http://www.sahistorians.org.au/175/documents/the-heritage-of-the-upper-north-a-short-history.shtml |title=The Heritage of the upper North: a short history |last=Bell |first=Peter |publisher=Professional Historians Association (South Australia) |date=1998 |accessdate=6 December 2015 |archive-date=4 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221004171507/http://www.sahistorians.org.au/175/documents/the-heritage-of-the-upper-north-a-short-history.shtml |url-status=dead }}

Geography and climate

{{Weather box

|location = Georgetown

|metric first = Yes

|single line = Yes

|collapsed = yes

|Jan record high C = 44.4

|Feb record high C = 41.7

|Mar record high C = 40.6

|Apr record high C = 34.7

|May record high C = 27.3

|Jun record high C = 26.0

|Jul record high C = 26.4

|Aug record high C = 25.2

|Sep record high C = 33.2

|Oct record high C = 36.7

|Nov record high C = 42.2

|Dec record high C = 43.4

|year record high C = 44.4

|Jan high C = 31.1

|Feb high C = 30.7

|Mar high C = 28.1

|Apr high C = 22.9

|May high C = 18.2

|Jun high C = 15.0

|Jul high C = 14.2

|Aug high C = 15.5

|Sep high C = 18.7

|Oct high C = 22.4

|Nov high C = 26.2

|Dec high C = 29.2

|year high C = 22.7

|Jan low C = 15.0

|Feb low C = 15.2

|Mar low C = 13.1

|Apr low C = 9.8

|May low C = 7.1

|Jun low C = 5.1

|Jul low C = 4.2

|Aug low C = 4.5

|Sep low C = 5.7

|Oct low C = 7.8

|Nov low C = 10.6

|Dec low C = 13.1

|year low C = 9.3

|Jan record low C = 4.0

|Feb record low C = 6.7

|Mar record low C = 2.8

|Apr record low C = 0.0

|May record low C = -0.4

|Jun record low C = -3.6

|Jul record low C = -6.6

|Aug record low C = -2.3

|Sep record low C = -2.9

|Oct record low C = -0.4

|Nov record low C = 0.6

|Dec record low C = 2.2

|year record low C = -6.6

|Jan rain mm = 20.4

|Feb rain mm = 20.8

|Mar rain mm = 20.4

|Apr rain mm = 35.5

|May rain mm = 50.5

|Jun rain mm = 58.4

|Jul rain mm = 57.0

|Aug rain mm = 56.7

|Sep rain mm = 52.7

|Oct rain mm = 44.7

|Nov rain mm = 31.6

|Dec rain mm = 26.0

|Jan rain days = 3.1

|Feb rain days = 2.9

|Mar rain days = 3.6

|Apr rain days = 6.1

|May rain days = 9.2

|Jun rain days = 11.3

|Jul rain days = 12.4

|Aug rain days = 12.3

|Sep rain days = 10.0

|Oct rain days = 7.9

|Nov rain days = 5.5

|Dec rain days = 4.4

|unit rain days = 0.2mm

|source 1 = Bureau of Meteorology{{BoM Aust stats |site_ref=cw_021020_All |site_name=Georgetown |date=17 January 2019 |accessdate=22 January 2019}}

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References

Category:Towns in South Australia

Category:Mid North (South Australia)