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The town of '''Balaklava''' (population 2048, postcode 5461) is located in [[South Australia]], 92 kilometres north of [[Adelaide]] in the [[Mid North]] region. It is on the south bank of the [[Wakefield River]], {{convert|25|km|abbr=off}} east of [[Port Wakefield, South Australia|Port Wakefield]].
The town of '''Balaklava''' (population 2048,<ref name="ABS-UCL">{{Census 2016 AUS |id=UCL415003 |name=Balaklava (Urban Centre/Locality) |accessdate=5 March 2018 |quick=on}}</ref> postcode 5461) is located in [[South Australia]], 92 kilometres north of [[Adelaide]] in the [[Mid North]] region. It is on the south bank of the [[Wakefield River]], {{convert|25|km|abbr=off}} east of [[Port Wakefield, South Australia|Port Wakefield]].


==History==
==History==
Since prehistoric times the Balaklava district has been near the boundaries of the [[Kaurna]] and [[Peramangk]] peoples. The first Europeans to traverse the district were [[John Hill (explorer)|John Hill]] and [[Thomas Burr]] on 29 April 1840.<ref>''Register'' newspaper, 9 May 1840, page 5.</ref> They discovered Diamond Lake and encamped near [[Owen, South Australia|Owen]]. The first European settlers in the area were James and Mary Dunn who in 1850 opened a hotel to service bullock teamsters carting [[copper]] ore upon the Gulf Road between the [[Burra, South Australia|Burra]] mine and the export port of [[Port Wakefield, South Australia|Port Wakefield]].
Since prehistoric times the Balaklava district has been near the boundaries of the [[Kaurna]] and [[Peramangk]] peoples. The first Europeans to traverse the district were [[John Hill (explorer)|John Hill]] and [[Thomas Burr]] on 29 April 1840.<ref>''Register'' newspaper, 9 May 1840, page 5.</ref> They discovered Diamond Lake and encamped near [[Owen, South Australia|Owen]]. The first European settlers in the area were James and Mary Dunn who in 1850 opened a hotel to service bullock teamsters carting [[copper]] ore upon the Gulf Road between the [[Burra, South Australia|Burra]] mine and the export port of [[Port Wakefield, South Australia|Port Wakefield]].


The Gulf Road [[copper]] ore traffic came to a sudden end in 1857 when a railway connected [[Gawler, South Australia|Gawler]] to Port Adelaide which provided a more economic path for exporting the ore. The teamster's loads were replaced by a flow of pastoral produce to Port Wakefield, mainly wool and grain. The town was laid out by Charles Fisher in 1869 and named it after the [[Hundred of Balaklava]] which in turn was named for the [[Battle of Balaklava]].<ref>[http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/manning/pn/b/balaklav.htm Manning Index of South Australian History]</ref> He built large grain stores on the tramway from [[Hoyleton, South Australia|Hoyleton]] to the port at Port Wakefield, intending to encourage farmers to settle near the town.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article207684999 |title=THE PORT WAKEFIELD AND HOYLE'S PLAINS TRAMWAY, AND THE DISTRICT THROUGH WHICH IT PASSES. |newspaper=[[The Express and Telegraph]] |location=Adelaide |date=27 November 1869 |accessdate=8 December 2015 |page=2 Edition: SECOND EDITION |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> The first Hotel erected in the new township of Balaklava was the Balaklava Hotel, later called the Royal. Thomas Saint borrowed the finances from Thomas James Manton and applied for the Hotel Keepers Licence on 17 November 1870 and was granted licence No.17 of 1871 on 4 April 1871.
The Gulf Road [[copper]] ore traffic came to a sudden end in 1857 when a railway connected [[Gawler, South Australia|Gawler]] to Port Adelaide which provided a more economic path for exporting the ore. The teamster's loads were replaced by a flow of pastoral produce to Port Wakefield, mainly wool and grain. The town was laid out by Charles Fisher in 1869 and named it after the [[Hundred of Balaklava]] which in turn was named for the [[Battle of Balaklava]].<ref>[http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/manning/pn/b/balaklav.htm Manning Index of South Australian History]</ref> He built large grain stores on the tramway from [[Hoyleton, South Australia|Hoyleton]] to the port at Port Wakefield, intending to encourage farmers to settle near the town.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article207684999 |title=THE PORT WAKEFIELD AND HOYLE'S PLAINS TRAMWAY, AND THE DISTRICT THROUGH WHICH IT PASSES. |newspaper=[[The Express and Telegraph]] |location=Adelaide |date=27 November 1869 |access-date=8 December 2015 |page=2 Edition: SECOND EDITION |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> The first Hotel erected in the new township of Balaklava was the Balaklava Hotel, later called the Royal. Thomas Saint borrowed the finances from Thomas James Manton and applied for the Hotel Keepers Licence on 17 November 1870 and was granted licence No.17 of 1871 on 4 April 1871.


Balaklava was first on the {{Track gauge|1,067 mm}} narrow gauge [[Port Wakefield railway line]] which was an isolated horse-drawn tramway inland through Balaklava to [[Hoyleton, South Australia|Hoyleton]]. This was eventually taken over by [[South Australian Railways]] and converted to steam, as well as being extended at both ends. Balaklava was later considered to be on the [[Gladstone railway line]], with a junction to [[Port Wakefield, South Australia|Port Wakefield]]. The line to Balaklava from [[Hamley Bridge, South Australia|Hamley Bridge]] (connecting to Adelaide) opened in 1878. It was converted to {{Track gauge|1,600 mm}} broad gauge in 1927 and still existed as far as Balaklava up to 2002.<ref>{{Cite journal |title=Horse and Steam, Wheat and Copper |last=Callaghan |first=W.H |journal=[[Australian Railway History|Australian Railway Historical Society Bulletin]] |year=2002 |edition=January;February |pages=9–27; 46–63}}</ref> The last freight on the line was bulk grain in 2004.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.railpage.com.au/f-t11352423.htm |title=When was last train movement to Balaclava |date=28 September 2009 |accessdate=19 October 2015 |publisher=Interactive Omnimedia Pty Ltd |work=Railpage}}{{Self-published source|date=October 2015}}</ref>
Balaklava was first on the {{Track gauge|1,067 mm}} narrow gauge [[Port Wakefield railway line]] which was an isolated horse-drawn tramway inland through Balaklava to [[Hoyleton, South Australia|Hoyleton]]. This was eventually taken over by [[South Australian Railways]] and converted to steam, as well as being extended at both ends. Balaklava was later considered to be on the [[Gladstone railway line]], with a junction to [[Port Wakefield, South Australia|Port Wakefield]]. The line to Balaklava from [[Hamley Bridge, South Australia|Hamley Bridge]] (connecting to Adelaide) opened in 1878. It was converted to {{Track gauge|1,600 mm}} broad gauge in 1927. <ref>{{Cite journal |title=Horse and Steam, Wheat and Copper |last=Callaghan |first=W.H |journal=[[Australian Railway History|Australian Railway Historical Society Bulletin]] |year=2002 |edition=January;February |pages=9–27; 46–63}}</ref> The [[Port Wakefield railway line]] was closed and removed. The last freight on the line was bulk grain in 2004.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.railpage.com.au/f-t11352423.htm |title=When was last train movement to Balaclava |date=28 September 2009 |access-date=19 October 2015 |publisher=Interactive Omnimedia Pty Ltd |work=Railpage}}{{Self-published source|date=October 2015}}</ref>


As the Balaklava railway station was originally on the Port Wakefield to Hoyleton line, before the railway from Hamley Bridge was built, and that line entered the town from the southeast, trains travelling using the route between Gladstone and Adelaide needed to change direction at Balaklava, as both the north and south lines entered the station from the east, with Port Wakefield being to the west.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article59400336 |title=RAILWAY CARRIAGE DERAILED. |newspaper=[[The Register (Adelaide)|The Register]] |location=Adelaide |date=20 May 1914 |accessdate=1 December 2015 |page=9 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
As the Balaklava railway station was originally on the Port Wakefield to Hoyleton line, before the railway from Hamley Bridge was built, and that line entered the town from the southeast, trains travelling using the route between Gladstone and Adelaide needed to change direction at Balaklava, as both the north and south lines entered the station from the east, with Port Wakefield being to the west.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article59400336 |title=RAILWAY CARRIAGE DERAILED. |newspaper=[[The Register (Adelaide)|The Register]] |location=Adelaide |date=20 May 1914 |access-date=1 December 2015 |page=9 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>


The name of the town was originally spelled ''Balaclava''.
The name of the town was originally spelled ''Balaclava''.


Balaklava was subjected to wind blown contamination from [[British nuclear tests at Maralinga|British nuclear tests]],{{when|date=March 2018}} and is home to long time nuclear veteran campaigner [[Avon Hudson]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/293093415/nuclear|title="Nuclear"|author=|date=|website=Kickstarter|accessdate=17 August 2018}}</ref>
Balaklava is home to long time nuclear veteran campaigner [[Avon Hudson]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/maralinganuke-test-crusader-avon-hudsons-plea-for-the-australian-nuclear-veterans-association-getting-lonlier/news-story/3a88136d594912f0aa8a12b59b218649 |title=Maralinga nuke test crusader Avon Hudson’s plea for the Australian Nuclear Veterans’ Association getting lonelier |first=Tory |last=Shepherd |newspaper=Sunday Mail |date=June 9, 2018 |access-date=15 June 2020}}</ref>

[[Steele Hall]], [[premier of South Australia]] in 1968–70 and later a federal politician, was born in Balaklava and attended [[Balaklava High School]].<ref name=bio>{{cite news|url=https://biography.senate.gov.au/hall-raymond-steele/|title=Hall, Raymond Steele (1928– )|work=The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate|year=2017|volume=4|publisher=Department of the Senate|first=Scott|last=Bennett}}</ref>


==Geography==
==Geography==
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==Governance==
==Governance==
Balaklava is the administrative centre for local government seat of [[Wakefield Regional Council]] and is located in the state electoral district of [[Electoral district of Frome|Frome]] and the federal electoral division of [[Division of Wakefield|Wakefield]].<ref name=EDBC-F/>
Balaklava is the administrative centre for local government seat of [[Wakefield Regional Council]] and is located in the state electoral district of [[Electoral district of Frome|Frome]]<ref name=EDBC-F/> and the federal electoral division of [[Division of Grey|Grey]].


==Education==
==Education==
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==Art and sports==
==Art and sports==
Balaklava Racing Club founded in 1903, boasts the longest straight in SA, holding 13 race meets throughout the year with the highlight being the Balaklava Cup<ref>{{Cite web|date=30 July 2021|title=Balaklava|url=https://www.countryracingsa.com.au/racing-club/balaklava|url-status=live|website=Country Racing SA Inc.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201201145359/https://www.countryracingsa.com.au/racing-club/balaklava |archive-date=1 December 2020 }}</ref>
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Balaklava hosts the annual Balaklava Cup [[horse racing]] carnival on the first Wednesday each September.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://balaklavaracingclub.com.au/sites/balaklava/balaklava_cup |title=Balaklava Cup |date=2015 |publisher=Thoroughbred Racing SA |accessdate=19 October 2015}}</ref> It also has an [[agricultural show]] in September each year. This major event showcases the regions many achievements, in agriculture, horse riding, baking, art and the local schools achievements as well as many fun things for the family to enjoy.


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The Balaklava Cup [[horse racing]] carnival is on the first Wednesday each September.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://balaklavaracingclub.com.au/sites/balaklava/balaklava_cup |title=Balaklava Cup |date=2015 |publisher=Thoroughbred Racing SA |access-date=19 October 2015}}</ref>
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Balaklava is well known throughout the South Australian music, drama and school communities for its interest and support in the performing arts.{{By whom|date=February 2016}} The ''Balaklava Eisteddfod Society''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.balaklavaeisteddfod.org.au/|title=Balaklava Eisteddfod Society|author=|date=|website=www.balaklavaeisteddfod.org.au|accessdate=17 August 2018}}</ref> holds its own music and speech/drama [[Eisteddfod]] every year in late July/early August. It has been running since 1997 and is a major event for the township.
[[File:Balaklava Racecourse Heritage Grandstand.jpg|left|thumb|Balaklava Racecourse Heritage Grandstand Today]]
[[File:Jacks Humor at the Balaklava Races.png|thumb|Jacks Humor at the Balaklava Races. Story about Racing Legend Jack McGowan at the Balaklava Races, published in the Adelaide Chronicle in 1952. (See [[Brooklyn Park, South Australia|Brooklyn Park]] for information about Jack).<ref>{{Cite news|last=Vox|date=15 May 1952|title=Racecourse Humor|work=The Chronicle (Adelaide)|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/93923895|access-date=30 July 2021}}</ref>]]
It also has an [[agricultural show]] in September each year. This major event showcases the regions many achievements, in agriculture, horse riding, baking, art and the local schools achievements as well as many fun things for the family to enjoy.

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Balaklava is well known throughout the South Australian music, drama and school communities for its interest and support in the performing arts.{{By whom|date=February 2016}} The Balaklava Eisteddfod Society<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.balaklavaeisteddfod.org.au/|title=Balaklava Eisteddfod Society|website=www.balaklavaeisteddfod.org.au|access-date=17 August 2018}}</ref> holds its own music and speech/drama [[Eisteddfod]] every year in late July/early August. It has been running since 1997 and is a major event for the township.
The ''Balaklava Community Arts''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bca.websyte.com.au/|title=Balaklava Community Arts Inc - Promoting the arts to the wider community|author=|date=|website=www.bca.websyte.com.au|accessdate=17 August 2018}}</ref> group has been running since 1982 and has always been very supportive of the visual and performing arts. The Balaklava Courthouse Gallery began within the ranks of Balaklava Community Arts and now holds widely known exhibitions and competitions in visual arts. The Balaklava Community Arts group continues to nurture the local artistic talents and entertain the community with performing arts by both local and visiting artists, promoting the arts to the wider community.
The Balaklava Community Arts<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bca.websyte.com.au/|title=Balaklava Community Arts Inc - Promoting the arts to the wider community|website=www.bca.websyte.com.au|access-date=17 August 2018}}</ref> group has been running since 1982 and has always been very supportive of the visual and performing arts. The Balaklava Courthouse Gallery began within the ranks of Balaklava Community Arts and now holds widely known exhibitions and competitions in visual arts. The Balaklava Community Arts group continues to nurture the local artistic talents and entertain the community with performing arts by both local and visiting artists, promoting the arts to the wider community.


Balaklava has several sporting facilities and clubs with regular competitions, such as the local basketball and tennis in summer, local football and netball in winter, and the squash courts which open all year. The football oval and basketball, netball and tennis courts are centralised at one location. Balaklava has its own pool, open from November through to April each year.
Balaklava has several sporting facilities and clubs with regular competitions, such as the local basketball and tennis in summer, local football and netball in winter, and the squash courts which open all year. The football oval and basketball, netball and tennis courts are centralised at one location. Balaklava has its own pool, open from November through to April each year.


The ''Balaklava Golf Club''<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.balaklavagolfclub.websyte.com.au |title=Balaklava Golf Club}}</ref> is an 18-hole 5,987 metre championship golf course fully watered year round and has clubhouse facilities. The ''Balaklava Gliding Club''<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bgc.asn.au |title=Balaklava Gliding Club}}</ref> is located at [[Whitwarta, South Australia|Whitwarta]], {{Convert|10|km}} north-west of the township. Flying operations are normally on every weekend or by prior arrangement.
The Balaklava Golf Club<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.balaklavagolfclub.websyte.com.au |title=Balaklava Golf Club}}</ref> is an 18-hole {{convert|5987|m|ft|adj=on}} championship golf course fully watered year round and has clubhouse facilities. The Balaklava Gliding Club<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bgc.asn.au |title=Balaklava Gliding Club}}</ref> is located at [[Whitwarta, South Australia|Whitwarta]], {{Convert|10|km}} north-west of the township. Flying operations are normally on every weekend or by prior arrangement.


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Balaklava
South Australia
Shops in the main street of Balaklava
Balaklava is located in South Australia
Balaklava
Balaklava
Coordinates34°08′56″S 138°24′52″E / 34.149019°S 138.41446°E / -34.149019; 138.41446[1]
Population1,956 (UCL 2021)[2]
Postcode(s)5461
Elevation68 m (223 ft)(railway station)[3]
Time zoneACST (UTC+9:30)
 • Summer (DST)ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location
LGA(s)Wakefield Regional Council
RegionMid North
State electorate(s)Frome[4]
Federal division(s)Grey
Localities around Balaklava:
Whitwarta Watchman Halbury
Whitwarta
Saints
Kallora		 Balaklava Halbury
Owen
Kallora Erith
Dalkey
Hoskin Corner		 Owen
FootnotesAdjoining localities[1]

The town of Balaklava (population 2048,[6] postcode 5461) is located in South Australia, 92 kilometres north of Adelaide in the Mid North region. It is on the south bank of the Wakefield River, 25 kilometres (16 miles) east of Port Wakefield.

History

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Since prehistoric times the Balaklava district has been near the boundaries of the Kaurna and Peramangk peoples. The first Europeans to traverse the district were John Hill and Thomas Burr on 29 April 1840.[7] They discovered Diamond Lake and encamped near Owen. The first European settlers in the area were James and Mary Dunn who in 1850 opened a hotel to service bullock teamsters carting copper ore upon the Gulf Road between the Burra mine and the export port of Port Wakefield.

The Gulf Road copper ore traffic came to a sudden end in 1857 when a railway connected Gawler to Port Adelaide which provided a more economic path for exporting the ore. The teamster's loads were replaced by a flow of pastoral produce to Port Wakefield, mainly wool and grain. The town was laid out by Charles Fisher in 1869 and named it after the Hundred of Balaklava which in turn was named for the Battle of Balaklava.[8] He built large grain stores on the tramway from Hoyleton to the port at Port Wakefield, intending to encourage farmers to settle near the town.[9] The first Hotel erected in the new township of Balaklava was the Balaklava Hotel, later called the Royal. Thomas Saint borrowed the finances from Thomas James Manton and applied for the Hotel Keepers Licence on 17 November 1870 and was granted licence No.17 of 1871 on 4 April 1871.

Balaklava was first on the 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) narrow gauge Port Wakefield railway line which was an isolated horse-drawn tramway inland through Balaklava to Hoyleton. This was eventually taken over by South Australian Railways and converted to steam, as well as being extended at both ends. Balaklava was later considered to be on the Gladstone railway line, with a junction to Port Wakefield. The line to Balaklava from Hamley Bridge (connecting to Adelaide) opened in 1878. It was converted to 1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) broad gauge in 1927. [10] The Port Wakefield railway line was closed and removed. The last freight on the line was bulk grain in 2004.[11]

As the Balaklava railway station was originally on the Port Wakefield to Hoyleton line, before the railway from Hamley Bridge was built, and that line entered the town from the southeast, trains travelling using the route between Gladstone and Adelaide needed to change direction at Balaklava, as both the north and south lines entered the station from the east, with Port Wakefield being to the west.[12]

The name of the town was originally spelled Balaclava.

Balaklava is home to long time nuclear veteran campaigner Avon Hudson.[13]

Steele Hall, premier of South Australia in 1968–70 and later a federal politician, was born in Balaklava and attended Balaklava High School.[14]

Geography

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Neighbouring townships to Balaklava include:

Governance

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Balaklava is the administrative centre for local government seat of Wakefield Regional Council and is located in the state electoral district of Frome[4] and the federal electoral division of Grey.

Education

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The township of Balaklava has four education institutions:[citation needed]

  • Balaklava Community Children's Centre
  • Balaklava Primary School
  • Balaklava High School
  • Balaklava Horizon Christian School

Media

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The local newspaper is the Plains Producer, which has been published in the region since 25 September 1903.[15] Throughout its life, it evolved through a series of name changes:

  • originally known as Central Advocate
  • renamed on 10 September 1909 to Wooroora Producer (subtitled: "incorporating the Central Advocate and The Hamley Bridge Express")
  • renamed on 4 July 1940 to The Producer (subtitled: "with which is incorporated "The Central Advocate" and "Hamley Bridge Express"")
  • publication ceased for five years, from 19 June 1941, and resumed as a "Post-War Series" on 4 July 1946
  • renamed to Plains Producer in 1983

Another publication, Two Wells and Districts Echo, is also printed in the town. The main office for Papers & Publications, which produces both publications, is on Howe Street.[16][17]

Art and sports

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Balaklava Racing Club founded in 1903, boasts the longest straight in SA, holding 13 race meets throughout the year with the highlight being the Balaklava Cup[18]

The Balaklava Cup horse racing carnival is on the first Wednesday each September.[19]

Balaklava Racecourse Heritage Grandstand Today
Jacks Humor at the Balaklava Races. Story about Racing Legend Jack McGowan at the Balaklava Races, published in the Adelaide Chronicle in 1952. (See Brooklyn Park for information about Jack).[20]

It also has an agricultural show in September each year. This major event showcases the regions many achievements, in agriculture, horse riding, baking, art and the local schools achievements as well as many fun things for the family to enjoy.

Balaklava is well known throughout the South Australian music, drama and school communities for its interest and support in the performing arts.[by whom?] The Balaklava Eisteddfod Society[21] holds its own music and speech/drama Eisteddfod every year in late July/early August. It has been running since 1997 and is a major event for the township.

The Balaklava Community Arts[22] group has been running since 1982 and has always been very supportive of the visual and performing arts. The Balaklava Courthouse Gallery began within the ranks of Balaklava Community Arts and now holds widely known exhibitions and competitions in visual arts. The Balaklava Community Arts group continues to nurture the local artistic talents and entertain the community with performing arts by both local and visiting artists, promoting the arts to the wider community.

Balaklava has several sporting facilities and clubs with regular competitions, such as the local basketball and tennis in summer, local football and netball in winter, and the squash courts which open all year. The football oval and basketball, netball and tennis courts are centralised at one location. Balaklava has its own pool, open from November through to April each year.

The Balaklava Golf Club[23] is an 18-hole 5,987-metre (19,642 ft) championship golf course fully watered year round and has clubhouse facilities. The Balaklava Gliding Club[24] is located at Whitwarta, 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) north-west of the township. Flying operations are normally on every weekend or by prior arrangement.

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