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 General store and post office | |||||||||||||
| Coordinates: 34°17′16″S 137°59′35″E / 34.2879°S 137.992921°E / -34.2879; 137.992921[8] | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | South Australia | ||||||||||||
| Region | Yorke and Mid North[1] | ||||||||||||
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| Location |
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| Established | 3 August 1882 (town) 27 May 1999 (locality)[2][3] | ||||||||||||
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| Elevation [9] | 2 m (6.6 ft) | ||||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||||
| • Total | 205 (SAL 2021)[7] | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 5570 | ||||||||||||
| County | Daly[8] Fergusson[8] | ||||||||||||
| Mean max temp | 22.6 °C (72.7 °F)[9] | ||||||||||||
| Mean min temp | 10.6 °C (51.1 °F)[9] | ||||||||||||
| Annual rainfall | 321.7 mm (12.67 in)[9] | ||||||||||||
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Price is a town and locality on Yorke Peninsula in South Australia.[8] It is within the Yorke Peninsula Council local government area and is 131 kilometres (81 mi) north west of the centre of state capital, Adelaide.
History and development
The township, which was proclaimed on 3 August 1882,[2] is near the northern boundary of the Hundred of Cunningham.[8]
It was named by Sir William Jervois, Governor of South Australia 1877–83, after his daughter in law, Florence Annie Price, who married John Jervois, his eldest son. She was a daughter of Henry Strong Price, a pioneer pastoralist of the Flinders Ranges.[10]
Boundaries for the locality were created on 27 May 1999 for the "long established name."[3]
The principal local industries are grain farming and salt production. In the case of the latter, approximately 170,000 tonnes of sea salt is harvested from 1,000 ha (2,500 acres) of coastal salt evaporation ponds each year.[11] Cheetham Salt owns the operations.[12]
Tourism facilities are limited to the Wheatsheaf Hotel, established 1886, and a caravan park.
Wills Creek
Although not right on the coast, Price has a causeway running to a mangrove-fringed tidal creek, Wills Creek, which connects it with the sea (Gulf St Vincent). At the end of the causeway there is a public boat ramp. Once outside the creek, fishing is plentiful.[citation needed]
Wills Creek is a very sheltered anchorage for boats and, in earlier times, it was from here that bagged salt and grain was loaded onto ketches for export. These products are now transported in bulk form by road. A 1911 newspaper reported that most of the ketches visiting Price via Wills Creek had, on at least one visit, suffered the inconvenience of being stuck in the mud of the creek at low tide.[13]
Climate
Price has a temperate semi-arid climate (Köppen: BSk) with insufficient winter rainfall to qualify as a hot-summer mediterranean climate.[14] On average, the town experiences 59.0 clear days and 59.3 cloudy days per annum. Extreme temperatures ranged from 46.7 °C (116.1 °F) on 14 January 2001 to −2.6 °C (27.3 °F) on 13 June 1972. The wettest recorded day was 18 February 1946 with 161.3 mm (6.35 in) of rainfall.[15]
| Climate data for Price (34°18′S 138°00′E / 34.30°S 138.00°E / -34.30; 138.00) (2 m (6.6 ft) AMSL) (1944-2025) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 46.7 (116.1) |
46.0 (114.8) |
44.0 (111.2) |
39.5 (103.1) |
30.4 (86.7) |
27.0 (80.6) |
27.1 (80.8) |
30.1 (86.2) |
35.0 (95.0) |
40.7 (105.3) |
44.5 (112.1) |
45.0 (113.0) |
46.7 (116.1) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 28.7 (83.7) |
28.0 (82.4) |
26.4 (79.5) |
23.5 (74.3) |
19.6 (67.3) |
16.5 (61.7) |
15.9 (60.6) |
17.2 (63.0) |
19.9 (67.8) |
22.9 (73.2) |
24.8 (76.6) |
27.2 (81.0) |
22.6 (72.6) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 15.7 (60.3) |
16.0 (60.8) |
14.2 (57.6) |
11.3 (52.3) |
8.9 (48.0) |
7.0 (44.6) |
6.2 (43.2) |
6.2 (43.2) |
7.3 (45.1) |
9.2 (48.6) |
11.7 (53.1) |
13.8 (56.8) |
10.6 (51.1) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 7.0 (44.6) |
5.2 (41.4) |
6.3 (43.3) |
2.4 (36.3) |
0.0 (32.0) |
−2.6 (27.3) |
−2.2 (28.0) |
−1.0 (30.2) |
−0.6 (30.9) |
1.0 (33.8) |
4.0 (39.2) |
5.8 (42.4) |
−2.6 (27.3) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 15.3 (0.60) |
18.8 (0.74) |
17.1 (0.67) |
25.0 (0.98) |
35.8 (1.41) |
37.0 (1.46) |
37.3 (1.47) |
34.6 (1.36) |
32.2 (1.27) |
28.6 (1.13) |
21.2 (0.83) |
19.1 (0.75) |
321.7 (12.67) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.2 mm) | 3.4 | 3.1 | 4.2 | 6.4 | 10.3 | 11.2 | 12.2 | 11.7 | 9.3 | 7.7 | 5.3 | 4.4 | 89.2 |
| Average afternoon relative humidity (%) | 52 | 52 | 56 | 58 | 65 | 70 | 69 | 65 | 61 | 59 | 53 | 52 | 59 |
| Average dew point °C (°F) | 14.2 (57.6) |
14.7 (58.5) |
13.9 (57.0) |
11.8 (53.2) |
10.6 (51.1) |
9.0 (48.2) |
8.7 (47.7) |
8.9 (48.0) |
10.0 (50.0) |
10.9 (51.6) |
11.8 (53.2) |
13.0 (55.4) |
11.5 (52.6) |
| Source: Bureau of Meteorology (1944-2025)[9] | |||||||||||||
See also
References
- ^ "Yorke and Mid North SA Government region" (PDF). The Government of South Australia. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
- ^ a b Bray, J.C. (3 August 1882). "Untitled proclamation re the Town of Price" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australia. p. 2414. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
- ^ a b Kentish, P.M. (27 May 1999). "GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT 1991 Notice to Assign Boundaries and Names to Places (...within the District Council of Yorke Peninsula...)" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. South Australian Government. p. 2696. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
- ^ Narungga (Map). Electoral District Boundaries Commission. 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
- ^ "Federal electoral division of Grey" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Price (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Price (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f "Search results for 'Hardy, LOCB' with the following datasets selected – 'NPW and Conservation Properties', 'Suburbs and localities', 'Counties', 'Government Towns', 'Hundreds', 'Local Government Areas', 'SA Government Regions', 'Gazetteer' and 'Roads'". Location SA Map Viewer. South Australian Government. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
- ^ a b c d e "Price Climate Statistics (1944-2025)". Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 14 January 2026.
- ^ Manning, Geoff, "Place Names: Price", Manning Index of South Australian History, State Library of South Australia, retrieved 12 January 2018
- ^ Harbison, Pat; Kirkegaard, Ian; Cugley, John; Gackle, Angela (August 2009), Gulf St Vincent: a precious asset (PDF), Friends of Parks Inc / Friends of Gulf St Vincent, p. 14, ISBN 9780646520438, retrieved 12 January 2018
- ^ "Welcome to Cheetham Salt". Cheetham Salt. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
- ^ "THE COUNTRY. PRICE. October 10". South Australian Register. Adelaide. 12 October 1911. p. 9. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
Most of the ketches calling here have at various times been stuck in the creek at low water and have had to wait, often at great inconvenience, for the tide to refloat them.
- ^ "Climate classification maps: Köppen - all classes". Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 14 January 2026.
- ^ "Price Climate (1944-2025)". FarmOnline Weather. Australian Community Media. Retrieved 14 January 2026.
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