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Black Rock
South Australiahamlet
Black Rock
Demographic figures from Australian Bureau of Statistics. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Overview
Black Rock is a hamlet in South Australia on the Black Rock Plains at the intersection of the south–north RM Williams Way (B80) between Jamestown and Orroroo and the west–east Wilmington–Ucolta Road (B56) to Peterborough, in the Mid North section of the state.
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History
Located 19 km south east of Orroroo, the town was originally laid out as "Dalton" and proclaimed on 15 December 1881. It is named after a nearby hill identified by Captain E.C. Frome in 1842. The town was renamed "Black Rock" in 1940
Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).
Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
Climate
10-year averages from ERA5 reanalysis (Open-Meteo).
Air quality
Walkability
Amenities nearby
Wildlife & biodiversity
Most-observed species
- Australian MagpieGymnorhina tibicen (Latham, 1802) · Aves121
- GalahEolophus roseicapilla (Vieillot, 1817) · Aves114
- ApostlebirdStruthidea cinerea Gould, 1837 · Aves99
- Australian RingneckBarnardius zonarius (Shaw, 1805) · Aves97
- Magpie-larkGrallina cyanoleuca (Latham, 1802) · Aves87
- Little RavenCorvus mellori Mathews, 1912 · Aves85
- Red WattlebirdAnthochaera carunculata (Shaw, 1790) · Aves84
- Crested PigeonOcyphaps lophotes (Temminck, 1822) · Aves84
Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).
Earthquake history
Most recent
- M 4.9 — 2025-01-1174 km ENE of Quorn, Australia
- M 4.3 — 2024-04-178 km ENE of Jamestown, Australia
- M 4.9 — 2023-03-2260 km ENE of Peterborough, Australia
- M 4.4 — 2020-05-1415 km WSW of Burra, Australia
- M 3.3 — 2018-07-099 km NNW of Jamestown, Australia
- M 4 — 2017-04-2429 km ENE of Quorn, Australia
Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).
Photos
Sights & places nearby
Notable people from here
Nearby places in South Australia
- Orroroo8 mi away · pop. 516
- Jamestown26.4 mi away · pop. 1,389
- Melrose29.1 mi away · pop. 174
- Carrieton29.6 mi away · pop. 23
- Stone Hut29.6 mi away
- Whyte Yarcowie29.8 mi away
- Laura33.3 mi away · pop. 522
- Gladstone36 mi away · pop. 623
- Wilmington36.5 mi away · pop. 472
- Bruce38.2 mi away
- Napperby40.1 mi away · pop. 291
- Georgetown40.5 mi away · pop. 105
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
Nearby airports
Public attention
Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.
Books about Black Rock
![The Complete Sherlock Holmes [4 novels, 56 stories]](https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/12501284-M.jpg)
Search results from Open Library.
Recent natural events nearby
Ground air-quality sensors
Recently spotted species
Events
Gallery
Geotagged photos within ~6 miles of Black Rock, from Wikimedia Commons contributors.
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Photos via Wikimedia Commons — see each image page for license & attribution.
Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • Open-Meteo (ERA5 reanalysis)
- • Wikimedia Commons
- • Wikidata
- • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
- • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
- • Open Library