Roseworthy

History

The Surveyor General of South Australia visited the site which would become Roseworthy on 13 December 1837. In 1855, land in the Hundred of Mudla Wirra was purchased by William and Grace Gartrell. 12 years later, the now-widowed Mrs Gartrell subdivided the land for a township, naming it Roseworthy after the hamlet of Roseworthy, Cornwall, England, from whence she had originally come. Roseworthy has a semi-arid influenced hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen: Csa/BSk) with warm to hot, dry summers and mild, slightly wet winters. On average, the town experiences 105.0 clear days and 122.3 cloudy days per annum. The wettest recorded day was 25 January 1941 with of rainfall. Extreme temperatures ranged from on 24 January 2019 to on 5 August 2020. The original weather station recorded temperature, precipitation, solar exposure, 9 am and 3 pm conditions. It was closed in 1997. A newer weather station was opened in 1997. It records temperature, precipitation and 3 pm conditions.

Most-observed species

• Australian Magpie

  Gymnorhina tibicen (Latham, 1802) · Aves
  1,056
• Crimson Rosella

  Platycercus elegans (Gmelin, 1788) · Aves
  947
• Galah

  Eolophus roseicapilla (Vieillot, 1817) · Aves
  763
• Crested Pigeon

  Ocyphaps lophotes (Temminck, 1822) · Aves
  700
• Willie-wagtail

  Rhipidura leucophrys (Latham, 1802) · Aves
  697
• Red Wattlebird

  Anthochaera carunculata (Shaw, 1790) · Aves
  676
• White-plumed Honeyeater

  Ptilotula penicillata (Gould, 1837) · Aves
  664
• Little Raven

  Corvus mellori Mathews, 1912 · Aves
  628

Most recent

• M 3 — 2022-03-29
  3 km ESE of Macclesfield, Australia
• M 4 — 2022-03-05
  3 km SW of Mount Barker, Australia
• M 4.4 — 2020-05-14
  15 km WSW of Burra, Australia
• M 3.2 — 2018-08-08
  11 km WNW of Mannum, Australia
• M 3.9 — 2017-02-01
  9 km NW of Murray Bridge, Australia
• M 3.3 — 2011-10-18
  3 km ESE of Hawthorndene, Australia