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Sherlock
South Australiahamlet
Total population
11
Demographic figures from Australian Bureau of Statistics. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Facts from Wikidata (CC0).
Overview
Sherlock is a town and locality in the Australian state of South Australia. It is on the Pinnaroo railway line and Mallee Highway.
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History
The town was surveyed in May 1907. The railway station opened in January 1913, with the stationmaster also responsible for the Moorlands station west. The Sherlock Baptist Church opened in 1911, and was the first stone building erected along the Pinnaroo railway line.
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
- Ruby SaltbushEnchylaena tomentosa R.Br. · Magnoliopsida38
- Red MalleeEucalyptus socialis F.Muell. ex Miq. · Magnoliopsida33
- Rottnest Island teatreeMelaleuca lanceolata Otto · Magnoliopsida31
- Yorell malleeEucalyptus gracilis F.Muell. · Magnoliopsida30
- Slender OatAvena barbata Pott ex Link · Liliopsida29
- mallee-boxEucalyptus incrassata Labill. · Magnoliopsida29
- Seaberry SaltbushChenopodium candolleanum (Moq.) S.Fuentes & Borsch · Magnoliopsida26
- headachevineClematis microphylla DC. · Magnoliopsida25
Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).
Earthquake history
Most recent
- M 3 — 2022-03-293 km ESE of Macclesfield, Australia
- M 4 — 2022-03-053 km SW of Mount Barker, Australia
- M 3.2 — 2018-08-0811 km WNW of Mannum, Australia
- M 3.9 — 2017-02-019 km NW of Murray Bridge, Australia
- M 3.8 — 2010-04-162 km N of Macclesfield, 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
- Buccleuch4.5 mi away
- Karoonda16.5 mi away · pop. 337
- Coonalpyn26.3 mi away · pop. 193
- Sunnyside30.8 mi away · pop. 13
- Greenbanks31.3 mi away · pop. 27
- Willow Banks31.5 mi away · pop. 64
- Julanka Holdings34.1 mi away
- Meningie36.5 mi away · pop. 860
- Narrung38.3 mi away
- Mannum39.3 mi away · pop. 2,537
- Tintinara41.6 mi away · pop. 277
- Callington45.1 mi away · pop. 478
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 Sherlock
![The Complete Sherlock Holmes [4 novels, 56 stories]](https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/12501284-M.jpg)
![Works (Adventures of Sherlock Holmes / Hound of The Baskervilles / Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes [12 stories] / Return of Sherlock Holmes)](https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/8349161-M.jpg)
![Sherlock Holmes (Adventures of Sherlock Holmes / Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes / His Last Bow / Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes [11 stories] / Return of Sherlock Holmes)](https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/12531735-M.jpg)
![The Annotated Sherlock Holmes [2/2]](https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/10584395-M.jpg)
![Sherlock Holmes Mysteries [22 stories]](https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/9321281-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 Sherlock, from Wikimedia Commons contributors.
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