Bright, South Australia
| Bright South Australia | |||||||||||||
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| Postcode(s) | 5381 [1] | ||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Regional Council of Goyder | ||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Stuart [1] | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Grey [1] | ||||||||||||
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| Footnotes | Coordinates[2] | ||||||||||||
Bright is a rural locality in the Mid North region of South Australia, situated in the Regional Council of Goyder.[1] It was established in August 2000, when boundaries were formalised for the "long established local name".[2] It incorporates most of the cadastral Hundred of Bright, which was proclaimed on 17 June 1875 and named for politician Henry Edward Bright.[3]
The area was originally the territory of the Ngadjuri people.[4] It was settled "well before 1900". The area faced challenges in its use for farming, with mallee cutting needed for preparing land for cropping into the 1930s, and erosion becoming a problem in the 1930s and 1940s. The eastern parts of the hundred received reticulated water in 1959, electricity in 1963, and telephone service in 1964.[5]
Bright Post Office opened on 1 September 1891, was downgraded to a receiving office on 19 May 1917, and closed altogether on 31 October 1917.[6] Bright School opened in 1899 in a rented house, moved to a permanent building soon after, and moved again to a new building, described as "a galvanised iron-clad building, lined inside with ceiling board [and] insulated with sea weed" in 1911. It was closed due to low attendance on 31 December 1955.[7]
The Upper Bright Zion Lutheran Church opened in 1887 on what is now the Worlds End Highway, and closed in 1960. A Lutheran school operated at the church from 1887 until its closure for lack of students in 1913. The church has been demolished, but the associated cemetery still survives.[8]
References
- 1 2 3 4 "Search result(s) for Bright, 5381". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
- 1 2 "Search result(s) for Bright, 5381". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
- ↑ "Search result(s) for Hundred of Bright". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
- ↑ Emmaus to Worlds End: a history of the Robertstown Council Area. "The Area - Its Settlement and Development": District Council of Robertstown. 1986.
- ↑ Emmaus to Worlds End: a history of the Robertstown Council Area. "Districts: Bright": District Council of Robertstown. 1986.
- ↑ "Bright". Post Office Reference. Premier Postal. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
- ↑ Emmaus to Worlds End: a history of the Robertstown Council Area. "Schools: Bright": District Council of Robertstown. 1986.
- ↑ Emmaus to Worlds End: a history of the Robertstown Council Area. "Schools: Bright", "Churches: Bright": District Council of Robertstown. 1986.