Everything about Jamestown South Australia totally explained
Jamestown is a town in the
Mid North region of
South Australia north of
Adelaide. It is on the banks of the
Belalie Creek and on the railway line between
Gladstone and
Peterborough, and ultimately on the main line linking
Adelaide and
Perth to
Sydney. At the 2006
census, Jamestown had a population of 1,407.
Jamestown was named after
Sir James Fergusson, the
Governor of South Australia when the town was surveyed in 1871.
Major products of the area are grain,
legumes, wool and timber. The world's first plantation forest was the
Bundaleer Forest first planted in the area in 1876.
Jamestown is in the
Northern Areas Council, the
South Australian Legislative Assembly electoral district of Stuart and the
federal Division of Grey.
Sir
John Cockburn was the town's first Mayor, doctor, and later
Premier of South Australia in 1889–1890.
Jamestown is also the birthplace of Australian bush legend, the late Reginald Murray Williams, better known as
R. M. Williams the bush outfitter.
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