Carrieton
Carrieton | |||||||||||||
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Carrieton Memorial hall and council office. | |||||||||||||
Carrieton | |||||||||||||
| Coordinates: 32°25′34″S 138°31′44″E / 32.426072°S 138.529015°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | South Australia | ||||||||||||
| Region | Yorke and Mid North | ||||||||||||
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| Established | 10 April 1879 (town) 16 December 1999 (locality) | ||||||||||||
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| Elevation | 440 m (1,440 ft) | ||||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||||
| • Total | 51 (SAL 2016) | ||||||||||||
| Time zone | UTC+9:30 (ACST) | ||||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+10:30 (ACST) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 5432 | ||||||||||||
| County | Dalhousie | ||||||||||||
| Mean max temp | 25.2 °C (77.4 °F) | ||||||||||||
| Mean min temp | 10.6 °C (51.1 °F) | ||||||||||||
| Annual rainfall | 308.6 mm (12.15 in) | ||||||||||||
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Carrieton is a small town situated in the Flinders Ranges of South Australia. It is located between the towns of Orroroo to the south and Cradock to the north.
Originally opened in 1877 as Yanyarrie Whim, (Yanyarrie in the local indigenous dialect is the word for "eagle feathers") with the construction of a post office, the settlement was renamed in 1888 as Carrieton, after the daughter of Governor Jervois, Lucy Caroline.