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4 June 1914 (town) 23 December 1998 (locality)[3][4]
Postcode(s)
5633
Elevation
247 m (810 ft)[citation needed]
Time zone
ACST (UTC+9:30)
• Summer (DST)
ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location
577 km (359 mi) West of Adelaide
161 km (100 mi) North of Port Lincoln
LGA(s)
District Council of Cleve[1]
Region
Eyre Western[5]
County
Jervois[1]
State electorate(s)
Flinders[6]
Federal division(s)
Grey[7]
Mean max temp[8]
Mean min temp[8]
Annual rainfall[8]
22.1 °C 72 °F
11.4 °C 53 °F
401.5 mm 15.8 in
Localities around Darke Peak:
Caralue
Caralue Waddikee
Waddikee
Hambidge Boonerdo
Darke Peak
Jamieson Campoona
Boonerdo
Kielpa
Campoona
Footnotes
Adjoining localities[1]
Darke Peak (formerly Carappee) is a small agricultural town located in central Eyre Peninsula, South Australia. The town is the population centre for the surrounding agricultural district and has become a minor historical tourist town. It is situated on Barngarla lands. The J. C. Darke Memorial and Grave, commemorating early European explorer John Charles Darke, is located near the township and is located on the South Australian Heritage Register.[9]
The town has a number of limited facilities, including accommodation, grocery and fuel supplies.
^ abcd"Search result(s) for Darke Peak, LOCB (Record No. SA0017925) with the following layers being selected – "Suburbs and Localities" and "Place names (gazetteer)"". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
^Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Darke Peak (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
^Bice, John G. (4 June 1914). "Town of Carrappee" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australia. p. 1222. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
^Kentish, P.M. (23 December 1998). "GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT 1991 Notice to Assign Boundaries and Names to Places (within the District Council of Cleve)" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australia. p. 2009. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
^"Eyre Western SA Government region" (PDF). The Government of South Australia. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
^"District of Flinders Background Profile". Electoral Commission SA. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
^"Federal electoral division of Grey" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
^ abc"Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics CLEVE (nearest weather station)". Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
^"JC Darke Memorial & Grave". South Australian Heritage Register. Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
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