Hawker, South Australia

Infobox Australian Place | type = town
name = Hawker
state = South Australia


caption = Location of Hawker in South Australia (red)
lga = Flinders Ranges Council
postcode = 5434
est =
pop = 300
elevation= 315
maxtemp = 25.1
mintemp = 10.6
rainfall = 307.5
stategov = Electoral district of Stuart
fedgov = Division of Grey
dist1 = 365
dir1 = North
location1= Adelaide

Hawker (coord|31|53|S|138|25|E|type:city(300)_region:AU-SA) is a town in the Flinders Ranges area of South Australia, 365 km north of Adelaide. The town population is about 300, with another 200 people in the surrounding district. It is in the Flinders Ranges Council, the state Electoral district of Stuart and the federal Division of Grey.The main economic activities in the area are tourism and pastoral runs of sheep and increasingly cattle. Due to the arid environment, the stocking rates are low, at about one sheep per three to four hectares. Hawker is 55 km south of Wilpena Pound, a unique natural dish-shaped range of hills popular with tourists, as well as the spectacular scenery of the Southern Flinders Ranges.

Hawker was a thriving railway town from the 1880s until 1956 as it was on the famous Ghan railway line, until the route was moved further west when the line was upgraded.

References

* [http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/cw_019017.shtml Climate Stastics for Hawker] , Bureau of Meteorology, Accessed 23/4/07

External links

* [http://www.hawkersa.info/ Official Hawker website]
* [http://www.flindersranges.com/region/hawker.htm Flinders Ranges website - Hawker]

* [http://www.fallingrain.com/world/AS/5/Hawker.html FallingRain Map - elevation = 470m (Red dots are railways)]