Spalding South Australia
The former District Council of Spalding council chambers
Established:	1885 (district council proclaimed)[1]
Postcode:	5454
LGA:	Northern Areas Council
State District:	Stuart
Federal Division:	Grey

Spalding is a town located north of the Clare Valley in South Australia, Australia at 33°29′S 138°36′E / 33.483°S 138.6°E / -33.483; 138.6Coordinates: 33°29′S 138°36′E / 33.483°S 138.6°E / -33.483; 138.6.

It is mainly a farming community and also is home to a slate quarry.

Services in the town include a supermarket, hotel, school, gun supplies store, roadhouse and CFS station.

Spalding is presumed to be named after the market town of Spalding, Lincolnshire in the UK.

[edit] History

Prior to 1869, there were five sheep runs in the Spalding area: Bundaleer, Booborowie, Canowie, Hill River and Bungaree. From this date the Spalding area was made available to farmers and a farming-centred community grew.^[2]

On 30 July 1885 the District Council of Spalding was proclaimed and in 1925 a post office was built in Spalding.^[3]

Spalding was serviced by a railway line through the Clare Valley from Adelaide from its construction in 1922 until the last train in 1978.^[4] The railway bridge in Spalding was listed on the state Heritage Register in 1993.^[5]

[edit] Features of interest

• The Heysen Trail runs past Spalding, which is approximately the midpoint of the 1200km walking route.^[6]

[edit] References

1. ^ "Spalding". Spalding Management Committee. Retrieved on 2009-06-24
2. ^ "Spalding". Spalding Management Committee. Retrieved on 2009-06-24
3. ^ "Spalding". Spalding Management Committee. Retrieved on 2009-06-24
4. ^ "The declining years of the Clare Railway". Riesling Trail. The Wilson Vineyard. http://www.wilsonvineyard.com.au/riesling_trail/18_decling_years.asp. Retrieved 2006-10-28. 
5. ^ "Spalding". Spalding Management Committee. Retrieved on 2009-06-24
6. ^ "Heysen Trail: Southern Guide: Cape Jervis to Spalding". Government of South Australia - Department for Environment and Heritage. http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/parks/heysen/southern.html. Retrieved 2009-06-24. 

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