Whyalla Norrie, South Australia

Whyalla Norrie Whyalla, South Australia
Whyalla Norrie
Coordinates	33°01′47″S 137°32′22″E[1]
Population	6,288 (SAL 2021)[2]
Established	2 March 1967[3]
Postcode(s)	5608 [1]
LGA(s)	City of Whyalla[1]
State electorate(s)	Giles
Federal division(s)	Grey
Suburbs around Whyalla Norrie: Whyalla Barson Whyalla Barson Whyalla Barson Whyalla Stuart Whyalla Norrie Whyalla Playford Mullaquana Mullaquana Mullaquana
Footnotes	Adjoining suburbs/localities[1]

Whyalla Norrie is a suburb of Whyalla on the Eyre Peninsula of South Australia. It was gazetted as a distinct suburb in 1967, and had its boundaries altered in 1975 and 2000. It is bounded by Iron Knob Road, Norrie Avenue, Broadbent Terrace and MacDouall Stuart Avenue. It is part of the City of Whyalla.^[1]

It contains the Westland Shopping Centre, the largest shopping centre on the Eyre Peninsula.^[4] It also includes the Whyalla Public Library, Bennett Oval, the largest sporting oval in Whyalla, the Whyalla Health and Leisure Centre, and the Anderson Raceway.^[1][5][6]

Whyalla Norrie has a number of educational facilities: Fisk Street Primary School, Hincks Avenue Primary School, Long Street Primary School, Nicolson Avenue Primary School (opened 1954), Edward John Eyre High School (opened 1968 as the Whyalla Technical School), Sunrise Christian School, the Whyalla Special Education Center, the Whyalla TAFE campus and the Whyalla campus of the University of South Australia.^{[7][8][9][10][11][12][13]}

The suburb includes the National Trust of Australia-owned Mount Laura Homestead Museum heritage village, consisting of the former Mount Laura Station homestead, the Gay Street Cottage and Wash House, the Whyalla Policemen's Dwelling Lockup, engine sheds, a blacksmith shop, harness shed, telecommunications museum, and a former steam train from the Iron Knob mines.^[14] The cottage and police lockup are both separately listed on the South Australian Heritage Register; both buildings were relocated to the site in 1978.^[15][16]

Whyalla Norrie was in the top five country localities in South Australia for real estate price growth in the decade to 2013.^[17]

Whyalla Norrie has its own branches of the Rotary Club and Country Women's Association.^[18][19]

References

1. "Search results for 'Whyalla Norrie, LOCB' with the following datasets being selected - 'Suburbs and Localities', 'Local Government Areas', 'Postcode', 'SA Government Regions', 'Railways' and 'Gazetteer'". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
2. Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Whyalla Norrie (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. 
3. Shard, A.J. (2 March 1967). "CROWN LANDS ACT, 1929-1966: HUNDRED OF RANDELL" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australia. p. 683. Retrieved 7 January 2019. hereby name the lands defined in the first, second and third schedules hereto "Whyalla Playford", "Whyalla Norrie", and "Whyalla Stuart", respectively.
4. "Westland Shopping Centre". Retrieved 26 March 2016.
5. "Bennett Oval on the mend". Whyalla News. 5 November 2013. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
6. "Whyalla Health and Leisure Centre". Retrieved 26 March 2016.
7. "Fisk Street Primary School". Retrieved 26 March 2016.
8. "Nicolson Avenue Primary School". Retrieved 26 March 2016.
9. "Hincks Avenue Primary School". Retrieved 26 March 2016.
10. "Sunrise Christian School". Retrieved 26 March 2016.
11. "School History". Edward John Eyre High School. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
12. "Whyalla Campus". TAFE SA. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
13. "Whyalla campus". University of South Australia. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
14. "Mount Laura Station". National Trust of Australia. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
15. "Dwelling - Gay Street Cottage (Relocated to the Mount Laura Homestead Museum Reserve in 1978)". South Australian Heritage Register. Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
16. "Former Wooden Lock-up from Whyalla Policeman's Dwelling (Relocated to the Mount Laura Homestead Museum Reserve in 1978)". South Australian Heritage Register. Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
17. "Cashed up in the country". Sunday Mail. 17 March 2013.
18. "Ceremonial surprise". Whyalla News. 15 July 2015.
19. "Beloved institution calling for the next generation". Whyalla News. 9 July 2015.