Bright
South Australia
Bright is located in South Australia
Bright
Bright
Coordinates33°53′54″S 139°08′09″E / 33.8983°S 139.135840°E / -33.8983; 139.135840
Population18 (SAL 2021)[1]
Postcode(s)5381[2]
LGA(s)Regional Council of Goyder
State electorate(s)Stuart[2]
Federal division(s)Grey[2]
Localities around Bright:
Worlds End Worlds End Bundey
Hallelujah Hills Bright Bundey
Robertstown Rocky Plain Geranium Plains
FootnotesCoordinates[3]

Bright is a rural locality in the Mid North region of South Australia, situated in the Regional Council of Goyder.[2] It was established in August 2000, when boundaries were formalised for the "long established local name".[3] It incorporates most of the cadastral Hundred of Bright, which was proclaimed on 17 June 1875 and named for politician Henry Edward Bright.[4]

The area was originally the territory of the Ngadjuri people.[5] It was settled "well before 1900". The area faced challenges in its use for farming, with mallee cutting needed for preparing land for cropping into the 1930s, and erosion becoming a problem in the 1930s and 1940s. The eastern parts of the hundred received reticulated water in 1959, electricity in 1963, and telephone service in 1964.[6]

Bright Post Office opened on 1 September 1891, was downgraded to a receiving office on 19 May 1917, and closed altogether on 31 October 1917.[7] Bright School opened in 1899 in a rented house, moved to a permanent building soon after, and moved again to a new building, described as "a galvanised iron-clad building, lined inside with ceiling board [and] insulated with sea weed" in 1911. It was closed due to low attendance on 31 December 1955.[8]

The Upper Bright Zion Lutheran Church opened in 1887 on what is now the Worlds End Highway, and closed in 1960. A Lutheran school operated at the church from 1887 until its closure for lack of students in 1913. The church has been demolished, but the associated cemetery still survives.[9]

References

  1. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Bright (SA) (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. 
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Search result(s) for Bright, 5381". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
  3. 1 2 "Search result(s) for Bright, 5381". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
  4. ↑ "Search result(s) for Hundred of Bright". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
  5. ↑ Emmaus to Worlds End: a history of the Robertstown Council Area. The Area – Its Settlement and Development: District Council of Robertstown. 1986.
  6. ↑ Emmaus to Worlds End: a history of the Robertstown Council Area. Districts: Bright: District Council of Robertstown. 1986.
  7. ↑ "Bright". Post Office Reference. Premier Postal. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
  8. ↑ Emmaus to Worlds End: a history of the Robertstown Council Area. Schools: Bright: District Council of Robertstown. 1986.
  9. ↑ Emmaus to Worlds End: a history of the Robertstown Council Area. "Schools: Bright", "Churches: Bright": District Council of Robertstown. 1986.
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