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Leasingham, South Australia

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Leasingham is an agricultural district in which dry grain farming predominates. Additionally, being centrally located in quite a picturesque district, it caters for tourism and has a restaurant, caravan park, bed and breakfast accommodation and a number of tasting/cellar door sales operations of
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and the site was once owned by E. Campbell, who held approximately 120 hectares (60 acres) of freehold land, which he sold in 1853. By 1866 Leasingham had about 130 residents and, although ribbon development occurred around the Main North Road crossroad, it never prospered into a town.
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Although the surrounding country is elevated, the township is located in lower country at the intersection of
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is on the western fringe of the township, following the former railway route between
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The Leasingham district was the ancestral home of the
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is the name of a hamlet on the southern edge of the
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Index

South Australia

2021
Postcode(s)
Adelaide
Clare
LGA(s)
District Council of Clare and Gilbert Valleys
Region
Mid North
State electorate(s)
Frome
Federal division(s)
Grey
Kybunga
Penwortham
Watervale
Mintaro
Hoyleton
Manoora
Halbury
Auburn
Auburn
Clare Valley
South Australia
Adelaide
Clare
Main North Road
Mintaro
Hoyleton

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