Peterborough (32°58′ S 138°50′ E (http://kvaleberg.com/extensions/mapsources/index.php?params=32_58_S_138_50_E_region:AU-SA_type:city)) is a town in the mid north of South Australia, in wheat country, just off the Barrier Highway. It was originally named Petersburg after the landowner, Peter Doecke, who sold land to create the town, and was one of 69 places in South Australia renamed in 1917 due to anti-German sentiments during World War I. Motto: United for the Common Wealth Nickname: Festival State Other Australian states and territories Capital Adelaide Government Governor Premier Const. ... Species T. boeoticum T. durum T. monococcum T. spelta References:   ITIS 42236 2002-09-22 Wheat (Triticum spp) is a grass that is cultivated around the world. ... The Barrier Highway is a State highway in New South Wales, Australia. ... 1917 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Ypres, 1917, in the vicinity of the Battle of Passchendaele. ...

Government

Peterborough is the seat of the District Council of Peterborough. It is the largest town in the council area. It is bounded by the District Council of Orroroo Carrieton in the northwest, Northern Areas Council to the southwest, and the Regional Council of Goyder to the south, with unincorporated areas to the north and east. Northern Areas Council is a local government area in the Mid North of South Australia. ...

Peterborough is in the state electorate of Stuart and federal Division of Grey. The Division of Grey is an Australian Electoral Division in South Australia. ...

Railways

Peterborough was originally sited at the intersection of an East-West railway linking Port Pirie and Broken Hill, and a North-South railway linking Adelaide eventually to Alice Springs via Quorn, both narrow gauge (3' 6") lines. Port Pirie is a city located in South Australia, Australia with a population of 15,200. ... Broken Hill is an isolated mining city and Local Government Area in the far west of outback New South Wales, Australia, with a population of 21,000. ... Adelaide is the capital city of the Australian state of South Australia. ... Alice Springs on a large scale map Alice Springs is a large town in the Northern Territory of Australia located at 23°42′ S 133°52′ E. Its population of 28,178 (2001 Census) makes it the second-largest settlement in the Territory (the only other towns of significant size... Quorn is a township and railhead in the Flinders Ranges in the north of South Australia. ... Narrow-gauge railways are railroads (railways) with track spaced at less than the standard gauge of 4 ft 8 in (1. ...

The line from Port Pirie and Jamestown arrived in 1881, followed shortly after by the line from Terowie in the south. The line to Broken Hill was completed in 1887. 1881 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Terowie is small town in the north of South Australia (33°09′ S 138°55′ E, 220 km north of Adelaide) whose main raison detre was to serve as a transshipment point at the railway break-of-gauge. ... 1887 is a common year starting on Saturday (click on link for calendar). ...

In 1970, the East-West line was converted to standard gauge (4' 8½"), and the line south of Peterborough to Terowie to broad gauge (5' 3"). Thus Peterborough became a rare 3-gauge break-of-gauge junction. The broad gauge line was closed in the early 1980s, and the narrow gauge line was only used by tourist trains from Steamtown Peterborough. Their rail operations closed in 2002. The roundhouse is still open for inspection with a number of locomotives. 1970 was a common year starting on Thursday. ... As railways developed and expanded one of the key issues to be decided was that of the rail gauge (the distance between the two rails of the track) which should be used. ... Designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, this was a new type of gauge for railway tracks. ... With railways, a break-of-gauge is where a line of one gauge meets a line of a different gauge. ... Events and trends The 1980s marked an abrupt shift towards more conservative lifestyles after the momentous cultural revolutions which took place in the 1960s and 1970s and the definition of the AIDS virus in 1981. ... 2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about a railroad shop structure called a roundhouse. ...

External links

• Steamtown (http://www.trainweb.org/mystation/steamtown.htm)
• Walkabout - Peterborough (http://www.walkabout.com.au/fairfax/locations/SAPeterborough.shtml)
• District Council of Peterborough (http://www.peterborough.sa.gov.au/)