Copley, South Australia facts for kids

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Copley Location in South Australia
Established	1891
Postcode(s)	5732
Elevation	237 m (778 ft)
Time zone	ACST (UTC+9:30)
• Summer (DST)	ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location	5 km (3 mi) northeast of Leigh Creek 265 km (165 mi) north of Port Augusta 540 km (336 mi) north of Adelaide
LGA(s)	Pastoral Unincorporated Area
Region	Far North
State electorate(s)	Stuart
Federal Division(s)	Grey
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall 26.3 °C 79 °F 12.8 °C 55 °F 230.1 mm 9.1 in
Localities around Copley: Myrtle Springs Leigh Creek Station Leigh Creek Station Myrtle Springs Copley Leigh Creek Station Leigh Creek Leigh Creek North Moolooloo North Moolooloo
Footnotes	Climate Adjoining localities

Copley is a town in the Australian state of South Australia.

The township adjacent to Leigh Creek Railway Station was officially dedicated as the Town of Copley by a proclamation published on 27 August 1891. The name honours William Copley, who at the time the town was proclaimed was a member of the Legislative Council for the Northern District.

According to Rodney Cockburn (in his Nomenclature of South Australia) the name Leigh Creek for the railway station and post office "was officially abandoned in 1916 on the advice of the Nomenclature Committee, who acted upon the suggestion of Lachlan McTaggart of Wooltana Station The Committee pointed out that it was most undesirable to have a town of one designation and a railway station and post office of another. The name Leigh Creek had no legal status by way of dedication, while the town of Copley was proclaimed under the Crown Lands Act and there were many sound reasons why the latter appellative should be adopted for all Government purposes. It seemed absurd to have a name wholly foreign to the title deeds used for the post office and railway station. At a public meeting the residents protested vigorously against the change.

Copley is located within the federal division of Grey, the state electoral district of Stuart and the Pastoral Unincorporated Area of South Australia. As of 2016, the community within Copley received municipal services from a South Australian government agency, the Outback Communities Authority.