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Wharminda is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on the Eyre Peninsula about 242 kilometres (150 miles) west of the state capital of Adelaide.
Its boundaries were created in 1998 in respect to "the long established name" which is reported as being derived from the "native name of a spring and range of hills in the area", with the spring being known as "The Wharminda Soak", and the literal translation of the word "Wharminda" being "weak water".
Wharminda Primary School opened as Wharminda Siding School in 1914, and closed in December 2008. The locality also contains a hall, cricket/football oval, netball (netball was called basketball at the time of use) and tennis courts. All of the sporting facilities have now ceased use. Possibly the two most decorated sportsmen were both footballers, David Masters (4 times Mail Medal winner and Glenelg SANFL player) and Chris Prime (number 1 all time goal kicker in South Australia). The most successful club was the Tennis Club, winning more premierships in the association than any other team. Notable tennis players were Mary Noble, Elaine Pierik, Bevan Millard and Peter Prime. Notable cricketers included Bowlers - Buzz Walton, Peter Schirmer, Mark Millard and Batsmen Peter Forrest and Adrian, David, and Gavin Masters. Cricketing celebrity Simon Head played cricket for, and lived in, Wharminda. Wharminda Cricket team was most famous for losing 9 cricket Grand Finals in a row, before finally winning on their 10th Grand Final appearance in 1985. John Rehn hit the winning runs in that Grand Final, held on the Cleve oval, to much applause (and relief).
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