Coorabie

Coorabie is a town and locality in the Australian state of South Australia located about 675 kilometres (419 mi) north-west of the state capital of Adelaide.[1] It is outside of district council boundaries, and therefore managed by the Outback Communities Authority. It is located in the west of South Australia, and includes the Wahgunyah Conservation Park. The Eyre Highway passes through the locality, although the Coorabie township is south of the highway.

Coorabie
South Australia
Coorabie
Coordinates31.9007°S 132.2956°E / -31.9007; 132.2956[1]
Population51 (shared with Fowlers Bay) (2016 census)[2][lower-alpha 1]
Established25 February 1915 (town)
8 February 2001 (locality)[3][4]
Postcode(s)5690[5]
Location
LGA(s)Pastoral Unincorporated Area
RegionEyre Western[6]
CountyHopetoun[1]
State electorate(s)Flinders[7]
Federal Division(s)Grey[8]
Mean max temp[9] Mean min temp[9] Annual rainfall[9]
21.5 °C
71 °F		 12.3 °C
54 °F		 300.2 mm
11.8 in
Localities around Coorabie:
Yalata Yalata Yalata
Great Australian Bight Coorabie Yalata
Fowlers Bay
Great Australian Bight Great Australian Bight Fowlers Bay
FootnotesLocation[5]
Adjoining localities[10]

The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Coorabie shared a population of 51 people with the adjoining locality of Fowlers Bay.[2]

Construction of helicopter landing facilities began in 2015, to serve the BP/Statoil oil exploration project in the Great Australian Bight.[11]

References

Notes
  1. For the 2016 census, the 'State Suburb of Fowlers Bay' consisted of the localities of Coorabie and Fowlers Bay.

Citations
  1. "Search result for "Coorabie (Locality Bounded)" (Record no SA0015816) with the following layers being selected - "Suburbs and Localities", "Counties", "Development Plan Layers", "Place names (gazetteer)" and "Hundreds"". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
  2. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Fowlers Bay (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  3. Butler, R. (25 February 1915). "TOWN OF COORABlE" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australia. p. 484. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  4. Lawson, Robert (8 February 2001). "GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT 1991 Notice to Assign Names and Boundaries to Places" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australia. p. 516. Retrieved 27 January 2019. ...assign the boundaries LYNDHURST, LEIGH CREEK, COPLEY, PARACHILNA, MARLA, NEPABUNNA, OODNADATTA, ANDAMOOKA, PENONG, COORABIE and FOWLERS BAY...
  5. "Coorabie, South Australia (Postcode)". postcodes-australia.com. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
  6. "Eyre Western SA Government region" (PDF). The Government of South Australia. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  7. "District of Flinders Background Profile". Electoral Commission SA. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  8. "Federal electoral division of Grey, boundary gazetted 16 December 2011" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  9. "Climate Statistics for Fowlers Bay, South Australia (nearest weather station)". Retrieved 20 January 2012.
  10. Proposed Locality Boundaries for Pastoral Areas (PDF) (Map). Department for Planning, Transport and Infrastructure, Government of South Australia. 31 October 2012. Rack Plan 951. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
  11. Christoper Russell (28 August 2015). "Oil giant Chevron aiming to begin drilling its first exploration well in the Great Australian Bight in 2017". The Advertiser. Retrieved 26 July 2016.


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