Goolwa South, South Australia

Goolwa South (previously known as South Goolwa) is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located about 67 kilometres (42 miles) south of the state capital of Adelaide on both on the southern continental coastline and the south-western coast of Lake Alexandrina. It occupies the full extent of the Sir Richard Peninsula, land to the immediate west and part of the Goolwa Channel in the lake system to its north.[2][3]

Goolwa South South Australia
Goolwa South located on the oceanic coastline between the left-hand side of and the middle of the image.
Goolwa South
Coordinates	35.512270°S 138.779410°E / -35.512270; 138.779410
Population	971 (2016 census)[1]
Established	1925[2]
Postcode(s)	5214 [3]
Time zone	ACST (UTC+9:30)
• Summer (DST)	ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location	67 km (42 mi) south of Adelaide
LGA(s)	Alexandrina Council[2]
Region	Fleurieu and Kangaroo Island[4]
County	Hindmarsh[2]
State electorate(s)	Finniss
Federal Division(s)	Mayo[5]
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall 20.8 °C 69 °F 11.8 °C 53 °F 383.2 mm 15.1 in
Suburbs around Goolwa South: Goolwa Beach Goolwa Hindmarsh Island Coorong Goolwa Beach Goolwa South Coorong Encounter Bay Encounter Bay Encounter Bay
Footnotes	Coordinates[2] Locations[3] Climate[6] Adjoining localities[2][7]

The name was first used in respect to a private sub-division of land within the cadastral unit of the Hundred of Goolwa in 1925. Boundaries were created for the “long established name” in 1993 and were again adjusted in August 2000 to include the Sir Richard Peninsula in the adjoining Hundred of Nangkita.[2]

The western end of the locality is occupied by an urban area which extends into the adjoining localities of Goolwa and Goolwa Beach while the remainder of the locality is zoned for conservation and includes part of the Coorong National Park.[8][2]

Goolwa South is located within the federal division of Mayo, the state electoral district of Finniss and the local government area of the Alexandrina Council.[5][2]