Island Beach, South Australia

Island Beach is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia overlooking Eastern Cove in Nepean Bay on the north-west coast of the Dudley Peninsula on Kangaroo Island about 121 kilometres (75 miles) from the state capital of Adelaide and about 21 kilometres (13 miles) from Penneshaw.[2][3]

Island Beach
South Australia
Map of Kangaroo Island
Island Beach
Coordinates35°48′0″S 137°48′36″E
Population319 (shared with other localities in the “State Suburb of Island Beach”) (2011 census)[1][lower-alpha 1]
Postcode(s)5222[2]
Time zoneACST (UTC+9:30)
 • Summer (DST)ACDT (UTC+10:30)
Location
LGA(s)Kangaroo Island Council[3]
RegionFleurieu and Kangaroo Island[4]
CountyCarnarvon[3]
State electorate(s)Mawson[5]
Federal Division(s)Mayo[6]
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall
19.1 °C
66 °F		 11.6 °C
53 °F		 488.9 mm
19.2 in
Localities around Island Beach:
Nepean Bay Nepean Bay Nepean Bay
Sapphiretown Island Beach Brown Beach
Pelican Lagoon Pelican Lagoon Dudley West
FootnotesLocation[2]
Climate[7]
Adjoining localities[3]

John Stewart Browne subdivided Island Beach in 1961 into 254 allotments, with average block sizes exceeding 1,000 square metres (11,000 square feet). Development stalled for a number of years, due largely to a reluctance of the local council to construct roads through the estate, which under planning regulations of the time were not the responsibility of the developer.

In the late 1970s a separate land subdivision occurred to the south of the original estate. Known locally as Carter's Estate, these allotments were more traditionally under 1,000 square metres (11,000 square feet) in size. Throughout the late 1980s and beyond, development accelerated with substantial seafront residences being erected, and land values beginning to rise.

Facilities at Island Beach include a general store and fuel station. There is limited access to the beach for boat launching and retrieval.[8]

Island Beach is located within the federal division of Mayo, the state electoral district of Mawson and the local government area of the Kangaroo Island Council.[3][5][6]

References
Notes
  1. For the 2011 census, the State Suburb of Island Beach covered the full extent of the Dudley Peninsula with the exception of Penneshaw - refer Dudley Peninsula#Demographics for more information
Citations
  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Island Beach". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
  2. "Postcode for Island Beach, South Australia". postcodes-australia.com. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
  3. "Search result for "Island Beach (Locality Bounded)" (Record no SA0044357) with the following layers selected - "Suburbs and Localities"". Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
  4. "Fleurieu and Kangaroo Island SA Government region" (PDF). The Government of South Australia. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
  5. Mawson (Map). Electoral District Boundaries Commission. 2016. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
  6. "Federal electoral division of Mayo, boundary gazetted 16 December 2011" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
  7. "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics – Kingscote (nearest station)". Commonwealth of Australia , Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
  8. "Kangaroo Island boat ramps". Archived from the original on 1 July 2007. Retrieved 15 July 2007.


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