Lower Light, South Australia

Lower Light is a township[1] adjacent to Port Wakefield Road in South Australia's lower Mid North.[5] The township of Port Prime was surveyed on the coast of Gulf St Vincent in 1880, but little remains of that town now, and it is included as part of the bounded locality of Lower Light.[6]

Lower Light
South Australia
Lower Light Hotel
Lower Light
Coordinates34°31′57″S 138°26′13″E
Population377 (2011 census)[1]
Postcode(s)5501[2]
Location46 km (29 mi) N of Adelaide[2]
LGA(s)Adelaide Plains Council
State electorate(s)Narungga[3] >
Federal Division(s)Grey
Localities around Lower Light:
Thompson Beach Dublin Mallala
Gulf St Vincent Lower Light Korunye
Gulf St Vincent Middle Beach Two Wells
FootnotesAdjoining localities[4]

Lower Light is named for the lower Light River estuary into Gulf St Vincent directly south of the settlement.[4]

See also

References

  1. "2011 Census QuickStats: Lower Light Code SSC40381 (SSC)". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
  2. "Lower Light, South Australia". Postcodes Australia. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
  3. Narungga (Map). Electoral District Boundaries Commission. 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
  4. "Property Location Browser, search result for 'Lower Light, LOCB' with layers selected for "Suburbs and Localities" and "Government Towns"". Retrieved 30 November 2015.
  5. "Placename Details: Lower Light". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. 27 November 2013. SA0041512. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
  6. "Placename Details: Port Prime". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. 12 May 2011. SA0040695. Retrieved 12 March 2016.


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