Nangkita, South Australia
Nangkita is a rural locality on Fleurieu Peninsula in South Australia, south of the capital, Adelaide.
| Nangkita South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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  Nangkita | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°20′49″S 138°41′06″E[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 5210 | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | ACST (UTC+9:30) | ||||||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | ACST (UTC+10:30) | ||||||||||||||
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| LGA(s) | Alexandrina Council[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Region | Fleurieu and Kangaroo Island[1] | ||||||||||||||
| County | Hindmarsh[1] | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Finniss | ||||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Mayo | ||||||||||||||
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| Footnotes | Adjoining localities[1] | ||||||||||||||
Nangkita was founded as a Village Settlement in the 1890s as a commune in a scheme set up by the South Australian government under Part VII of the Crown Lands Amendment Act 1893,[2] intended to mitigate the effects of the depression then affecting the Colony. The settlement grew a magnificent crop of tobacco, but the potato and onion crops were ravaged by grubs.[3] The commune closed not long after that.[4]
See also
References
- "Search results for 'Nangkita, LOCB' with the following datasets selected - 'Suburbs and localities', 'Counties', 'Government Towns', 'Hundreds', 'Local Government Areas', 'SA Government Regions' and 'Gazetteer'". Location SA Map Viewer. South Australian Government. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
- "The Crown Lands Amendment Act, 1893 (SA )". Part VII. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
- "Nangkita Village Settlement". Weekly Herald. IV (175). South Australia. 12 February 1898. p. 6. Retrieved 11 August 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- "Untitled". South Australian Register. LXIII (16, 079). South Australia. 26 May 1898. p. 4. Retrieved 11 August 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
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