OB Flat

OB Flat is a rural locality near Mount Gambier in South Australia.

OB Flat
South Australia

OB Flat

37°53′22″S 140°46′24″E[1]

Population

398 (2016 census)[2]

Established

1860[3]

5291

Limestone Coast[4]

State electorate(s)

Mount Gambier[5]

Federal Division(s)

Mean max temp[7]	Mean min temp[7]	Annual rainfall[7]
19.0 °C 66 °F	8.2 °C 47 °F	712.4 mm 28 in

Localities around OB Flat:
Mount Gambier	Mount Gambier	Mount Gambier
Moorak Mount Schank	OB Flat	Yahl Square Mile Yahl
Mount Schank	Mount Schank Caveton	Caveton

Footnotes

Locations[3]
Adjoining localities[3]

The name for this locality is believed to derive from a herd of cattle bearing the brand "OB" (owned by O. Beswick) which once roamed in the area.[3]

The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that OB Flat had a population of 398 people.[2]

OB Flat is located within the federal division of Barker, the state electoral district of Mount Gambier and the local government areas of the District Council of Grant and the City of Mount Gambier.[6][5][3]

References

"Search results for 'OB Flat, LOCB' with the following datasets being selected - 'Suburbs and Localities', 'Counties', 'Local Government Areas', 'SA Government Regions' and 'Gazetteer'". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "OB Flat". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
"Search result for "OB Flat (Locality Bounded)" (Record no SA0051519 with the following layers selected - "Suburbs and Localities", "County", "Hundred", "Place names (gazetteer)", "Road Labels" and "Development Plan Layers"". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
"Limestone Coast SA Government region" (PDF). The Government of South Australia. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
"District of Mount Gambier Background Profile". Electoral Commission SA. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
"Federal electoral division of Barker" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
"Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics MOUNT GAMBIER AERO (nearest weather station)". Commonwealth of Australia , Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 17 April 2018.

Towns and localities of the District Council of Grant

Limestone Coast, South Australia

Cities

Mount Gambier

Towns and localities

Governance

Federal division	Division of Barker
State electoral districts	Electoral district of MacKillop Electoral district of Mount Gambier
Local Government	City of Mount Gambier District Council of Grant District Council of Robe Kingston District Council Naracoorte Lucindale Council Tatiara District Council Wattle Range Council

Hills, mountains and volcanoes

Caves, sinkholes and freshwater lakes

Islands

Coastal features

Protected areas

National parks	Canunda Coorong (southern end only) Naracoorte Caves
Conservation parks	Aberdour Baudin Rocks Bangham Beachport Belt Hill Big Heath Butchers Gap Calectasia Carpenter Rocks Christmas Rocks Custon Desert Camp Dingley Dell Douglas Point Ewens Ponds Fairview Furner Geegeela Glen Roy Gower Grass Tree Guichen Bay Gum Lagoon Hacks Lagoon Hanson Scrub Jip Jip Kungari Lake Frome Lake Hawdon South Lake St Clair Little Dip Lower Glenelg River Mary Seymour Mount Monster Mount Scott Mullinger Swamp Nene Valley Ngarkat Padthaway Paranki Lagoon Penambol Penguin Island Penola Piccaninnie Ponds Pine Hill Soak Reedy Creek Talapar Tantanoola Caves Telford Scrub Tilley Swamp Vivigani Ardune Woakwine Wolseley Common
Game reserves	Bool Lagoon Bucks Lake Lake Robe Poocher Swamp
Conservation reserves	Desert Camp Bernouilli Hardings Springs
Marine parks	Upper South East Lower South East

Related and uncategorised

Limestone Coast zone

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