Wallaroo Plain, South Australia

Wallaroo Plain is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on the west coast of Yorke Peninsula immediately adjoining Spencer Gulf about 148 kilometres (92 miles) north-west of the state capital of Adelaide.[3]

Wallaroo Plain
South Australia
Wallaroo Plain
Coordinates33.866950°S 137.676940°E / -33.866950; 137.676940
Population39 (2011 census)[1]
Established1999[2]
Postcode(s)5556[3]
Time zoneACST (UTC+9:30)
 • Summer (DST)ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location
LGA(s)Copper Coast Council [2]
State electorate(s)Narungga[4]
Federal Division(s)Grey[5]
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall
23.8 °C
75 °F
9.8 °C
50 °F
330.1 mm
13 in
Suburbs around Wallaroo Plain:
Spencer Gulf Tickera Tickera
Alford
Spencer Gulf Wallaroo Plain Wallaroo
Willamulka
Spencer Gulf
North Beach
Wallaroo
Kadina
Willamulka
FootnotesDistances[3]
Coordinates[2]
Climate[6]
Adjoining localities[2]

The area's name was derived from the plain which the locality now occupies.[2] Its boundaries were created in January 1999 along with the selection of the name. As of 2014, land within the locality was zoned for agriculture while a strip of land along the coastline adjoining Spencer Gulf was zoned for conservation.[7]

Wallaroo Plain is located within the federal division of Grey, the state electoral district of Narungga and the local government area of the Copper Coast Council.[5][4][2]

References

  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Wallaroo Plain". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
  2. "Search result for "Wallaroo Plain (Locality Bounded)" (Record no SA0038041) with the following layers selected - "Suburbs and Localities" and "Place names (gazetteer)"". Government of South Australia, Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
  3. "Postcode for Wallaroo Plain, South Australia". postcodes-australia.com. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
  4. Narungga (Map). Electoral District Boundaries Commission. 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
  5. "Federal electoral division of Grey" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
  6. "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics KADINA AWS (nearest station)". Commonwealth of Australia , Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
  7. "Development Plan - Copper Coast Council Consolidated – 28 August 2014" (PDF). Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. pp. 285, 286, 290 and 291–294. Retrieved 6 April 2016.


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