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Goolwa may also refer to: *Goolwa, South Australia, a town and locality * * Goolwa Airport, an airport in South Australia *Goolwa Barrages, a series of tidal barrages in the River Murray in South Australia * Goolwa cockle, a common name for the mollusc, ''Plebidonax deltoides'' *Hundred of Goolwa, a cadastral unit in South Australia See also *Goolwa Beach, South Australia * Goolwa North, South Australia *Goolwa South, South Australia __NOTOC__ Goolwa South (previously known as South Goolwa) is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located about south of the state capital of Adelaide on both on the southern continental coastline and the south-western coast o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goolwa, South Australia
Goolwa is a historic river port on the Murray River near the Murray Mouth in South Australia, and joined by a bridge to Hindmarsh Island. The name "Goolwa" means "elbow" in Ngarrindjeri, the local Aboriginal language, and the area was known as "The Elbow" to the early settlers. Goolwa is approximately 85 km south of Adelaide, and is the seat of the Alexandrina Council. It is in the state electoral district of Hammond and the federal Division of Mayo. At the 2011 census, the state suburb of Goolwa (excluding Goolwa Beach, Goolwa North and Goolwa South) had a population of 2,201. At June 2018, the estimated urban population for Goolwa together with nearby Victor Harbor was 26,532, Estimated resident population, 30 June 2018. having increased at an average annual rate of 1.07% year-on-year over the preceding five years. The portion of this combined urban area residing in Goolwa is 11,578. History Before 1837 the area was briefly considered for the site of the colony's cap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goolwa Airport
Goolwa Airport is an airport located in Goolwa, South Australia northwest of the town centre. The facility is primarily used for recreational flying and general aviation. The airport hosts the Goolwa Classic Air Show, the biggest non-military air show in South Australia. Runway Goolwa Airport has three runways: * Runway 01/19 Bitumen * Runway 09/27 Grass * Runway 16/34 Grass Flying school The airfield is the site for RA-Aus flight training school approved by the Recreational Aviation Australia. See also * List of airports in South Australia This is a list of airports in the Australian state of South Australia. __TOC__ List of airports The list is sorted by the name of the community served, click the sort buttons in the table header to switch listing order. Airports named in bold ... References External linksGoolwa Airport S.A. website [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goolwa Barrages
The Goolwa Barrages comprise five barrage structures in the channels separating Lake Alexandrina from the sea at the mouth of the River Murray and the Coorong in South Australia. They were constructed principally to reduce salinity levels in the lower reaches of the River Murray, Lake Alexandrina and Lake Albert, but also to stabilise the river level, for both upstream irrigation and pumping. History Prior to the construction of the barrages, during periods of low river flow, tidal effects and the intrusion of seawater were felt up to upstream from the mouth of the River Murray, approximately as far inland as the river port at present-day Swan Reach. From the 1900s, with the advent of large irrigation schemes, landowners along the lower reaches of the river strongly urged for the construction of barrages, primarily to keep the water fresh in the lower reaches of the River Murray, as well as Lake Albert and Lake Alexandrina. In 1931, the Murray-Darling Basin Commission ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goolwa Cockle
''Plebidonax deltoides'' or ''Donax deltoides'' is a small, edible saltwater clam or marine bivalve mollusc, endemic to Australia. It belongs to the family of either the Donacidae, or the related Psammobiidae. It is most widely known as the pipi (also spelled ''pippi'', plural ''pipis'' or ''pippies'') in the eastern states of its native Australia. In South Australia, it is called the Coorong cockle, Goolwa cockle, or Goolwa pipi, for the region where it is most abundant, or by its Ngarrindjeri name, kuti. In south-eastern Queensland, it is often also known as eugarie or (y)ugari, a borrowing from the local Yugambeh and Ugarapul languages. This species should not be confused with the bivalve ''Paphies australis'' (of the family Mesodesmatidae), endemic to New Zealand and also called "pipi". Life cycle ''P. deltoides'' is an edible bivalve mollusc primarily found from the Eyre Peninsula to Kingston SE in South Australia and from Tasmania to Fraser Island in Queensland, with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hundred Of Goolwa
The County of Hindmarsh is one of the 49 cadastral counties of South Australia. It was proclaimed by Governor George Grey in 1842 and named for Governor John Hindmarsh. Description It extends from the Fleurieu Peninsula in the southwest to the Murray Mouth in the southeast to Point Sturt on the Sturt Peninsula and the course of the Bremer River in the east, Mount Barker in the north and Sellicks Hill on the Gulf St Vincent coastline in the northwest including the southern end of Mt Lofty Ranges, Hindmarsh Island, Mundoo Island and part of Lake Alexandrina. This includes the following contemporary local government areas: * District Council of Yankalilla * Victor Harbor City * Alexandrina Council (excluding small portions on west and east flanks) * District Council of Mount Barker (central third including the Mount Barker township) History The following hundreds have been proclaimed within the county - Encounter Bay, Goolwa, Kondoparinga, Macclesfield, Myponga, Nang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goolwa Beach, South Australia
__NOTOC__ Goolwa Beach is both a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located about south of the Adelaide city centre located on land overlooking Encounter Bay on the southern continental coastline, and the name of the 11 km section of beach that runs from Goolwa Beach to the Murray Mouth. The name was first used in respect to a private sub-division of land within the cadastral unit of the Hundred of Goolwa. Boundaries were created for the “long established name” in 1993 and were “discontinued and re-established in August 2000.” The locality is bounded to the north by Port Elliot Road and to the south by the coastline with Encounter Bay. The western side of the locality is zoned for agricultural use while the eastern side is occupied by an urban area which extends into the adjoining localities of Goolwa and Goolwa South. The coastline is zoned for conservation. Goolwa Beach is located within the federal division of Mayo, the state electoral dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goolwa North, South Australia
__NOTOC__ Goolwa North is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located about south of the state capital of Adelaide and northeast of the centre of the municipal seat of Goolwa overlooking the following water bodies in the Murray River system - Currency Creek to the north and the channel known as ''Goolwa'' or the ''Lower Murray'' to the south-east. The name was first used in respect to a private sub-division of land within the cadastral unit of the Hundred of Goolwa. Boundaries were created for the “long established name” in September 1993 and were “discontinued and re-established in August 2000.” The revised boundaries include the Goolwa Shack Site. The majority land use within the locality is residential which consists of an urban area on the southern side which extends from the adjoining locality of Goolwa to the south west and land on the northern side zoned for development consisting of “large allotments, detached dwellings and rural acti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
