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Kohinoor, South Australia
__NOTOC__ Kohinoor is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on Kangaroo Island about south-west of the state capital of Adelaide and about south-east of the municipal seat of Kingscote. Its boundaries were created in March 2002 for the “long established name” which was derived from Kohinoor Hill, a hill located within the locality’s boundaries. Kohinoor is bounded in part by the Playford Highway to the north. The principal land use in the locality is primary production. Kohinoor is located within the federal division of Mayo, the state electoral district of Mawson and the local government area of the Kangaroo Island Council The Kangaroo Island Council is a local government area in South Australia that covers the entirety of Kangaroo Island, 13 km off the coast of the mainland. The council was formed on the 28 November 1996 by the amalgamation of the District .... See also * Kohinoor (other) References ;Notes ;Citation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adelaide City Centre
Adelaide city centre (Kaurna: Tarndanya) is the inner city locality of Greater Adelaide, the capital city of South Australia. It is known by locals simply as "the City" or "Town" to distinguish it from Greater Adelaide and from the City of Adelaide local government area (which also includes North Adelaide and from the Park Lands around the whole city centre). The population was 15,115 in the . Adelaide city centre was planned in 1837 on a greenfield site following a grid layout, with streets running at right angles to each other. It covers an area of and is surrounded by of park lands.The area of the park lands quoted is based, in the absence of an official boundary between the City and North Adelaide, on an east–west line past the front entrance of Adelaide Oval. Within the city are five parks: Victoria Square in the exact centre and four other, smaller parks. Names for elements of the city centre are as follows: *The "city square mile" (in reality 1.67 square miles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birchmore, South Australia
__NOTOC__ Birchmore is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on Kangaroo Island about south-west of the state capital of Adelaide and about south-east of the municipal seat of Kingscote. Its boundaries were created in May 2002 for the “long established name” which was derived from the Birchmore Community Hall, a facility located within the locality’s boundaries. The principal land use in the locality is primary production. Birchmore is located within the federal division of Mayo, the state electoral district of Mawson and the local government area of the Kangaroo Island Council The Kangaroo Island Council is a local government area in South Australia that covers the entirety of Kangaroo Island, 13 km off the coast of the mainland. The council was formed on the 28 November 1996 by the amalgamation of the District .... References ;Notes ;Citations {{Kangaroo Island Council localities , state=collapsed Towns on Kangaroo Island ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral District Of Mawson
Mawson is a single-member electoral district for the South Australian House of Assembly. It covers the entirety of Kangaroo Island, and parts of the local government areas of Alexandrina Council, the City of Onkaparinga, and the District Council of Yankalilla. Major localities in the district include Cape Jervis, Kingscote, McLaren Vale, Port Willunga, Sellicks Beach, Willunga and Yankalilla. The electorate was created in the 1969 redistribution, taking effect at the 1970 election. It is named after Sir Douglas Mawson, a geologist and explorer who made several expeditions to Antarctica. For the first three decades of its existence, it was a bellwether seat held by the party of government. This pattern was broken at the 2002 election, when Robert Brokenshire held the seat for the Liberals amidst a Labor election victory. Although it was thought that Brokenshire had established a base in Mawson, it reverted to form at the 2006 election, when Labor candidate and former journ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Division Of Mayo
The Division of Mayo is an Australian electoral division located to the east and south of Adelaide, South Australia. Created in the state redistribution of 3 September 1984, the division is named after Helen Mayo, a social activist and the first woman elected to an Australian University Council. The 9,315 km² rural seat covers an area from the Barossa Valley in the north to Cape Jervis in the south. Taking in the Adelaide Hills, Fleurieu Peninsula and Kangaroo Island regions, its largest population centre is Mount Barker. Its other population centres are Aldgate, Bridgewater, Littlehampton, McLaren Vale, Nairne, Stirling, Strathalbyn and Victor Harbor, and its smaller localities include American River, Ashbourne, Balhannah, Brukunga, Carrickalinga, Charleston, Cherry Gardens, Clarendon, Crafers, Cudlee Creek, Currency Creek, Delamere, Echunga, Forreston, Goolwa, Gumeracha, Hahndorf, Houghton, Inglewood, Kersbrook, Kingscote, Langhorne Creek, Lobethal, M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Playford Highway
Playford Highway (with Telegraph Road and Kohinoor Road through Kingscote at its eastern end, and Cape Borda Road at its western end) is a main road on Kangaroo Island in South Australia, with its eastern end designated part of route B23. It extends from Kingscote through Cygnet River and Parndana to Cape Borda. Major junctions Playford Highway is entirely contained within the Kangaroo Island Council local government area A local government area (LGA) is an administrative division of a country that a local government is responsible for. The size of an LGA varies by country but it is generally a subdivision of a State (administrative division), state, province, divi .... References Highways in South Australia Kangaroo Island {{Australia-road-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kangaroo Island
Kangaroo Island, also known as Karta Pintingga (literally 'Island of the Dead' in the language of the Kaurna people), is Australia's third-largest island, after Tasmania and Melville Island. It lies in the state of South Australia, southwest of Adelaide. Its closest point to the mainland is Snapper Point in Backstairs Passage, which is from the Fleurieu Peninsula. The native population of Aboriginal Australians that once occupied the island (sometimes referred to as the Kartan people) disappeared from the archaeological record sometime after the land became an island following the rising sea levels associated with the Last Glacial Period around 10,000 years ago. It was subsequently settled intermittently by sealers and whalers in the early 19th century, and from 1836 on a permanent basis during the British colonisation of South Australia. Since then the island's economy has been principally agricultural, with a southern rock lobster fishery and with tourism growing in impo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Australia
South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a state in the southern central part of Australia. It covers some of the most arid parts of the country. With a total land area of , it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories by area, and second smallest state by population. It has a total of 1.8 million people. Its population is the second most highly centralised in Australia, after Western Australia, with more than 77 percent of South Australians living in the capital Adelaide, or its environs. Other population centres in the state are relatively small; Mount Gambier, the second-largest centre, has a population of 33,233. South Australia shares borders with all of the other mainland states, as well as the Northern Territory; it is bordered to the west by Western Australia, to the north by the Northern Territory, to the north-east by Queensland, to the east by New South Wales, to the south-east by Victoria, and to the south by the Great Australian Bight.M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seddon, South Australia
__NOTOC__ Seddon is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on Kangaroo Island about south-west of the state capital of Adelaide and about south-west of the municipal seat of Kingscote. Its boundaries were created in March 2002 for the “long established name” which was derived from the cadastral unit of the Hundred of Seddon in which it is located. Seddon is bounded by the Playford Highway and the town of Parndana to the north and by the South Coast Road in part to the south. The principal land use in the locality is primary production with exception to land reserved for conservation purposes as the Seddon Conservation Park and land adjoining the town of Parndana which is zoned for residential and commercial purposes. Seddon is located within the federal division of Mayo, the state electoral district of Mawson and the local government area of the Kangaroo Island Council The Kangaroo Island Council is a local government area in South Aust ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MacGillivray, South Australia
__NOTOC__ MacGillivray is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on the south coast of Kangaroo Island overlooking the body of water known in Australia as the Southern Ocean and by international authorities as the Great Australian Bight. It is located about southwest of the state capital of Adelaide and about south of the municipal seat of Kingscote. Its boundaries were created in May 2002 for the “long established name” which is derived from the cadastral unit of the Hundred of MacGillivray in which it is located. The land use within the locality consists of agriculture and conservation with the former use occupying the northern end of the locality while the latter use occupying the southern end and consisting of the following protected areas - the part of the Cape Gantheaume Conservation Park associated the wetland system at Murray Lagoon and the Cape Gantheaume Wilderness Protection Area which covers the entire coastland including the head ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cygnet River, South Australia
Cygnet River is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on Kangaroo Island about south-west of the state capital of Adelaide and about from the municipal seat of Kingscote. Its boundaries were created in 2002 in respect to “the long established name” which is reported to be derived from the stream located within its boundaries. Cygnet River is located within the federal division of Mayo, the state electoral district of Mawson and the local government area of the Kangaroo Island Council. Land use The major land use within the locality is primary production. The locality also includes the Kingscote Airport and the Cygnet Estuary Conservation Park. Cygnet River contains the following places listed on the South Australian Heritage Register - the Farm and Eucalyptus Oil Distillery Ruins, Duck Lagoon and the Dwelling & Eucalyptus Oil Distillery Ruins (Cygnet River). River The locality of Cygnet River is named for the watercourse also named Cygne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kingscote, South Australia
Kingscote is a town in the Australian state of South Australia located on Kangaroo Island about south-west of the state capital of Adelaide. It is South Australia's oldest European settlement and the island's largest town. At the 2016 census, Kingscote had a population of 1,790. It is a well-established tourist centre and the administrative and communications centre. It is home to a colony of the smallest penguins in the world, the little penguin. The town is served by Kingscote Airport with passenger flights on two airlines. History The South Australian Company established its colony at Kingscote at Reeves Point on 27 July 1836, as South Australia's first official European settlement, the first settlers having arrived on the '' Duke of York'', and named for Henry Kingscote, one of the founding directors of the company. It was early suggested that Kingscote could serve as the capital of South Australia, but the island's resources were insufficient to support such a large ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Menzies, South Australia
__NOTOC__ Menzies is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on Kangaroo Island about south-west of the state capital of Adelaide and about west of the municipal seat of Kingscote. Its boundaries were created in May 2002 for the “long established name” which was derived from the cadastral unit of the Hundred of Menzies. The principal land use in the locality is primary production. Menzies is located within the federal division of Mayo, the state electoral district of Mawson and the local government area of the Kangaroo Island Council The Kangaroo Island Council is a local government area in South Australia that covers the entirety of Kangaroo Island, 13 km off the coast of the mainland. The council was formed on the 28 November 1996 by the amalgamation of the District .... References ;Notes ;Citations {{Kangaroo Island Council localities , state=collapsed Towns on Kangaroo Island ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
