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Yankalilla River
Yankalilla, also spelt Yarnkalyilla, may refer to: *Yankalilla, South Australia, a locality * Yankalilla Bay, a bay in South Australia * Yankalilla Football Club, an Australian rules football club in South Australia * Yankalilla River, a river whose mouth is at Lady Bay, South Australia *District Council of Yankalilla The District Council of Yankalilla is a local government area centred on the town of Yankalilla on the Fleurieu Peninsula in South Australia. It was created on 23 October 1856, when the District Council of Yankalilla and Myponga was divided i ..., a local government area in South Australia * Hundred of Yankalilla, a cadastral unit in South Australia See also * Shrine of Our Lady of Yankalilla {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yankalilla, South Australia
Yankalilla is an agriculturally based town situated on the Fleurieu Peninsula in South Australia, located 72 km south of the state's capital of Adelaide. The town is nestled in the Bungala River (South Australia), Bungala River valley, overlooked by the southern Mount Lofty Ranges and acts as a service centre for the surrounding agricultural district. In the early stages of the colonisation of the state, Yankalilla was a highly important location, but its close proximity to Adelaide and the advent of fast transport has greatly diminished this position. Etymology The origin of the town's name is unclear, but it is known that John Hindmarsh, Governor Hindmarsh recorded the Kaurna pronunciation of "Yoongalilla", as applied to the District and noted this in dispatches of 1837. William Light, Colonel Light, however wrote about it as Yanky-lilly and Yanky Point, giving rise to the unsubstantiated idea that it was named after an American whaling, whaler or an American ship named ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yankalilla Bay
Yankalilla Bay is a long, wide bay in south-eastern South Australia, on the Fleurieu Peninsula. It is on the south-eastern coast of the Gulf St Vincent, as it opens into the Southern Ocean. Three rivers discharge into the bay: the Bungala River, Yankalilla River (whose mouth is at Lady Bay) and Carrickalinga Creek. The rivers can adversely affect the ecology of the sea, in particular the health of the reef and seagrass. Normanville Beach and Carrickalinga Reef. Yankalilla Bay is known for being the site of the ship's graveyard of HMAS ''Hobart'', which was scuttled on 5 November 2002 off the coast between Wirrina Cove and Normanville to create a dive wreck and artificial reef An artificial reef is a human-created underwater structure, typically built to promote marine life in areas with a generally featureless bottom, to control erosion, block ship passage, block the use of trawling nets, or improve surfing. Many re .... Its official name is the Fleurieu Artificial Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yankalilla Football Club
The Yankalilla Football Club is an Australian rules football club first formed in 1889 in Yankalilla, South Australia. Yankalilla was originally a member of the Fleurieu Football Association until it joined the Great Southern Football Association in 1935. In 1955, Yankalilla entered a reserves team in the Southern Football Association B-Grade competition and the following season joined that competition entirely. Yankalilla remained in the Southern Football League until the end of the 1967 season when they transferred back to the Great Southern Football League where they have remained since. Yankalilla continue to field Senior and Junior teams in the Great Southern Football League. Yankalilla FC has produced two AFL/VFL footballers Kym Koster and Greg Whittlesea, formerly of Hawthorn, but more famous as a Magarey Medal winner for Sturt in the SANFL The South Australian National Football League, or SANFL ( or ''S-A-N-F-L''), is an Australian rules football league bas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yankalilla River
Yankalilla, also spelt Yarnkalyilla, may refer to: *Yankalilla, South Australia, a locality * Yankalilla Bay, a bay in South Australia * Yankalilla Football Club, an Australian rules football club in South Australia * Yankalilla River, a river whose mouth is at Lady Bay, South Australia *District Council of Yankalilla The District Council of Yankalilla is a local government area centred on the town of Yankalilla on the Fleurieu Peninsula in South Australia. It was created on 23 October 1856, when the District Council of Yankalilla and Myponga was divided i ..., a local government area in South Australia * Hundred of Yankalilla, a cadastral unit in South Australia See also * Shrine of Our Lady of Yankalilla {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lady Bay, South Australia
Lady Bay is the colloquial name given to a former settlement of 21 shacks in the Australian state of South Australia located in the locality of Normanville about south of the locality's 'town centre.' The area adjoining the former shack site includes "The Links Lady Bay" resort, which includes a hotel, golf course and a 1,100 housing site subdivision. A proposal announced in 2008 by the developer of the "Lady Bay Estate" to create a new locality called "Lady Bay" from the existing locality of Normanville with the Bungala River as the boundary was "withdrawn by the developer in November 2009 following strong opposition by Normanville residents." The mouth of the Yankalilla River Yankalilla, also spelt Yarnkalyilla, may refer to: *Yankalilla, South Australia, a locality * Yankalilla Bay, a bay in South Australia * Yankalilla Football Club, an Australian rules football club in South Australia * Yankalilla River, a river w ... is at Lady Bay. References {{District Counc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
District Council Of Yankalilla
The District Council of Yankalilla is a local government area centred on the town of Yankalilla on the Fleurieu Peninsula in South Australia. It was created on 23 October 1856, when the District Council of Yankalilla and Myponga was divided into two. It later absorbed two other councils: the District Council of Myponga on 5 January 1888, one of a number of amalgamations mandated under the ''District Councils Act 1887'', and later the District Council of Rapid Bay on 12 May 1932. The district has a rich history, as one of the earliest South Australian coastal settlements, and a wide range of agricultural activities having taken place. Today the district remains agricultural in nature, supplemented by tourism and forestry. History Pre-European The Fleurieu Peninsula was originally inhabited by the Indigenous Kaurna people, who openly met with the Ramindjeri and other peoples for trade and exchanges. Aboriginal myth credits the formation of the land forms of the Fleurieu Pen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hundred Of Yankalilla
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, Nangkita ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
