__NOTOC__ Bool Lagoon is a locality in the Australian state of

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 ...

located in the south-east of the state in the

Limestone Coast The Limestone Coast is a name used since the early twenty-first century for a South Australian government region located in the south east of South Australia which immediately adjoins the continental coastline and the Victorian border. The ...

region about south east of the state capital of

Adelaide Adelaide ( ) is the capital city of South Australia, the state's largest city and the fifth-most populous city in Australia. "Adelaide" may refer to either Greater Adelaide (including the Adelaide Hills) or the Adelaide city centre. The dem ...

. Its boundaries were created in 2001 firstly for the part in the former

District Council of Millicent The District Council of Millicent (formerly the District Council of Mayurra) was a local government area in South Australia seated at Millicent. History According to South Australian local government historian Sue Marsden "development of South ...

in April of that year followed in December by the part in the former District Council of Penola. Its name is derived from

Bool Lagoon Bool may refer to: People *Al Bool (1897–1981), American baseball player *Henry Bool (1846–1922), American anarchist Places *Bool (Ludhiana East), a village in Punjab, India *Bool, Tagbilaran, a barangay (suburb) in the Philippines *Bool Isla ...

, a freshwater lagoon located within its boundaries. Land use within the locality is divided between

agriculture Agriculture or farming is the practice of cultivating plants and livestock. Agriculture was the key development in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that enabled people t ...

and

conservation Conservation is the preservation or efficient use of resources, or the conservation of various quantities under physical laws. Conservation may also refer to: Environment and natural resources * Nature conservation, the protection and managem ...

with the latter being represented by the following protected areas all located in the northern part of the locality - the

Bool Lagoon Game Reserve Bool Lagoon Game Reserve is a protected area located in the Limestone Coast region of South Australia, about south of the town of Naracoorte. History The game reserve began as land in sections 223 and 224 of the cadastral unit of the Hund ...

, the Hacks Lagoon Conservation Park and the Mary Seymour Conservation Park. The locality includes the following state heritage place - Farm Group Killanoola. Bool Lagoon is located within the federal

Division of Barker The Division of Barker is an Australian Electoral Division in the south-east of South Australia. The division was established on 2 October 1903, when South Australia's original single multi-member division was split into seven single-member div ...

, the state

electoral district of MacKillop MacKillop is a single-member electoral district for the South Australian House of Assembly. It was named in 1991 after Sister Mary MacKillop who served the local area, and later became the first Australian to be canonised as a Roman Catholic s ...

, and the local government areas of the

Naracoorte Lucindale Council The Naracoorte Lucindale Council is a local government area in the Australian state of South Australia located in the Limestone Coast region in the south-east of the state adjacent to the Victorian border. It was created on 1 December 1998 fol ...

and the Wattle Range Council.

References

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