Tulka, South Australia
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Tulka is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on the southern tip of Eyre Peninsula overlooking the western end of the body of water known as Port Lincoln and which is located west of the state capital of Adelaide and about west of the city of Port Lincoln. The boundaries of the locality were created in October 2003 for the “long established name.” The boundary with the locality of Sleaford was altered in both 2006 and 2011. Land use within Tulka includes both agriculture and conservation with the latter being represented by the
Lincoln Conservation Park Lincoln Conservation Park (formerly Lincoln Conservation Reserve) is a protected area in the Australian state of South Australia located in the Eyre Peninsula in the gazetted locality of Tulka on land in the Section 490 in the cadastral unit o ...
. Land use is subject to statutory control in order to manage the aquifer system existing within Tulka and adjoining localities. The
2016 Australian census The 2016 Australian census was the 17th national population census held in Australia. The census was officially conducted with effect on Tuesday, 9 August 2016. The total population of the Commonwealth of Australia was counted as – an incre ...
which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Duck Ponds had a population of 126 people. Tulka is located within the federal
Division of Grey The Division of Grey is an Australian electoral division in South Australia. The division was one of the seven established when the former Division of South Australia was redistributed on 2 October 1903 and is named for Sir George Grey, who wa ...
, the state electoral district of Flinders and the local government area of the District Council of Lower Eyre Peninsula.


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