__NOTOC__ Kelly is a locality in the Australian state of

South Australia South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a States and territories of Australia, state in the southern central part of Australia. With a total land area of , it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories by area, which in ...

located on the

Eyre Peninsula The Eyre Peninsula is a triangular peninsula in South Australia. It is bounded by the Spencer Gulf on the east, the Great Australian Bight on the west, and the Gawler Ranges to the north. Earlier called Eyre's Peninsula, it was named after e ...

about north-west of the state capital of

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and about south-east of the municipal seat in Kimba. Kelly's boundaries were created on 6 May 1999 for the “local established name”. On 1 August 2017, a parcel of land was taken from the adjoining locality of Mangalo and added to the locality of Kelly to ensure that all of land identified as “Allotment 50, in Deposited Plan 68070” was in the locality. The 2017 boundary change resulted in all of the locality's boundaries now aligning with those of the cadastral unit of the

Hundred of Kelly County of Buxton is a cadastral unit located in the Australian state of South Australia that covers land located in the centre of Eyre Peninsula. It was proclaimed in 1896 and named after Thomas Buxton who was the Governor of South Australia ...

with exception to the boundary with the locality of Kimba in the hundred's north-west corner. Land use within the locality is ’primary production’ with exception to land dedicated to the

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known as the Malgra Conservation Park. Kelly is located within the federal division of

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, the state electoral district of Giles and the local government area of the

District Council of Kimba The District Council of Kimba is a local government area located on the northern Eyre Peninsula in South Australia. The district is mostly agricultural in nature, with the township of Kimba being the focal point of the district. With a number o ...

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