__NOTOC__ Marcollat is a locality in the Australian state of

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located in the state’s

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region about south-east of the state capital of

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and about north of the municipal seat in

Kingston SE Kingston SE (Kingston South East to distinguish it from Kingston on Murray), formerly Kingston, is a town in the Australian state of South Australia located in the state's south-east coastline on the shores of Lacepede Bay. It is located about ...

. Boundaries were created in December 1998 for “the long established name” which is derived from the cadastral unit of the Hundred of Marcollat. Marcollat is located entirely within the Hundred of Marcollat with the hundred’s south-west corner including part of the adjoining locality of Keilira. The locality is served by the following roads - the

Riddoch Highway Riddoch Highway is a rural highway in south-eastern South Australia, designated as route A66 between Keith and Mount Gambier, with the remainder between Mount Gambier and Port MacDonnell designated as route B66. It is named after John Riddoch, ...

which passes through the locality’s north-west corner from the north-west to the south-east en route to the regional centre of

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and Rowney Road, described as a “secondary arterial road”, which passes from the north-east to the south-west en route to Kingston SE. The principal land use within the locality is ‘primary production’ represented by “grazing (cattle and sheep) with some minor cropping (barley, safflower, sunflower)” with the following areas being reserved for conservation purposes - the

Desert Camp Conservation Park __NOTOC__ Desert Camp Conservation Park (formerly Desert Camp National Parks Reserve and Desert Camp National Park) is a protected area in the Australian state of South Australia located in the state's Limestone Coast region in the gazetted loc ...

, the

Desert Camp Conservation Reserve __NOTOC__ Desert Camp Conservation Reserve is a protected area in the Australian state of South Australia located in the state's Limestone Coast in the gazetted locality of Marcollat about south of the town centre in Keith. It is classified ...

and the Jip Jip Conservation Park. Marcollat is located within the federal

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, the state

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and the local government area of the

Kingston District Council The Kingston District Council (formerly District Council of Lacepede) is a local government area in the Limestone Coast, South Australia established in 1873. Kingston SE is the largest town of the district and also the seat of council. The dis ...

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