Kangaroo Inn, South Australia
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Coordinates | 37°20′38″S 140°13′55″E / 37.343849°S 140.231833°E[1] | ||||||||||||||
Population | 0 (2016 census)[2][a] | ||||||||||||||
Established | 18 December 1997[3] | ||||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 5280[4] | ||||||||||||||
Time zone | ACST (UTC+9:30) | ||||||||||||||
• Summer (DST) | ACST (UTC+10:30) | ||||||||||||||
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Region | Limestone Coast[1] | ||||||||||||||
County | Robe[1] Grey [1] | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | MacKillop[5] | ||||||||||||||
Federal division(s) | Barker[6] | ||||||||||||||
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Footnotes | Locations[4][1] Adjoining localities [1] |
Kangaroo Inn is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located in the state's south-east within the Limestone Coast region about 306 kilometres (190 mi) south-east of the state capital of Adelaide, and about 30 kilometres (19 mi) south-east and about 46 kilometres (29 mi) north-west respectively of the municipal seats of Robe and Millicent.[1][4]
Boundaries for the locality were created for “the long established name” on 18 December 1997.[1][3]
Kangaroo Inn has a triangular shape due to being bounded by the Princes Highway to the south-west, the Clay Wells Road (also known as Beachport-Penola Road) to the north-east and Drain M of the Upper South East Drainage Network on its south-east side.[1][8][9]
The land use within the locality is zoned as ‘primary production’. The Kangaroo Inn Area School, a state government school which opened in 1963, is located in the locality’s south-east corner overlooking Clay Wells Road.[10][9]
The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Kangaroo Inn had a population of zero.[2]
Kangaroo Inn is located within the federal division of Barker, the state electoral district of MacKillop and the local government areas of the District Council of Robe and the Wattle Range Council.[6][5][1]
References
- Notes
- ^ For the 2016 census, the ‘State Suburb of Kangaroo Inn’ consisted of the locality of Kangaroo Inn and a portion of land in the south-east end of the adjoining locality of Clay Wells located within the Wattle Range Council.[1]
- Citations
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Search results for 'Kangaroo Inn, LOCB' with the following datasets being selected – 'NPW and Conservation Properties', 'Suburbs and Localities', 'Counties', 'Local Government Areas', 'SA Government Regions', 'Gazetteer' and 'Roads'". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
- ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Kangaroo Inn". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
- ^ a b "GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT 1991, Notice to Assign Boundaries and Names to Places" (PDF), The South Australian Government Gazette: 1655, 18 December 1997, retrieved 17 May 2018
- ^ a b c "Postcode for Clay Wells, South Australia". Postcodes Australia. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
- ^ a b "District of MacKillop (map)". Electoral Commission SA. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
- ^ a b "Federal electoral division of Barker" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
- ^ a b c "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics ROBE AIRFIELD (nearest weather station)". Commonwealth of Australia , Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
- ^ "Implementation Plan for the Upper South East Drainage Network Management Strategy" (PDF). South Australian Government, Department of Water. June 2011. p. 85. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
- ^ a b "History - School". Kangaroo Inn Area School. South Australian Government. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
- ^ "Search results for 'Clay Wells, LOCB' with the following datasets being selected –'Suburbs and Localities', 'Gazetteer' and 'Land Development Plan Zone Categories'". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 17 May 2018.