Fox, South Australia
| Fox South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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  Fox | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 37°13′10″S 140°20′08″E / 37.219411°S 140.335476°E[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 53 (2016 census)[2] | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 3 December 1998[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 5272[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | ACST (UTC+9:30) | ||||||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | ACST (UTC+10:30) | ||||||||||||||
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| LGA(s) | Naracoorte Lucindale Council[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Region | Limestone Coast[1] | ||||||||||||||
| County | Robe[1] | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | MacKillop[3] | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Barker[4] | ||||||||||||||
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| Footnotes | Locations[1] Adjoining localities[1] | ||||||||||||||
Fox is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located in the state's south-east within the Limestone Coast region about 298 kilometres (185 mi) south east of the state capital of Adelaide and about 45 kilometres (28 mi) south-west of the municipal seat of Naracoorte.[1]
Boundaries for the locality were created and was given the name of Fox on 3 December 1998. The name is derived from the cadastral unit of the Hundred of Fox in which the locality is located.[1] The hundred itself was named after Arthur Aloysius Fox who served one term in the South Australian House of Assembly.[6]
The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Fox had a population of 53 people.[2]
Fox is located within the federal division of Barker, the state electoral district of MacKillop and the local government area of the Naracoorte Lucindale Council.[4][3][1]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Search results for 'Fox, LOCB' with the following datasets being selected – 'Suburbs and Localities', 'Government Towns', 'Counties', 'Local Government Areas', 'SA Government Regions', 'Gazetteer' and 'Roads'". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
- ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Fox (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 18 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 LUCINDALE POST OFFICE (nearest weather station)". Commonwealth of Australia , Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
- ^ Manning, Geoffrey. "South Australian Names - F" (PDF). Manning Index of South Australian History. State Library of South Australia. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
