Gerard, South Australia
| Gerard South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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  Gerard | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°22′32″S 140°28′45″E / 34.375570°S 140.479250°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 660 (shared with other localities in the ‘State Suburb of Loveday’) (2011 census)[2] | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1999[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 5343[3] | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | ACST (UTC+9:30) | ||||||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | ACST (UTC+10:30) | ||||||||||||||
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| LGA(s) | Pastoral Unincorporated Area[1] | ||||||||||||||
| County | Hamley[1] | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Chaffey[4] | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Barker[5] | ||||||||||||||
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| Footnotes | Location[3] Coordinates[1] Climate [6] Adjoining localities[1] | ||||||||||||||
Gerard is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located in the Riverland on the northern side of the Murray River about 182 kilometres (113 miles) north-east of the state capital of Adelaide and about 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) northwest of Loxton.[3]
Its boundaries were created in August 1999.[1]
As of 2012, the land use within Gerard is divided between conservation and agriculture with the former being concerned with the floodplain.[7] The title for land within Gerard held by the Aboriginal Lands Trust who has leased it to the Gerard Community Council.[8]
Gerard is located within the federal division of Barker, the state electoral district of Chaffey and the Pastoral Unincorporated Area of South Australia.[1][4][5]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f g "Search result for "Gerard (Locality Bounded)" (Record no SA0025833) with the following layers being selected - "Suburbs and Localities" and "Place names (gazetteer)"". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Loveday". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
- ^ a b c "Gerard Postcode". postcodes-australia.com. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
- ^ a b "District of Chaffey Background Profile". ELECTORAL COMMISSION SA. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
- ^ a b "Federal electoral division of Barker, boundary gazetted 16 December 2011" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
- ^ "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics LOXTON RESEARCH CENTRE (nearest station)". Commonwealth of Australia , Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
- ^ "Development Plan, Land Not Within a Council Area Eyre, Far North, Riverland and Whyalla – 18 October 2012" (PDF). Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. 2012. pp. 15, 294–302 289. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Gerard Community". Aboriginal Lands Trust. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
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