Torrens Island, South Australia
| Torrens Island South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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| Population | 10 (shared with Garden Island (2011 census)[2] | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 2009[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 5960[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | ACST (UTC+9:30) | ||||||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | ACST (UTC+10:30) | ||||||||||||||
| Location | 16 km (10 mi) north-west of Adelaide city centre | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | unincorporated area[1] | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Port Adelaide[3] | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Port Adelaide[4] | ||||||||||||||
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| Footnotes | Coordinates[1] Climate[6] | ||||||||||||||
Torrens Island is a locality in South Australia located in the Adelaide metropolitan area within the estuary of the Port River about 16 kilometres (9.9 mi)* north-west of the Adelaide city centre.[5]
Its boundaries which were created in August 2009 include “the whole of the geographical feature of Torrens Island” and parts of the following water bodies that adjoin the shoreline of the ‘geographic feature’ - the Port River to the west, the Angas Inlet to the south and the Barker Inlet to the east.[1][7]
As of 2014, the majority of the land within the locality is zoned as the “MOSS (Conservation) Zone in order to conserve land as part of the Metropolitan Open Space System (MOSS) whose purpose is to define and link “public and privately owned land of an open or natural character in and around metropolitan Adelaide.” The Torrens Island Conservation Park covers most of the land conserved in respect to MOSS. Also, the land associated with both the Torrens Island Power Station and the Torrens Island Quarantine Station is zoned to manage it for the “public purpose” in respect to power generation and the conservation of heritage.[8][9]
Torrens Island is located within the federal division of Port Adelaide and the state electoral district of Port Adelaide[4][3] Since at least 2009, Garden Island has not been located within a local government area.[1]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f "Search result for "Torrens Island (Locality Bounded)" (Record no SA0059690)". Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Garden Island (SA)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
- ^ a b "District of Port Adelaide Background Profile". ELECTORAL COMMISSION SA. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
- ^ a b "Federal electorate division of Port Adelaide, boundary gazetted 16 December 2011" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Search result for "Garden Island (Locality Bounded)" (Record no SA0047978) with the following layers selected - "Suburbs and Localities" and "Local Government Areas"". Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
- ^ "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics PARAFIELD AIRPORT (nearest station)". Commonwealth of Australia , Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
- ^ Boating Industry Association of South Australia (BIA); South Australia. Department for Environment and Heritage (2005), South Australia's waters an atlas & guide, Boating Industry Association of South Australia, p. 194, ISBN 978-1-86254-680-6
- ^ Land Not Within a Council Area (Metropolitan) Consolidated – 25 September 2014 (PDF). Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure (DPTI). 2014. pp. 17, 61–63, 65 & 73.
- ^ "Protected Areas of South Australia September (Map) 2015 Edition" (PDF). Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources (DEWNR). 30 July 2015. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
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