Black Point, South Australia Explained

Type:suburb
Black Point
State:SA
Coordinates:-34.6135°N 137.8901°W
Coord Ref:[1]
Established:27 May 1999
Postcode:5571[2]
Timezone:ACST
Utc:+9:30
Timezone-Dst:ACST
Utc-Dst:+10:30
Dist1:72
Dir1:northwest
Location1:Adelaide
Stategov:Narungga[3]
Fedgov:Grey[4]
Maxtemp:21.9
Maxtemp Footnotes:[5]
Mintemp:11.3
Rainfall:504.0
Near-N:Gulf St Vincent
Near-Ne:Gulf St Vincent
Near-E:Gulf St Vincent
Near-Se:Gulf St Vincent
Near-S:Port Julia
Near-Sw:Port Julia
Near-W:Pine Point
Near-Nw:Pine Point
Footnotes:Location
Adjoining localities

Black Point is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on the east coast of Yorke Peninsula about 72km (45miles) northwest of the state capital of Adelaide.[2] [1]

Black Point consists of an area of land bounded to the west by the St Vincent Highway and to the east by Gulf St Vincent where the coastline forms a bay gazetted as Port Alfred which faces to the north-east and concludes in the headland gazetted both as Black Point and the Narungga word, Gudliwardi.[1]

Its boundaries were created in May 1999 for the “long established name” and includes the Black Point Shack Site.[1] The name was derived from the headland on the coastline which was named by a Stephen Goldsworthy on 10 October 1854.[1] [6]

As of 2015, the majority land use within the locality is agriculture. A secondary land use is conservation which concerns the strip of land immediately adjoining the coastline. Tertiary uses include the use of land along the Port Alfred coastline for both residential use and short-term tourist accommodation with the latter being provided in the form of a caravan park.[7]

Black Point is located within the federal division of Grey, the state electoral district of Narungga and the local government area of the Yorke Peninsula Council.[4] [3] [1]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Search results for 'Black Point, LOCB' with the following datasets selected - 'Suburbs and localities', 'Counties’, 'Local Government Areas', 'SA Government Regions' and 'Gazetteer' . Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. 24 May 2020.
  2. Web site: Postcode for Black Point, South Australia . postcodes-australia.com . 9 May 2016.
  3. Narungga . Electoral District Boundaries Commission . 2016 . 1 March 2018.
  4. Web site: Federal electoral division of Grey. Australian Electoral Commission. 24 July 2015.
  5. Web site: Monthly Climate Statistics for Maitland (nearest weather station) . Bureau of Meteorology . Climate statistics for Australian locations . 21 May 2020.
  6. Web site: Black Point; Nomenclature . State Library of South Australia . 9 May 2016.
  7. Web site: Development Plan - Yorke Peninsula Council - Consolidated – 26 November 2015 . Government of South Australia . 25 February 2016. 321–323 and 433–440.