Bool Lagoon, South Australia Explained

Type:suburb
Bool Lagoon
State:SA
Established:12 April 2001
Established Footnotes:[1]
Postcode:5271[2]
Timezone:ACST
Utc:+9:30
Timezone-Dst:ACST
Utc-Dst:+10:30
Dist1:311
Dir1:south-east
Location1:Adelaide
Dist2:20
Dir2:south
Location2:Naracoorte
Dist3:60
Dir3:north-east
Location3:Millicent
Lga:Naracoorte Lucindale Council
Wattle Range Council
Stategov:MacKillop[3]
Fedgov:Barker[4]
Maxtemp:20.7
Maxtemp Footnotes:[5]
Mintemp:8.0
Rainfall:548.5
Coordinates:-37.1392°N 140.7218°W
Coord Ref:[6]
Near-Ne:Struan
Near-E:Struan
Glenroy
Near-Se:Glenroy
Near-S:Maaoupe
Near-Sw:Coles
Near-W:Spence
Near-Nw:Spence
Footnotes:Locations
Local government areas
Adjoining localities

Bool Lagoon is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located in the south-east of the state in the Limestone Coast region about 311km (193miles) south east of the state capital of Adelaide.[6] [2]

Its boundaries were created in 2001 firstly for the part in the former District Council of Millicent in April of that year followed in December by the part in the former District Council of Penola. Its name is derived from Bool Lagoon, a freshwater lagoon located within its boundaries.[6]

Land use within the locality is divided between agriculture and conservation with the latter being represented by the following protected areas all located in the northern part of the locality - the Bool Lagoon Game Reserve, the Hacks Lagoon Conservation Park and the Mary Seymour Conservation Park.[7] [8]

The locality includes the following state heritage place - Farm Group Killanoola.[9]

Bool Lagoon is located within the federal Division of Barker, the state electoral district of MacKillop, and the local government areas of the Naracoorte Lucindale Council and the Wattle Range Council.[6] [4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT 1991 Notice to Assign a Boundary to a Place (to areas within the Naracoorte Lucindale Council) . South Australian Government Gazette. South Australian government. 24 February 2018. 1587. 12 April 2001.
  2. Web site: Find a post - search result for Bool Lagoon, South Australia . postcodes-australia.com . 12 April 2016.
  3. Web site: District of MacKillop Background Profile. Electoral Commission SA. 12 April 2016.
  4. Web site: Federal electoral division of Barker . Australian Electoral Commission. 28 March 2016.
  5. Web site: Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics STRUAN (nearest station) . Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology. 27 February 2018.
  6. Web site: Search result for "Bool Lagoon (Locality Bounded)" (Record no SA0008240) with the following layers selected - "Suburbs and Localities" and "Local Government Areas". Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. 12 April 2016. 12 October 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161012010923/http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/. dead.
  7. Book: Development Plan- Naracoorte Lucindale Council, Consolidated – 29 November 2012 . 2012. Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure . 179 & 181.
  8. Book: Development Plan - Wattle Range Council, Consolidated – 7 February 2013Land Not Within a Council Area (Metropolitan) Consolidated – 25 September 2014 . 2013. Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure . 207 & 210.
  9. Web site: Farm Group Killanoola . Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources . South Australian Heritage Register . 16 February 2012 . 12 April 2016.