Duncan, South Australia Explained

Type:suburb
Duncan
State:SA
Pop:407 (shared with other localities within the “State Suburb of Vivonne Bay”)
Est:2002[1]
Postcode:5223 [2]
Timezone:ACST
Utc:+9:30
Timezone-Dst:ACST
Utc-Dst:+10:30
Dist1:162
Dir1:south-west
Location1:Adelaide
Dist2:49
Dir2:west
Region:Fleurieu and Kangaroo Island[3]
County:Carnarvon
Stategov:Mawson[4]
Fedgov:Mayo[5]
Maxtemp:21.0
Mintemp:9.0
Rainfall:444.0
Coordinates:-35.7753°N 137.1192°W
Near-N:Middle River
Stokes Bay
Near-Ne:Cassini
Near-E:Cassini
Parndana
Near-Se:Seddon
Near-S:Newland
Seddon
Near-Sw:Gosse
Footnotes:Coordinates
Locations
Climate[6]
Adjoining localities

Duncan is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on Kangaroo Island about 162km (101miles) south-west of the state capital of Adelaide and about 49km (30miles) west of the municipal seat of Kingscote.[1] [2]

Its boundaries were created in May 2002 for the “long established name” which was derived from the cadastral unit of the Hundred of Duncan. The Playford Highway forms the southern boundary of the locality.[1]

The principal land use in the locality is primary production with land on the western side of the locality located in a ‘water protection zone’ in order to manage the aquifer system existing within Duncan and adjoining localities.[7] [1]

Duncan is located within the federal division of Mayo, the state electoral district of Mawson and the local government area of the Kangaroo Island Council.[5] [4] [1]

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    1. Web site: Search result for "Duncan (Locality Bounded)" (Record no SA0058385 with the following layers selected - "Suburbs and Localities", "Place names (gazetteer)", "Road Labels" and "Development Plan Layers" . Property Location Browser . Government of South Australia . 28 August 2015 . 12 October 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161012010923/http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/ . dead .
    2. Web site: Duncan, South Australia (postcode) . postcodes-australia.com . 8 January 2017.
    3. Web site: Fleurieu and Kangaroo Island SA Government region. The Government of South Australia. 9 September 2016.
    4. Mawson . Electoral District Boundaries Commission . 2016 . 2 March 2018.
    5. Web site: Federal electoral division of Mayo, boundary gazetted 16 December 2011. Australian Electoral Commission. 2 August 2015.
    6. Web site: Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics KINGSCOTE AERO (nearest station) . Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology. 11 November 2016.
    7. Web site: Development Plan, Kangaroo Island Council, Consolidated – 20 February 2014 . Government of South Australia . 8 March 2016. 152–153, 197–198 and 259–266.