Eba Anchorage, South Australia Explained

Type:suburb
Eba Anchorage
State:SA
Coord Ref:[1]
Pushpin Label Position:left
Established:12 April 2001
Established Footnotes:[2]
Postcode:5680
Timezone:ACST
Utc:+9:30
Timezone-Dst:ACST
Utc-Dst:+10:30
Dist1:469
Dir1:NW
Location1:Adelaide
Dist2:14
Dir2:NE
Region:Eyre Western
Lga:District Council of Streaky Bay
Stategov:Flinders[3]
Fedgov:Grey[4]
Maxtemp:23.1
Maxtemp Footnotes:[5]
Mintemp:12.2
Rainfall:378.0
Near-N:Perlubie
Near-Ne:Perlubie
Near-S:Streaky Bay
Near-Sw:Streaky Bay (body of water)
Near-W:Streaky Bay (body of water)
Near-Nw:Streaky Bay (body of water)
Near:Eba Anchorage
Footnotes:Locations
Adjoining localities

Eba Anchorage is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located in the state's west on the eastern shore of Streaky Bay on the west coast of the Eyre Peninsula about north-west of the state capital of Adelaide and about north-east of the municipal seat of Streaky Bay.[1]

Boundaries for the locality were created on 12 April 2001 and include the former Eba Island Shack Site. Its name is of local origin.[1] [2]

Eba Anchorage is located between the coastline of Streaky Bay in the west and the alignment of the Flinders Highway in the east. It overlooks the following two islands that are located immediately west of the coastline - Eba and Pigface Islands which respectively have an area of and .[1] [6]

The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Eba Anchorage had a population of 33 people.

Eba Anchorage is located within the federal division of Grey, the state electoral district of Flinders and the local government area of the District Council of Streaky Bay.[4] [3] [1]

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  • Notes and References

    1. Web site: Search results for ‘Eba Anchorage, LOCB' with the following datasets being selected – ‘NPW and Conservation Properties’, 'Suburbs and Localities', 'Counties', 'Local Government Areas',’Postcodes’, 'SA Government Regions’, 'Gazetteer' and ‘Roads’ . Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. 3 June 2018.
    2. Web site: Lawson. Robert. GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT 1991 Notice to Assign Names and Boundaries to Places (in the District Council of Streaky Bay). The South Australian Government Gazette. South Australian Government. 29 May 2018. 1587. 12 April 2001.
    3. Web site: Electoral district of Flinders. Electoral Commission SA . 29 May 2018.
    4. Web site: Federal electoral division of Grey. Australian Electoral Commission. 29 May 2018.
    5. Web site: Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics STREAKY BAY (nearest weather station) . Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology. 29 May 2018.
    6. Book: A.C. . Robinson . P.. Canty . T. . Mooney . P. . Rudduck . South Australia's offshore islands . Canberra . Australian Heritage Commission . 175. 1996 . 0-644350-11-3 .