Goolwa North, South Australia Explained

Type:suburb
Goolwa North
State:SA
Pop:1016
Est:1993[1]
Postcode:5214 [2]
Timezone:ACST
Utc:+9:30
Timezone-Dst:ACST
Utc-Dst:+10:30
Dist1:66
Dir1:south
Location1:Adelaide city centre
Dist2:2.5
Dir2:north-east
Location2:Goolwa
Region:Fleurieu and Kangaroo Island[3]
Stategov:Finniss
Fedgov:Mayo[4]
Maxtemp:20.8
Mintemp:11.8
Rainfall:383.2
Coordinates:-35.4929°N 138.8077°W
Near-N:Currency Creek
Near-Ne:Currency Creek
Near-E:Currency Creek
Near-Se:Hindmarsh Island
Near-S:Hindmarsh Island
Near-Sw:Goolwa
Near-W:Goolwa
Near-Nw:Currency Creek
Footnotes:Coordinates
Locations
Climate[5]
Adjoining localities

Goolwa North is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located about 66km (41miles) south of the state capital of Adelaide and 2.5km (01.6miles) northeast of the centre of the municipal seat of Goolwa overlooking the following water bodies in the Murray River system - Currency Creek to the north and the channel known as Goolwa or the Lower Murray to the south-east.[1] [2]

The name was first used in respect to a private sub-division of land within the cadastral unit of the Hundred of Goolwa. Boundaries were created for the “long established name” in September 1993 and were “discontinued and re-established in August 2000.” The revised boundaries include the Goolwa Shack Site.[1]

The majority land use within the locality is residential which consists of an urban area on the southern side which extends from the adjoining locality of Goolwa to the south west and land on the northern side zoned for development consisting of “large allotments, detached dwellings and rural activities”. The locality’s extent includes part of both Currency Creek and the Lower Murray because its boundary is located at the midpoint of the channel for these watercourses. These parts of the locality are zoned for conservation because of their location within the Coorong and Lakes Alexandrina and Albert Wetland which is listed both as a Ramsar site and wetland of national importance.[6] [1]

Goolwa North is located within the federal division of Mayo, the state electoral district of Finniss and the local government area of the Alexandrina Council.[4] [1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Search result for "Goolwa North (Locality Bounded)" (Record no SA0026977) with the following layers selected - "Suburbs and Localities" and "Development Plan Layers" . Property Location Browser . Government of South Australia . 10 August 2016 . 12 October 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161012010923/http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/ . dead .
  2. Web site: Postcode for Goolwa North, South Australia . postcodes-australia.com . 16 June 2016.
  3. Web site: Fleurieu Kangaroo Island SA Government region . The Government of South Australia. 17 April 2017.
  4. Web site: Federal electoral division of Mayo, boundary gazetted 16 December 2011 . Australian Electoral Commission . 2 August 2015.
  5. Web site: Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics Hindmarsh Island AWS (nearest weather station) . Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology. 29 April 2016.
  6. Web site: Development Plan, Alexandrina Council Consolidated – 7 May 2015 . [Government of South Australia |accessdate=29 April 2016|pages=133, 207, 260, 477–485 and 627–638].