Halidon, South Australia Explained

Type:town
Halidon
State:sa
Coordinates:-34.8781°N 140.1723°W
Coord Ref:[1]
Pushpin Label Position:left
Pop:18
Established:25 June 1914 (town)
11 November 1999 (locality)
Established Footnotes:[2] [3]
Postcode:5309[4]
Timezone:ACST
Utc:+9:30
Timezone-Dst:ACDT
Utc-Dst:+10:30
Dist1:144
Dir1:E
Location1:Adelaide
Lga:District Council of Karoonda East Murray
Region:Murray and Mallee
County:Buccleuch
Albert
Stategov:Hammond[5]
Fedgov:Barker[6]
Maxtemp:23.6
Maxtemp Footnotes:[7]
Mintemp:8.7
Rainfall:271.1
Near-N:Mindarie
Wanbi
Near-Ne:Wanbi
Near-E:Wanbi
Sandalwood
Near-Se:Sandalwood
Near-S:Sandalwood
Near-Sw:Borrika
Near-W:Copeville
Borrika
Near-Nw:Copeville
Near:Halidon
Footnotes:Locations
Adjoining localities

Halidon is a town and locality in the Australian state of South Australia located about east of the state capital of Adelaide.[1]

It was gazetted as a town on 25 June 1914 and boundaries for the locality were gazetted on 11 November 1999.[2] [3]

The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Halidon had a population of 18 people.

Halidon is located in the local government area of District Council of Karoonda East Murray, the state electoral district of Hammond and the federal Division of Barker.[6] [5] [1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Search results for ‘Halidon, LOCB' with the following datasets being selected - 'Suburbs and Localities', 'Government Towns', 'Counties', 'Local Government Areas', 'SA Government Regions’ and 'Gazetteer' . Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. 5 May 2018.
  2. Web site: Bice. John G.. TOWN OF HALIDON.. The South Australian Government Gazette. South Australian Government. 7 May 2018. 1360. 25 June 1914.
  3. Web site: Kentish. P.M.. GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT 1991 Notice to Assign Boundaries to Places (in the District Council of Karoonda East Murray) . The South Australian Government Gazette. South Australian Government. 5 May 2018. 2321. 11 November 1999 .
  4. Web site: Postcode for Halidon, South Australia. Postcodes Australia. 9 May 2018.
  5. Web site: District of Hammond (map) . Electoral Commission SA. 4 May 2018.
  6. Web site: Federal electoral division of Barker, boundary gazetted 16 December 2011. Australian Electoral Commission. 17 September 2015.
  7. Web site: Summary (climate) statistics CALIPH (nearest weather station) . Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology. 7 May 2018.