Marcollat, South Australia Explained

Type:suburb
Marcollat
State:SA
Coordinates:-36.5888°N 140.3415°W
Coord Ref:[1]
Established:3 December 1998
Established Footnotes:[2]
Postcode:5271[3]
Timezone:ACST
Utc:+9:30
Timezone-Dst:ACST
Utc-Dst:+10:30
Dist1:236
Dir1:NW
Location1:Adelaide
Dist2:45
Dir2:N
Location2:Kingston
Lga:Kingston District Council
County:MacDonnell
Region:Limestone Coast[4]
Stategov:MacKillop[5]
Fedgov:Barker[6]
Maxtemp:21.5
Maxtemp Footnotes:[7]
Mintemp:8.6
Rainfall:443.8
Near-N:Petherick
Willalooka
Near-Ne:Swede Flat
Near-E:Swede Flat
Padthaway
Near-Se:Padthaway
Near-S:Woolumbool
Near-Sw:Woolumbool
Near-W:Keilira
Footnotes:Adjoining localities

Marcollat is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located in the state’s Limestone Coast region about south-east of the state capital of Adelaide and about north of the municipal seat in Kingston SE.[3] [1]

Boundaries were created in December 1998 for “the long established name” which is derived from the cadastral unit of the Hundred of Marcollat.[1] [2]

Marcollat is located entirely within the Hundred of Marcollat with the hundred’s south-west corner including part of the adjoining locality of Keilira. The locality is served by the following roads - the Riddoch Highway which passes through the locality’s north-west corner from the north-west to the south-east en route to the regional centre of Mount Gambier and Rowney Road, described as a “secondary arterial road”, which passes from the north-east to the south-west en route to Kingston SE.[1] [8]

The principal land use within the locality is ‘primary production’ represented by “grazing (cattle and sheep) with some minor cropping (barley, safflower, sunflower)” with the following areas being reserved for conservation purposes - the Desert Camp Conservation Park, the Desert Camp Conservation Reserve and the Jip Jip Conservation Park.[1] [8]

Marcollat is located within the federal division of Barker, the state electoral district of MacKillop and the local government area of the Kingston District Council.[1] [5] [6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Search result for 'Marcollat, LOCB' with the following datasets selected – 'Suburbs and Localities','Counties', 'Government Towns', 'Local Government areas', 'SA Government Regions' and 'Gazetteer'. Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. 16 October 2022.
  2. Web site: GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT 1991 Notice to Assign Boundaries and Names to Places (in the District Council of Lacepede) . The South Australian Government Gazette . 3 December 1998 . 1711 . 21 December 2017 . Government of South Australia.
  3. Web site: Marcollat, South Australia (Postcode) . postcodes-australia.com . 26 December 2016.
  4. Web site: Limestone Coast SA Government region. The Government of South Australia. 10 October 2014.
  5. Web site: District of MacKillop Background Profile . Electoral Commission SA . 29 March 2016.
  6. Web site: Federal electoral division of Barker . Australian Electoral Commission. 28 March 2016.
  7. Web site: Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics PADTHAWAY SOUTH (nearest weather station) . Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology. 26 December 2016.
  8. Web site: Development Plan, Kingston District Council Consolidated – 13 December 2012 . Government of South Australia . 30 August 2016. 144–145 and 199–204.