Kangaroo Head, South Australia Explained

Type:suburb
Kangaroo Head
State:SA
Pop:319 (shared with other localities in the “State Suburb of Island Beach”)
Est:2002[1]
Postcode:5222[2]
Timezone:ACST
Utc:+9:30
Timezone-Dst:ACST
Utc-Dst:+10:30
Dist1:110
Dir1:south
Location1:Adelaide
Region:Fleurieu and Kangaroo Island[3]
County:Carnarvon
Stategov:Mawson[4]
Fedgov:Mayo[5]
Maxtemp:19.1
Mintemp:11.6
Rainfall:488.9
Coordinates:-35.7346°N 137.905°W
Near-N:Investigator Strait
Near-Ne:Backstairs Passage
Near-E:Penneshaw
Dudley East
Near-Se:Dudley East
Near-S:Dudley West
Near-Sw:American Beach
Near-W:Nepean Bay
Near-Nw:Nepean Bay
Footnotes:Coordinates
Locations
Climate[6]
Adjoining localities

Kangaroo Head is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on the north coast of Dudley Peninsula on Kangaroo Island overlooking both Backstairs Passage and Nepean Bay about 110km (70miles) south of the state capital of Adelaide.[1] [2]

Its boundaries were created in March 2002 for the “long established name” which is derived from Kangaroo Head, a headland located within the locality.[1]

As of 2015, Kangaroo Head consists generally of a strip of land located between the Hog Bay Road and the coastline with Backstairs Passage and Nepean Bay.[1] The majority land use in the locality is agriculture.[1] [7]

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

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    1. Web site: Search result for "Kangaroo Head (Locality Bounded)" (Record no SA0058060) with the following layers selected - "Suburbs and Localities" and "Place names (gazetteer)" . . 2 May 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161012010923/http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/ . 12 October 2016 . dead .
    2. Web site: Postcode for Kangaroo Head, South Australia . postcodes-australia.com . 3 May 2016.
    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 . Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology. 20 April 2016.
    7. Web site: Development Plan, Kangaroo Island Council, Consolidated – 20 February 2014 . . 8 March 2016. 152, 153 and 302–305.