Katarapko, South Australia Explained

Type:suburb
Katarapko
State:SA
Coordinates:-34.3902°N 140.562°W
Coord Ref:[1]
Established:12 August 1999
Established Footnotes:[2]
Postcode:5343[3]
Timezone:ACST
Utc:+9:30
Timezone-Dst:ACST
Utc-Dst:+10:30
Dist1:188
Dir1:north-east
Location1:Adelaide
Dist2:6.6
Dir2:north
Location2:Loxton
Lga:Berri Barmera Council
County:Hamley
Stategov:Chaffey[4]
Fedgov:Barker[5]
Maxtemp:23.9
Mintemp:9.0
Rainfall:259.5
Maxtemp Footnotes:[6]
Near-N:Winkie
Near-Ne:Bookpurnong
Near-E:Loxton North
Near-Se:Loxton
Near-S:Loxton
Near-Sw:Pyap
Near-W:Gerard
Pyap
Near-Nw:Gerard
Footnotes:Distances
Adjoining localities

Katarapko is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located in the Riverland about 188km (117miles) north-east of the state capital of Adelaide and about north of Loxton.[3]

During World War II, Katarapko Island was the site of the Katarapko Wood Camp, one of three prisoner camps in the area attached to the main Loveday Camp complex.[7] The others were located at Moorook West and Woolenook.

Its boundaries were created in 1999 along with the selection of its name which was derived from Katarapko Island.[1] Its extent includes all of Katarapko Island and some land located to the immediate west of the island. It is bounded on all sides by the following watercourses with exception to part of its western and northern sides - the Katarapko Creek and the Murray River.[1] The southern boundary was revised in 2014 to "ensure the whole of Kapunda Island is within the rural locality of Loxton."[1]

The land within the locality is zoned for conservation with the locality being completely occupied by most of the Katarapko section of the Murray River National Park.[1] [8] [9] [10]

The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Katarapko had a population of zero.

Katarapko is located within the federal division of Barker, the state electoral district of Chaffey and the local government area of the Berri Barmera Council.[1] [4] [5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Search results for 'Katarapko, LOCB' with the following datasets selected - 'Suburbs and localities', 'Counties', 'Local Government Areas', 'SA Government Regions' and 'Gazetteer'. Location SA Map Viewer. South Australian Government. 2 April 2019.
  2. Web site: Lawson . Robert . GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT 1991 Notice to Assign Names and Boundaries to Places . The South Australian Government Gazette . Government of South Australia . 31 March 2019 . 765 . 12 August 1999 . " DO HEREBY assign the names OVERLAND CORNER, COBDOGLA, LOVEDAY, BARMERA, WINKIE, KATARAPKO, MONASH, GLOSSOP, BERRI, GERARD and SPECTACLE LAKE to those areas within The Berri Barmera Council (sic)".
  3. Web site: Katarapko, South Australia (Postcode) . postcodes-australia.com . 31 March 2016.
  4. Web site: District of Chaffey Background Profile. ELECTORAL COMMISSION SA. 31 March 2016.
  5. Web site: Federal electoral division of Barker, boundary gazetted 16 December 2011 . Australian Electoral Commission . 31 March 2016.
  6. Web site: Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics LOXTON RESEARCH CENTRE (nearest station) . Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology. 31 March 2016.
  7. Web site: History . 2023-10-08 . Loveday Lives . en-AU.
  8. Web site: Murray River National Park, Katarapko (map) . Natural Resources SA Murray-Darling Basin . 31 March 2016. 2014.
  9. Web site: Development Plan, Berri Barmera Council Consolidated – 29 November 2012 . . 31 March 2016. 111, 191, 192 & 260.
  10. Web site: Murray River National Park Management Plan (including Rilli Island, Media Island and Kapunda Island Conservation Park). Department for Environment and Natural Resources . 16 January 2015. 1994. Figure 2.

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