Keppoch, South Australia Explained

Type:suburb
Keppoch
State:SA
Coordinates:-36.7156°N 140.5946°W
Coord Ref:[1]
Established:1870 (town)
12 April 2001 (locality)
Established Footnotes:[2] [3]
Postcode:5271 [4]
Timezone:ACST
Utc:+9:30
Timezone-Dst:ACST
Utc-Dst:+10:30
Dist1:269
Dir1:SE
Location1:Adelaide
Dist2:29
Dir2:NW
Location2:Naracoorte
Dist3:122
Dir3:N
Location3:Mount Gambier
Region:Limestone Coast[5]
County:MacDonnell
Stategov:MacKillop[6]
Fedgov:Barker[7]
Maxtemp:21.5
Maxtemp Footnotes:[8]
Mintemp:8.6
Rainfall:453.8
Near-Se:Cadgee
Near-Nw:Woolumbool
Footnotes:Adjoining Localities

Keppoch (formerly Cockatoo Lake and Keppach) is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located in the state's south-east within the Limestone Coast region about 269km (167miles) south east of the state capital of Adelaide and about 29km (18miles) north-east of the municipal seat of Naracoorte.[1] [5] [4]

Keppoch started as a town surveyed in 1870 with a proposed name of Cockatoo Lake, but it was given the name of ‘Keppoch’ “after a village in Argyll, Scotland” by Governor Fergusson. However, this name was misspelt as 'Keppach'.[9] It was officially renamed in 1938 under the Crown Lands Act 1929 via proclamation as the “Town of Keppoch” on the basis that “the name, which is of Scottish origin, was incorrectly spelt.”[10] [11] A school opened with the name "Keppach" which was changed to "Keppoch" in 1942 and which was closed in 1951.[9] Boundaries were created in April 2001 for the locality which include the extent of the government town of Keppoch.[1] [12]

The majority land use within the locality is primary production. A parcel of land at the locality's western end was proclaimed in 1977 as a protected area known as the Talapar Conservation Park.[1] [13] [14]

Keppoch is located within the federal division of Barker, the state electoral district of MacKillop and the local government area of the Naracoorte Lucindale Council.[7] [6] [1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Search result for 'Keppoch, 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. 17 October 2022.
  2. Web site: Search result for "Cockatoo Lake (GTWN)" (Record no SA0014611) with the following layers selected - "Suburbs and Localities" and "Place names (gazetteer)" . Property Location Browser . Government of South Australia . 15 January 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161012010923/http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/ . 12 October 2016 . dead .
  3. Web site: GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT 1991 Notice to Assign a Boundary to a Place (to areas within the Naracoorte Lucindale Council) . South Australian Government Gazette. South Australian government. 24 February 2018. 1587. 12 April 2001.
  4. Web site: Postcode for Keppoch, South Australia . postcodes-australia.com . 15 January 2017.
  5. Web site: Limestone Coast SA Government region. The Government of South Australia. 10 October 2014.
  6. Web site: District of MacKillop Background Profile . Electoral Commission SA . 29 March 2016.
  7. Web site: Federal electoral division of Barker . Australian Electoral Commission. 28 March 2016.
  8. Web site: Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics Padthaway South (nearest weather station) . Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology. 15 January 2017.
  9. Web site: Place Names of South Australia - K, Keppoch . State Library of South Australia . The Manning Index of South Australian History . 16 January 2017.
  10. TOWN OF KEPPOCH . The South Australian Government Gazette . 1 September 1938 . 472. 15 January 2017 . Government of South Australia.
  11. News: NEW SPELLING FOR S.E. TOWNSHIP. . . LXIII . 6430 . South Australia . 9 September 1938 . 16 January 2017 . 3 . National Library of Australia.
  12. GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT 1991, Notice to Assign a Boundary to a Place . The South Australian Government Gazette . 12 April 2001 . 1587. 15 January 2017 . Government of South Australia.
  13. Web site: Development Plan, Naracoorte Lucindale Council, Consolidated – 29 November 2012 . Government of South Australia . 14 January 2017. 130–131 and 181–185.
  14. Web site: Protected Areas Information System - reserve list (as of 11 July 2016). Department of Environment Water and Natural Resources. 11 July 2016 . 14 July 2016.

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