Lower Light, South Australia Explained

Type:town
Lower Light
State:sa
Coordinates:-34.5325°N 138.4369°W
Pushpin Label Position:top
Postcode:5501[1]
Dist1:46
Dir1:N
Location1:Adelaide
Lga:Adelaide Plains Council
Stategov:Narungga[2] >
Fedgov:Grey
Near-N:Dublin
Near-Ne:Mallala
Near-E:Korunye
Near-Se:Two Wells
Near-S:Middle Beach
Near-Sw:Gulf St Vincent
Near-W:Gulf St Vincent
Near-Nw:Thompson Beach
Footnotes:Adjoining localities[3]

Lower Light is a township adjacent to Port Wakefield Road in South Australia's lower Mid North.[4] The township of Port Prime was surveyed on the coast of Gulf St Vincent in 1880, but little remains of that town now, and it is included as part of the bounded locality of Lower Light.[5]

Lower Light is named for the lower Light River estuary into Gulf St Vincent directly south of the settlement.

Lower Light has also been the location of parachuting/skydiving operations since 1962,[6] which operate from the George Quigley Airfield, located a short distance north of the township.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Lower Light, South Australia . Postcodes Australia . 3 December 2015.
  2. Narungga . Electoral District Boundaries Commission . 2016 . 1 March 2018.
  3. Web site: Property Location Browser, search result for 'Lower Light, LOCB' with layers selected for "Suburbs and Localities" and "Government Towns" . 30 November 2015.
  4. Web site: Placename Details: Lower Light . SA0041512 . 27 November 2013 . Property Location Browser . Government of South Australia . 13 March 2016.
  5. Web site: Placename Details: Port Prime . SA0040695 . 12 May 2011 . Property Location Browser . Government of South Australia . 12 March 2016.
  6. Web site: HOME . 2022-04-14 . SASPC . en.