Nepean Bay, South Australia Explained

Type:suburb
Nepean Bay
State:sa
Pop:131
Coordinates:-35.7353°N 137.5889°W
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in South Australia
Est:2002[1]
Postcode:5223[2]
Timezone:ACST
Utc:+9:30
Timezone-Dst:ACST
Utc-Dst:+10:30
Lga:Kangaroo Island Council
Region:Fleurieu and Kangaroo Island[3]
County:Carnarvon
Stategov:Mawson[4]
Fedgov:Mayo[5]
Dist1:128
Location1:Adelaide
Dist2:10
Location2:Kingscote
Maxtemp:21.0
Mintemp:8.9
Rainfall:444.0
Near-N:Nepean Bay
Near-Ne:Nepean Bay
Near-E:Nepean Bay
Ballast Head
Near-Se:Ballast Head
Near-S:Haines
Ballast Head
Near-Sw:MacGillivray
Near-W:Cygnet River
Near-Nw:Cygnet River
Footnotes:Climate[6]
Adjoining localities

Nepean Bay is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on the southern shore of Western Cove in Nepean Bay on the north coast of Kangaroo Island and about 128km (80miles) south-west of the state capital of Adelaide and about 10km (10miles) south-south-west of the municipal seat of Kingscote.[1] [7]

The settlement in Nepean Bay was laid out by Nepean Developments Ltd in 1961 on sections 143 and 144 in the cadastral unit of the Hundred of Haines.[8] Its boundaries were created in May 2002 for “the long established name” which is derived from the adjoining bay.[1]

Nepean Bay consists of land zoned for agricultural use with a settlement consisting mainly of low-rise dwellings located at its western end. The Nepean Bay Conservation Park is also located within the locality about to the east of the settlement.[1] [7]

The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Nepean Bay had a population of 131 people.

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

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Search result for "Nepean Bay (LOCB)" (Record no SA0049170) with the following layer selected - "Suburbs and Localities" . Property Location Browser . Department of Planning Transport and Infrastructure . 8 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161012010923/http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/ . 12 October 2016 . dead .
  2. Web site: Nepean Bay, South Australia. Postcodes Australia. 17 June 2014.
  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 AERO . Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology. 8 March 2016.
  7. Web site: Development Plan, Kangaroo Island Council. . 8 March 2016. 117, 128, 130, 159 and 370–375.
  8. Web site: Manning. G.H.. Nepean Bay. A Compendium of the Place Names of South Australia From Aaron Creek to Zion Hill With 54 Complementary Appendices. Geoffrey H. Manning. 17 April 2018. 2012.