Pooginook, South Australia Explained

Type:suburb
Pooginook
State:sa
Coordinates:-34.0686°N 140.1017°W
Coord Ref:[1]
Established:28 September 2000
Established Footnotes:[2]
Postcode:5330
Timezone:ACST
Utc:+9:30
Timezone-Dst:ACST
Utc-Dst:+10:30
Dist1:167
Dir1:NE
Location1:Adelaide
Dist2:60
Dir2:NW
Location2:Loxton
Lga:District Council of Loxton Waikerie
Region:Murray and Mallee
County:Young
Stategov:Chaffey[3]
Fedgov:Barker[4]
Maxtemp:25.3
Maxtemp Footnotes:[5]
Mintemp:9.3
Rainfall:281.5
Near-Ne:Taylorville Station
Near-S:Lowbank
Good Hope Landing
Near:Pooginook
Footnotes:Locations
Adjoining localities

Pooginook is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located in the state’s east about north-east of the state capital of Adelaide and about north-west of the municipal seat in Loxton.[1]

Pooginook’s boundaries were created on 28 September 2000 for the “local established name” which is derived from the cadastral unit of the Hundred of Pooginook in which it occupies the south-western corner.[1] The locality is bounded to the south by the middle of the River Murray channel. The boundary with the locality of Taylorville Station to the north was revised in 2013 to “ensure the whole of the Taylorville Pastoral Run is located within the locality of the same name.”[1]

Land use within Pooginook is zoned into three categories. Land adjoining the River Murray is zoned as River Murray Flood where development is controlled in response to flooding events and to conserve “natural features” and maintain water quality. Land occupied by the Pooginook Conservation Park in the locality’s north is zoned for conservation. The remainder of the locality is zoned as primary production with the principal focus being on agricultural production.[6] [7]

The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Pooginook had a population of seven people.

Pooginook is located within the federal division of Barker, the state electoral district of Chaffey and the local government area of the District Council of Loxton Waikerie.[4] [1] [3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Search results for "Pooginook, LOCB" with the following datasets selected - 'Suburbs and Localities', 'Counties', "hundreds’, 'Local Government Areas', 'SA Government Regions' and 'Gazetteer' . Location SA Map Viewer . Government of South Australia . 2 December 2018.
  2. Web site: Lawson . Robert . GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT 1991 Notice to Assign Boundaries to Places (in the District Council of Loxton Waikerie) . The South Australian Government Gazette . Government of South Australia . 2 December 2018 . 2282 . 28 September 2000.
  3. Web site: Chaffey . Electoral Commission SA . 3 December 2018.
  4. Web site: Federal electoral division of Barker . Australian Electoral Commission. 28 March 2016.
  5. Web site: Summary (climate) statistics GLUEPOT RESERVE (GLUEPOT) . Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology. 1 December 2018.
  6. Web site: Search results for "Pooginook, LOCB" with the following datasets selected - 'Suburbs and Localities', 'Gazetter' and 'Land Development Planning Zone Categories' . Location SA Map Viewer . Government of South Australia . 2 December 2018.
  7. Book: Development Plan – Loxton Waikerie Council, Consolidated – 19 April 2017 . 2017 . Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure . 11, 111–112, 133–134 and 159–160. 3 December 2018.