Spectacle Lake, South Australia Explained
| Type: | suburb |
| Spectacle Lake |
| State: | SA |
| Pop: | 660 (shared with other localities in the ‘State Suburb of Loveday’) |
| Established: | 12 August 1999 |
| Established Footnotes: | [1] |
| Timezone: | ACST |
| Utc: | +9:30 |
| Timezone-Dst: | ACST |
| Utc-Dst: | +10:30 |
| Dist1: | 180 |
| Dir1: | north-east |
| Location1: | Adelaide city centre |
| Dist2: | 16 |
| Dir2: | north-west |
| Location2: | Loxton |
| Lga: | Unincorporated area |
| County: | Hamley |
| Stategov: | Chaffey[2] |
| Fedgov: | Barker[3] |
| Maxtemp: | 23.9 |
| Mintemp: | 9.0 |
| Rainfall: | 259.5 |
| Coordinates: | -34.3647°N 140.4344°W |
| Near-N: | Loveday |
| Near-Ne: | Winkie |
| Near-E: | Gerard |
| Near-Nw: | New Residence |
| Footnotes: | Location
Coordinates
Climate [4]
Adjoining localities[5] |
| Postcode: | 5345[6] |
Spectacle Lake is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located in the Riverland on the northern side of the Murray River about 180km (110miles) north-east of the Adelaide city centre and about northwest of Loxton.[6] Its boundaries were created in August 1999 along with the selection of its name which was derived from the Spectacle Lakes, a lake system which is situated within the locality on the floodplain of the Murray River. In 2014, a portion of Spectacle Lake was removed and added to the adjoining locality of Loveday to ensure the full extent of Nynes Island is within Loveday.[5] [7] As of 2012, the land use within Spectacle Lake was divided between conservation and agriculture with the former being concerned with the floodplain.[8] Spectacle Lake is located within the federal division of Barker, the state electoral district of Chaffey and the unincorporated area of South Australia.[5] [2] [3]
See also
Notes and References
- 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)".
- Web site: District of Chaffey Background Profile. ELECTORAL COMMISSION SA. 31 March 2016.
- Web site: Federal electoral division of Barker, boundary gazetted 16 December 2011 . Australian Electoral Commission . 31 March 2016.
- Web site: Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics LOXTON RESEARCH CENTRE (nearest station) . Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology. 31 March 2016.
- Web site: Search result for "Spectacle Lake (Locality Bounded)" (Record no SA0040507) with the following layers being selected - "Suburbs and Localities" and "Place names (gazetteer)" . Property Location Browser . Government of South Australia . 15 May 2016.
- Web site: Spectacle Lake Postcode . postcodes-australia.com . 15 May 2016.
- Burdett . Michael . GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT 1991 Notice to Alter Boundaries of Places . South Australian Government Gazette . 1587 . The Government of South Australia . 8 May 2014 . 1 April 2016.
- Web site: Development Plan, Land Not Within a Council Area Eyre, Far North, Riverland and Whyalla – 18 October 2012 . . 2012 . 16 September 2015 . 15, 294–302 289 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150923004420/http://www.sa.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0003/23484/Land_Not_Within_a_Council_Area_Eyre_Far_North_Riverland_and_Whyalla_Development_Plan.pdf . 23 September 2015 . dmy-all .
