Telowie, South Australia Explained

Type:suburb
Telowie
State:sa
Coordinates:-33.0564°N 138.0671°W
Coord Ref:[1]
Pop:95
Established:13 March 1997
Established Footnotes:[2]
Postcode:5540[3]
Timezone:ACST
Utc:+9:30
Timezone-Dst:ACST
Utc-Dst:+10:30
Dist1:213
Dir1:N
Location1:Adelaide
Dist2:28
Dir2:SW
Location2:Melrose
Lga:District Council of Mount Remarkable
Region:Yorke and Mid North
County:Frome
Stategov:Stuart[4]
Fedgov:Grey[5]
Maxtemp:22.7
Maxtemp Footnotes:[6]
Mintemp:9.3
Rainfall:474.7
Near-N:Port Germein
Bangor
Near-Ne:Bangor
Near-E:Wirrabara
Near-Se:Beetaloo Valley
Near-S:Nelshaby
Near-Sw:Germein Bay
Near-W:Germein Bay
Port Germein
Near-Nw:Port Germein
Near:Telowie
Footnotes:Adjoining localities

Telowie is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located about north of the state capital of Adelaide and about south-west of the municipal seat of Melrose.[1]

It spans Telowie Gorge and the former Telowie Gorge Conservation Park (now part of Wapma Thura–Southern Flinders Ranges National Park[7]).

The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Telowie had a population of 95 people.

Telowie is located within the federal division of Grey, the state electoral district of Stuart and the local government area of the District Council of Mount Remarkable.[5] [4] [1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Search results for ‘Telowie, LOCB' with the following datasets being selected - 'Suburbs and Localities', 'Counties', 'Local Government Areas', 'SA Government Regions’ and 'Gazetteer' . Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. 1 May 2018.
  2. Web site: GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT 1991 Notice to Assign Names and Boundaries to Places . The South Australian Government Gazette. South Australian Government. 1 February 2018. 1177. 13 March 1997.
  3. Web site: Postcode for Telowie, South Australia. Postcodes Australia. 1 May 2018.
  4. Web site: Electoral district of Stuart . Electoral Commission SA. 12 February 2018.
  5. Web site: Federal electoral division of Grey . Australian Electoral Commission. 12 February 2018.
  6. Web site: Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics Georgetown (nearest station) . Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology . 1 May 2018.
  7. Web site: SA now home to Australia’s biggest national park . . David. Speirs. David Speirs. 26 November 2021 . 22 December 2021.