Willoughby, South Australia Explained

Type:suburb
Willoughby
State:SA
Pop:319 (shared with other localities in the “State Suburb of Island Beach”)
Est:1999[1]
Postcode:5222[2]
Timezone:ACST
Utc:+9:30
Timezone-Dst:ACST
Utc-Dst:+10:30
Dist1:111
Dir1:south
Location1:Adelaide
Dist2:18
Dir2:east
Location2:Penneshaw
Region:Fleurieu and Kangaroo Island[3]
Stategov:Mawson[4]
Fedgov:Mayo[5]
Maxtemp:18.1
Mintemp:12.8
Rainfall:538.4
Coordinates:-35.8314°N 138.0987°W
Near-N:Backstairs Passage
Near-Ne:Backstairs Passage
Near-E:Ocean
Near-Se:Ocean
Near-S:Ocean
Near-Sw:Porky Flat
Near-W:Antechamber Bay
Dudley East
Porky Flat
Near-Nw:Antechamber Bay
Footnotes:Coordinates
Locations
Climate[6]
Adjoining localities

Willoughby is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located at the eastern end of Dudley Peninsula on Kangaroo Island overlooking Backstairs Passage to the north and overlooking the body of water known in Australia as the Southern Ocean and by international authorities as the Great Australian Bight to the south. It is located about 111km (69miles) south of the state capital of Adelaide and about 18km (11miles) east of Penneshaw.[1] [2] [7] [8]

Its boundaries were created in August 1999 while its name was derived from Cape Willoughby, the headland at the eastern end of the Dudley Peninsula.[1]

The main land uses within the locality are agriculture and conservation. The latter land use includes the Cape Willoughby Conservation Park, the eastern part of the Lesueur Conservation Park and other land adjoining the coastline which has additional statutory constraints to “conserve the natural features of the coast.”[9] [1] [10]

The locality includes the following two places which are listed on the South Australian Heritage Register - Cape Willoughby Lighthouse (tower only), and the ‘Freshfields’ farmhouse and the graves of Nathaniel Thomas and his wife, both pre-colonial settlers.[11] [12]

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

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    1. Web site: Search result for "Willoughby (Locality Bounded)" (Record no SA0058054) with the following layers selected - "Suburbs and Localities", "Counties" and "Place names (gazetteer)" . . 27 May 2016.
    2. Web site: Postcode for Willoughby, South Australia . postcodes-australia.com . 27 May 2016.
    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 CAPE WILLOUGHBY (nearest station) . Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology. 4 May 2016.
    7. Web site: Limits of Oceans and Seas, 3rd edition. PDF. 35–36. 1953. International Hydrographic Organization. 29 December 2020 .
    8. Web site: AHS – AA609582. The Australian Hydrographic Service. 5 July 2012. 30 May 2013. PDF.
    9. Web site: Development Plan, Kangaroo Island Council . . 8 March 2016. 114–117, 135, 152–153, 179 and 307–310.
    10. Web site: Protected Areas of South Australia September (Map) 2015 Edition. Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources (DEWNR) . 30 July 2015 . 15 April 2015.
    11. Web site: Cape Willoughby Lighthouse Tower (excluding modern lantern) . Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources . South Australian Heritage Register . 28 May 2016.
    12. Web site: Farmhouse ('Freshfields') and Graves . Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources . South Australian Heritage Register . 28 May 2016.