Wisanger, South Australia Explained

Type:suburb
Wisanger
State:SA
Pop:2034 (shared with other localities in the “State Suburb of Kingscote”)
Est:2002[1]
Postcode:5223 [2]
Timezone:ACST
Utc:+9:30
Timezone-Dst:ACST
Utc-Dst:+10:30
Dist1:129
Dir1:south-west
Location1:Adelaide
Dist2:16
Dir2:west
Region:Fleurieu and Kangaroo Island[3]
County:Carnarvon
Stategov:Mawson[4]
Fedgov:Mayo[5]
Maxtemp:21.0
Mintemp:8.9
Rainfall:444.0
Coordinates:-35.621°N 137.4676°W
Near-N:Investigator Strait
Emu Bay
Near-Ne:Emu Bay
Near-E:Bay of Shoals
Bay of Shoals (body of water)
Kingscote
Near-Se:Cygnet River
Near-S:Menzies
Near-Nw:Investigator Strait
Footnotes:Coordinates
Locations
Climate[6]
Adjoining localities

Wisanger is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on the north coast of Kangaroo Island overlooking Investigator Strait to the north and the Bay of Shoals to the east about 129km (80miles) south-west of the state capital of Adelaide and about 16km (10miles) west of the municipal seat of Kingscote.[1] [2]

Its boundaries were created in March 2002 for the “long established name” which is reported as being given by a “Henry Partridge, who took up land there, after 'Wisanger Manor' near Stroud, Gloucestershire once owned by his forebears.”[1] [7]

The locality includes the former Wisanger School which is listed on the South Australian Heritage Register.[8]

Wisanger 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]

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    1. Web site: Search result for " Bay of Shoals (Locality Bounded)" (Record no SA0023601 with the following layers selected - "Suburbs and Localities", "Counties" and "Place names (gazetteer)" . Property Location Browser . . 3 June 2016.
    2. Web site: Postcode for Wisanger, South Australia . postcodes-australia.com . 5 June 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 Kingscote Aero (nearest station) . Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology. 5 June 2016.
    7. Web site: Wisanger, Nomenclature . State Library of South Australia . 5 June 2016 .
    8. Web site: Former Wisanger School. Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources . South Australian Heritage Register . 2 June 2016.