Willson River, South Australia

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Willson River
South Australia
Willson River is located in South Australia
Willson River
Willson River
Coordinates35°50′48″S 137°56′16″E / 35.846690°S 137.937850°E / -35.846690; 137.937850
Population6 (SAL 2021)[1]
Established2002[2]
Postcode(s)5222[3]
Time zoneACST (UTC+9:30)
 • Summer (DST)ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location
LGA(s)Kangaroo Island Council[2]
RegionFleurieu and Kangaroo Island[4]
CountyCarnarvon[2]
State electorate(s)Mawson[5]
Federal division(s)Mayo[6]
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall
18.1 °C
65 °F		 12.8 °C
55 °F		 538.4 mm
21.2 in
Localities around Willson River:
Dudley West Dudley East Dudley East
Dudley West Willson River Porky Flat
Ocean Ocean Ocean
FootnotesCoordinates[2]
Locations[3]
Climate[7]
Adjoining localities[2]

Willson River is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on the Dudley Peninsula on Kangaroo Island overlooking the body of water known in Australia as the Southern Ocean and by international authorities as the Great Australian Bight. It is located about 120 kilometres (75 miles) south of the state capital of Adelaide and about 15 kilometres (9.3 miles) south-west of the town centre of Penneshaw.[2][3][8][9]

Its boundaries were created in March 2002 while its name was derived from the Willson River, a river which flows through the locality and which itself was named in 1885 after the Willson family who have resided in what is now the locality prior to 1885 and as recently as 1996.[2][10]

The main land uses within the locality are agriculture and conservation. The former land use includes an area of privately owned land having protected status due to being subject to native vegetation heritage agreements while the latter use includes land adjoining the coastline which has additional statutory constraints to “conserve the natural features of the coast.”[11][2][12]

Willson River is located within the federal division of Mayo, the state electoral district of Mawson and the local government area of the Kangaroo Island Council.[2][5][6]

References

Notes
Citations
  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Willson River (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Search result for "Willson River (Locality Bounded)" (Record no SA0058064) with the following layers selected - "Suburbs and Localities", "Counties" and "Place names (gazetteer)"". Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
  3. ^ a b c "Postcode for Willson River, South Australia". postcodes-australia.com. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
  4. ^ "Fleurieu and Kangaroo Island SA Government region" (PDF). The Government of South Australia. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
  5. ^ a b Mawson (Map). Electoral District Boundaries Commission. 2016. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
  6. ^ a b "Federal electoral division of Mayo, boundary gazetted 16 December 2011" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
  7. ^ "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics Cape Willoughby (nearest station)". Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
  8. ^ "Limits of Oceans and Seas, 3rd edition" (PDF) (PDF). International Hydrographic Organization. 1953. pp. 35–36. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  9. ^ "AHS – AA609582" (PDF) (PDF). The Australian Hydrographic Service. 5 July 2012. Retrieved 30 May 2013.
  10. ^ "Search result for "Willson River (River)" (Record no SA0022129 with the following layers selected - "Suburbs and Localities" and "Place names (gazetteer)"". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
  11. ^ "Development Plan, Kangaroo Island Council" (PDF). Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. pp. 114–117, 135, 152–153, 179 and 302–306. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
  12. ^ "Protected Areas of South Australia September (Map) 2015 Edition" (PDF). Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources (DEWNR). 30 July 2015. Retrieved 15 April 2015.


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