Ballast Head, South Australia

Last updated

Ballast Head
Town
Kangaroo Island locator map.svg
Red pog.svg
Ballast Head
Coordinates: 35°45′37″S137°45′58″E / 35.760410°S 137.766130°E / -35.760410; 137.766130
Country Australia
State South Australia
Region Fleurieu and Kangaroo Island [1]
LGA
Location
Established2002 [2]
Government
 •  State electorate
 •  Federal division
Population
 • Total21 (SAL 2021) [5]
Time zone UTC+9:30 (ACST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+10:30 (ACST)
Postcode
5221 [6]
County County of Carnarvon [2]
Mean max temp19.1 °C (66.4 °F)
Mean min temp11.6 °C (52.9 °F)
Annual rainfall488.9 mm (19.25 in)
Localities around Ballast Head
Nepean Bay Nepean Bay Nepean Bay (water body)
Nepean Bay
Haines,		Ballast Head Nepean Bay (water body)
Haines Muston American River
Coordinates [2]
Locations [6]
Climate [7]
Adjoining localities [2]

Ballast Head is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on the north coast of Kangaroo Island overlooking Nepean Bay about 118 kilometres (73 miles) south of the state capital of Adelaide and about 19 kilometres (12 miles) southeast of the municipal seat of Kingscote. [2] [6]

Its boundaries were created in May 2002 for the “long established name” which is derived from a headland on its coastline. [2] The principal land use within the locality is agriculture. [8]

The locality includes the historic Fish Canning Factory Site and Jacob Seaman's Hut Site Ruins, which are listed on the South Australian Heritage Register. [9] [10]

Ballast Head 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] [3] [4]

See also

References

Notes
    Citations
    1. ↑ "Fleurieu and Kangaroo Island SA Government region" (PDF). The Government of South Australia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 March 2019. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
    2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Search result for "Ballast Head (Locality Bounded)" (Record no SA0058082) with the following layers selected - "Suburbs and Localities", "Counties" and "Place names (gazetteer)"". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
    3. 1 2 Mawson (Map). Electoral District Boundaries Commission. 2016. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
    4. 1 2 "Federal electoral division of Mayo, boundary gazetted 16 December 2011" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
    5. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Ballast Head (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
    6. 1 2 3 "Postcode for Ballast Head, South Australia". postcodes-australia.com. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
    7. ↑ "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics KINGSCOTE (nearest station)". Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
    8. ↑ "Development Plan, Kangaroo Island Council, Consolidated – 20 February 2014" (PDF). Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. pp. 152 and 283–289. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
    9. ↑ "Fish Canning Factory Site". South Australian Heritage Register. Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
    10. ↑ "Dwelling - Jacob Seaman's Hut Site (Ruin)". South Australian Heritage Register. Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
    This page is based on this Wikipedia article
    Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
    Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.