Ballast Head, South Australia

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Ballast Head
South Australia
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Ballast Head
Coordinates 35°45′37″S137°45′58″E / 35.760410°S 137.766130°E / -35.760410; 137.766130 Coordinates: 35°45′37″S137°45′58″E / 35.760410°S 137.766130°E / -35.760410; 137.766130
Population560 (shared with other localities in the “State Suburb of Nepean Bay”) (2011 census) [1] [lower-alpha 1]
Established2002 [2]
Postcode(s) 5221 [3]
Time zone ACST (UTC+9:30)
 • Summer (DST) ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location
LGA(s) Kangaroo Island Council [2]
Region Fleurieu and Kangaroo Island [4]
County County of Carnarvon [2]
State electorate(s) Mawson [5]
Federal Division(s) Mayo [6]
Mean max tempMean min tempAnnual rainfall
19.1 °C
66 °F
11.6 °C
53 °F
488.9 mm
19.2 in
Suburbs around Ballast Head:
Nepean Bay Nepean Bay Nepean Bay (water body)
Nepean Bay
Haines,
Ballast Head Nepean Bay (water body)
Haines Muston American River
FootnotesCoordinates [2]
Locations [3]
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] [3]

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] [5] [6]

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References

Notes
  1. For the 2011 census, the ‘State Suburb of Nepean Bay’ consisted of the localities of Ballast Head, Birchmore, D’estrees Bay, Haines, Kohinoor, MacGillivray, Muston, Nepean Bay, Seal Bay and Seddon.
Citations
  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Nepean Bay". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 21 April 2016. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "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.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  3. 1 2 3 "Postcode for Ballast Head, South Australia". postcodes-australia.com. Retrieved 31 May 2016.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  4. "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.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  5. 1 2 Mawson (Map). Electoral District Boundaries Commission. 2016. Retrieved 2 March 2018.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  6. 1 2 "Federal electoral division of Mayo, boundary gazetted 16 December 2011" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2015.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  7. "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics KINGSCOTE (nearest station)". Commonwealth of Australia , Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 20 April 2016.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  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.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  9. "Fish Canning Factory Site". South Australian Heritage Register. Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources. Retrieved 31 May 2016.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  10. "Dwelling - Jacob Seaman's Hut Site (Ruin)". South Australian Heritage Register. Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources. Retrieved 31 May 2016.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)