Billiatt, South Australia

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Billiatt
South Australia
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Billiatt
Coordinates 34°55′52″S140°34′03″E / 34.931087°S 140.567499°E / -34.931087; 140.567499 Coordinates: 34°55′52″S140°34′03″E / 34.931087°S 140.567499°E / -34.931087; 140.567499 [1]
Population0 (2016 census) [2]
Established28 September 2000 [1] [3]
Postcode(s) 5311 [4]
Time zone ACST (UTC+9:30)
 • Summer (DST) ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location
LGA(s) District Council of Loxton Waikerie [1]
Region Murray and Mallee [1]
County Chandos [1]
State electorate(s) Chaffey [5]
Federal division(s) Barker [6]
Mean max temp [7] Mean min temp [7] Annual rainfall [7]
23.6 °C
74 °F		8.7 °C
48 °F		268.7 mm
10.6 in
Suburbs around Billiatt:
Schell Well Schell Well
Malpas
Kringin 		Kringin
Sandalwood Billiatt Kringin
Sandalwood Lameroo Karte
FootnotesLocations [4] [1]
Adjoining localities [1]

Billiatt is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located in the south-east of the state in the Murray Mallee region about 168 kilometres (104 miles) north-east of the state capital of Adelaide. [1] [4]

Its boundaries were created on 28 September 2000 for the "long established local name". Its name is derived from the Billiatt Conservation Park and the cadastral unit of the Hundred of Billiatt. [1] [3]

The principal land use within the locality is conservation with the majority of its land area being occupied by the Billiatt Wilderness Protection Area. [1] [8]

The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Billiatt had a population of zero. [2]

Billiatt is located within the federal Division of Barker and the state electoral district of Chaffey and the local government area of the District Council of Loxton Waikerie. [6] [5] [1]

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  5. 1 2 "District of Chaffey Background Profile". ELECTORAL COMMISSION SA. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
  6. 1 2 "Federal electoral division of Barker" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
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  8. ↑ Development Plan – Loxton Waikerie Council, Consolidated – 25 July 2013 (PDF). Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. 2014. pp. 199 & 443–450.
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