Cape Borda, South Australia

This article is about the locality in South Australia. For the associated headland, see Cape Borda.

Cape Borda
Town
Cape Borda Lighthouse
Cape Borda
Coordinates: 35°45′10″S136°35′36″E / 35.752910°S 136.593390°E / -35.752910; 136.593390
Country	Australia
State	South Australia
Region	Fleurieu and Kangaroo Island [1]
LGA	Kangaroo Island Council
Location	192 km (119 mi) south-west of Adelaide 95 km (59 mi) west of Kingscote
Established	2002 [2]
Government
•  State electorate	Mawson [3]
•  Federal division	Mayo [4]
Population
• Total	9 (SAL 2021) [5]
Time zone	UTC+9:30 (ACST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+10:30 (ACST)
Postcode	5223 [6]
County	Carnarvon [2]
Mean max temp	22.1 °C (71.8 °F)
Mean min temp	11.5 °C (52.7 °F)
Annual rainfall	534.0 mm (21.02 in)
Localities around Cape Borda Investigator Strait Cape Borda De Mole River Gosse Flinders Chase Flinders Chase
Distances [6] [2] Coordinates [2] Climate [7] Adjoining localities [2]

Cape Borda is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on Kangaroo Island about 192 kilometres (119 miles) south-west of the state capital of Adelaide. ^[6]

Its boundaries were created in 2002 in respect to “the long established name” which is reported to be derived from the navigation aid within its boundaries - the Cape Borda Lightstation. ^[2]

The major land uses within the locality includes conservation and primary production with the former land use including the following protected areas - the Flinders Chase National Park, the Ravine des Casoars Wilderness Protection Area and the Cape Torrens Wilderness Protection Area. ^{[8] [2]} Part of the southern boundary of Cape Borda is formed by the Playford Highway. ^[2]

The locality includes the three following state heritage places - Harveys Return Cemetery, the Cape Borda Lighthouse and the Harveys Return Landing Site. ^{[9] [10] [11]}

Cape Borda is located within the federal division of Mayo, the state electoral district of Mawson and the local government area of the Kangaroo Island Council. ^{[4] [3] [2]}

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  Harvey's Return cemetery
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  Harvey's Return plaque

References

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. "Search result for "Cape Borda (Locality Bounded)" (Record no SA0050434 ) with the following layers being selected - "Suburbs and Localities", "Local Government Areas" and "Hundreds"". Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
3. Mawson (Map). Electoral District Boundaries Commission. 2016. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
4. "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). "Cape Borda (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. 
6. "Cape Borda, South Australia (Postcode)". postcodes-australia.com. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
7. "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics CAPE BORDA". Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
8. "Development Plan, Kangaroo Island Council" (PDF). Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. pp. 263–269. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
9. "Harveys Return Cemetery, Flinders Chase National Park (sic)". South Australian Heritage Register. Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources. Retrieved 27 March 2016.
10. "Cape Borda Lighthouse (originally 'Flinders Light') and Keepers' Cottages, Flinders Chase National Park". South Australian Heritage Register. Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources. Retrieved 27 March 2016.
11. "Harveys Return Landing Site, Flinders Chase National Park (sic)". South Australian Heritage Register. Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources. Retrieved 27 March 2016.