Chowilla, South Australia

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Chowilla
South Australia
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Chowilla as viewed from Headings Cliff on the opposite side of the Murray River.
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Chowilla
Coordinates 33°44′49″S140°52′22″E / 33.74689179°S 140.87289131°E / -33.74689179; 140.87289131 [1]
Population0 (2016 census) [2]
Established26 April 2013< [1]
Postcode(s) 5341 [3]
Time zone ACST (UTC+9:30)
 • Summer (DST) ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location
LGA(s) Pastoral Unincorporated Area [4]
Region Murray and Mallee [1]
County Hamley [1]
State electorate(s) Chaffey [5]
Federal division(s) Barker [6]
Mean max temp [7] Mean min temp [7] Annual rainfall [7]
25.0 °C
77 °F		9.7 °C
49 °F		242.5 mm
9.5 in
Localities around Chowilla:
Danggali Danggali New South Wales
Calperum Station Chowilla New South Wales
Murtho Murtho
Victoria 		Victoria
FootnotesAdjoining localities [1]

Chowilla is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia, located on the northern side of the Murray River about 250 kilometres (160 miles) to the north-east of the capital city of Adelaide and about 40 kilometres (25 miles) to the north-east of the town of Renmark, and which is bounded by the border with New South Wales in the east. [1] [8]

The property was settled in 1864 by Richard Holland on behalf of his three step-sons and was originally part of the larger property, Bookmark. More information is available at www.chowilla.com.au

The land use within Chowilla is concerned with the following protected areas, the Chowilla Game Reserve and the Chowilla Regional Reserve which have fully occupied its extent since its establishment in 2013. [1] [8]

There are three historic sites within Chowilla which have been listed on the South Australian Heritage Register: the Suicide Bridge (or Lunatic Bridge), including nearby remnant posts from the New South Wales-South Australia telegraph line and Littra House, both near Lake Littra, and Todd's Obelisk, near the New South Wales border. [9] [10] [11]

The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Chowilla had a population of zero. [2] . This was because the residents of Chowilla, James, Kerrie, Emily and Sophie Robertson were not provided with census documents. The Robertson family have lived on Chowilla since 1864.

Chowilla is located within the federal Division of Barker, the state electoral district of Chaffey, the Pastoral Unincorporated Area of South Australia and the state's Murray and Mallee region. [4] [5] [6] [12]

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Chowilla Regional Reserve is protected area in the Australian state of South Australia located in the gazetted locality of Chowilla about 250 kilometres (160 mi) north-east of the state capital of Adelaide.

Chowilla Game Reserve is a protected area covering the floodplain on the north side of the River Murray in South Australia from about 8 kilometres north-east of Renmark to the New South Wales border. It was proclaimed 8 April 1993 in conjunction with the Chowilla Regional Reserve, after a community consultation process which recommended that "hunting of waterfowl be a permitted activity in selected areas of the Chowilla floodplain". The game reserve is classified as an IUCN Category VI protected area.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Calperum Station (reserve)</span> Protected area in South Australia

Calperum Station, also known as Calperum Reserve, is a nature reserve located in the east of the Australian state of South Australia about 10 kilometres north-west of the town of Renmark and about 250 kilometres east of the state capital of Adelaide. Calperum Station consists of three separate pastoral leases - Calperum, Calperum Road and Yubalia.

Mundic Creek is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located in the Riverland in the state's east on the southern side of the Murray River about 217 kilometres (135 mi) north-east of the state capital of Adelaide, and about 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) south-east of the municipal seat of Renmark.

Pike River is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located in the Riverland in the state’s east on the southern side of the Murray River about 210 kilometres (130 mi) north-east of the state capital of Adelaide and about 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) south-east of the municipal seat of Renmark.

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  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Search results for "Chowilla, LOCB" with the following datasets selected - 'NPW and Conservation Properties', 'Suburbs and Localities', 'Counties', 'Local Government Areas', 'SA Government Regions' and 'Gazetteer'". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
  2. 1 2 Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Chowilla (state suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 10 December 2018. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  3. ↑ "Search result for Chowilla, SA". Australia Post. Retrieved 29 September 2015.
  4. 1 2 "Development Plan, Land Not Within a Council Area Eyre, Far North, Riverland and Whyalla – 18 October 2012" (PDF). Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. 2012. pp. 20, 23 & 289. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
  5. 1 2 "District of Chaffey Background Profile". Electoral Commission SA. Retrieved 26 September 2015.
  6. 1 2 "Federal electoral division of Grey, boundary gazetted 16 December 2011" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
  7. 1 2 3 "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics Renmark Aero (nearest weather station)". Commonwealth of Australia , Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
  8. 1 2 "A Review of Chowilla Regional Reserve 1993 - 2003" (PDF). Department for Environment and Heritage. 2003. pp. 4 & 5. Retrieved 29 September 2015.
  9. ↑ "Suicide Bridge (previously Lunatic Bridge) [Timber Trestle] & former NSW-SA Telegraph Line Posts, Chowilla Game Reserve [Part of Bookmark Biosphere Reserve Buffer Zone]". South Australian Heritage Register. Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources. Archived from the original on 16 February 2016. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
  10. ↑ "Littra House (former Scab or Sheep Inspector's House; possibly former Customs House) and Graveyard, Chowilla Game Reserve [Part of Bookmark Biosphere Reserve Buffer Zone]". South Australian Heritage Register. Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  11. ↑ "Border Cairn (Todd's Obelisk), Chowilla Game Reserve [Part of Bookmark Biosphere Reserve Buffer Zone], Lake Littra]". South Australian Heritage Register. Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources. Archived from the original on 16 February 2016. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
  12. ↑ "Murray and Mallee SA Government region" (PDF). The Government of South Australia. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
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