Coobowie

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Coobowie
South Australia
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Coobowie
Coordinates 35.045702°0′S137.729851°0′E / 35.046°S 137.730°E / -35.046; 137.730 Coordinates: 35.045702°0′S137.729851°0′E / 35.046°S 137.730°E / -35.046; 137.730 [1]
Population258 (SAL 2021) [2]
Established7 January 1875 (town)
27 May 1999 (locality) [3] [4]
Postcode(s) 5583 [5]
Location
LGA(s) Yorke Peninsula Council
Region Yorke and Mid North [6]
County Fergusson [1]
State electorate(s) Narungga [7]
Federal division(s) Grey [8]
Mean max temp [9] Mean min temp [9] Annual rainfall [9]
20.5 °C
69 °F		12.1 °C
54 °F		372.5 mm
14.7 in
Localities around Coobowie:
Yorketown Wool Bay Gulf St Vincent
Yorketown Coobowie Gulf St Vincent
Honiton Edithburgh Gulf St Vincent
FootnotesLocations [5] [1]
Adjoining localities [10]

Coobowie is a town in the Australian state of South Australia near the south-eastern tip of Yorke Peninsula. Coobowie was proclaimed in 1875. Coobowie comes from an Aboriginal word meaning "wild fowl water". [1] At the 2011 census, Coobowie shared a population of 220 with other localities. Coobowie's current outlook is to create many new features including making improvements to the foreshore play area.

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The protected area known as the Coobowie Aquatic Reserve is partly located within Coobowie with the remainder being located in the adjoining bay, Salt Creek Bay. [11]

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  2. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Coobowie (Suburb and Locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  3. ↑ Musgrave Jnr., A. (7 January 1875). "Township of Coobowie" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australia. p. 3. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
  4. ↑ Kentish, P.M. (27 May 1999). "GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT 1991 Notice to Assign Boundaries and Names to Places (in the District Council of Yorke Peninsula)" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australia. p. 2696. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
  5. 1 2 "Coobowie, South Australia (Postcode)". postcodes-australia.com. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
  6. ↑ "Yorke and Mid North SA Government region" (PDF). The Government of South Australia. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  7. ↑ Narungga (Map). Electoral District Boundaries Commission. 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
  8. ↑ "Federal electoral division of Grey" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
  9. 1 2 3 "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics Edithburgh (nearest station)". Commonwealth of Australia , Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
  10. ↑ "New Ward Structure 2014". Yorke Peninsula Council. Archived from the original on 15 January 2016. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
  11. ↑ Primary Industries and Regions South Australia (PIRSA) (2007), Aquatic Reserve: Coobowie (PDF), Primary Industries and Regions South Australia, archived from the original (PDF) on 5 April 2015, retrieved 5 October 2014


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