Custon, South Australia

Custon
Custon; South Australia
	Custon
Coordinates	36°26′15″S140°55′16″E / 36.43753974°S 140.92105556°E Coordinates: 36°26′15″S140°55′16″E / 36.43753974°S 140.92105556°E [1]
Population	20 (2016 census) [2]
Established	8 December 1881 (town); 16 March 2000 (locality) [3] [4]
Abolished	1 July 1993 (town) [5]
Postcode(s)	5270 [6]
Time zone	ACST (UTC+9:30)
• Summer (DST)	ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location	267 km (166 mi) south-east of Adelaide ; 19 km (12 mi) south of Bordertown ;
LGA(s)	Tatiara District Council [1]
Region	Limestone Coast [7]
County	Buckingham [1]
State electorate(s)	MacKillop [8]
Federal Division(s)	Barker [9]
	Localities around Custon:
Footnotes	Coordinates [1] ; Locations [1] [6] ; Climatic data [10] ; Adjoining Localities [1] [11]

Last updated May 06, 2020

Custon is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located in the state's south-east within the Limestone Coast region about 267 kilometres (166 miles) south east of the state capital of Adelaide, about 19.5 kilometres (12.1 miles) south-east of the municipal seat of Bordertown and adjoining the border with the State of Victoria.^[1]^[7]^[6]

Custon began as a government town which was surveyed in September 1881 and was proclaimed on 8 December 1881. It was named after the Reverend Percy Cust who married Lucy Caroline Jervois, the second daughter of William Jervois, the then Governor of South Australia. In 1961, a portion of the government town was ceased and was subsequently declared as ceasing to exist in 1993. In 2000, boundaries were declared for the locality which includes the extent of the ceased government town and which was given the “long established name.”^[1]^[3]^[12]^[5]^[4]

The Mount Gambier railway line which closed on 12 April 1995 passes through the locality from north to south with the former railway station with the name of Custon being located to the immediate south in the locality of Wolseley.^[1]^[13]

The majority land use within the locality is primary production. The locality includes land proclaimed for conservation purposes as the Custon Conservation Park.^[1]^[14]

The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Custon had a population of 20 people.^[2]

Custon is located within the federal division of Barker, the state electoral district of MacKillop and the local government area of the Tatiara District Council.^[1]^[8]^[9]

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References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Search result for "Custon (Locality Bounded)" (Record no SA0017462) with the following layers selected - "Suburbs and Localities", "Place names (gazetteer)", "Road Labels" and "Development Plan Layers"". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
1 2 Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Custon". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
1 2 "Proclamation (Town of Custon proclaimed)" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australia: 1677. 8 December 1881. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
1 2 Lawson, Robert (16 March 2000). "GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT 1991 Notice to Assign Names and Boundaries to Places (in the District Council of Tatiara)" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. South Australian Government. p. 1434. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
1 2 "CROWN LANDS ACT, 1929: SECTION 5 (i.e. Town of Custon ... shall cease to exist.)" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australia: 422. 1 July 1993. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
1 2 3 "Postcode for Custon, South Australia". postcodes-australia.com. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
1 2 "Limestone Coast SA Government region" (PDF). The Government of South Australia. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
1 2 "District of MacKillop Background Profile". Electoral Commission SA. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
1 2 "Federal electoral division of Barker" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
↑ "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics Padthaway South (nearest weather station)". Commonwealth of Australia , Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
↑ "Search result for "Serviceton (Locality Bounded)" (Vicmap ID 205407455)". Vicnames - The Register of Geographic Names. Government of Victoria. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
↑ "CROWN LANDS ACT, 1929-1960: PORTION OF TOWN OF CUSTON DECLARED TO CEASE TO EXIST" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australia: 739. 24 August 1961. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
↑ Quinlan, Howard; Newland, John (2000). Australian Railway Routes 1854 – 2000. Redfern: Australian Railway Historical Society. pp. 53, 58, 59. ISBN 0 909650 49 7.
↑ "Development Plan, Tatiara Council, Consolidated - 24 October 2013" (PDF). Government of South Australia. pp. 120–121, 134–135 and 205, 206. Retrieved 25 February 2017.

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[PLB-1] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Search result for "Custon (Locality Bounded)" (Record no SA0017462) with the following layers selected - "Suburbs and Localities", "Place names (gazetteer)", "Road Labels" and "Development Plan Layers"". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 2 March 2017.

[Census2016-2] 1 2 Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Custon". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 24 April 2018.

[SAGG-1881-3] 1 2 "Proclamation (Town of Custon proclaimed)" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australia: 1677. 8 December 1881. Retrieved 3 March 2017.

[SAGG-2000-4] 1 2 Lawson, Robert (16 March 2000). "GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT 1991 Notice to Assign Names and Boundaries to Places (in the District Council of Tatiara)" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. South Australian Government. p. 1434. Retrieved 24 April 2018.

[SAGG-1993-5] 1 2 "CROWN LANDS ACT, 1929: SECTION 5 (i.e. Town of Custon ... shall cease to exist.)" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australia: 422. 1 July 1993. Retrieved 3 March 2017.

[postcode-6] 1 2 3 "Postcode for Custon, South Australia". postcodes-australia.com. Retrieved 3 March 2017.

[region-7] 1 2 "Limestone Coast SA Government region" (PDF). The Government of South Australia. Retrieved 10 October 2014.

[ECSA-8] 1 2 "District of MacKillop Background Profile". Electoral Commission SA. Retrieved 29 March 2016.

[AEC-9] 1 2 "Federal electoral division of Barker" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 28 March 2016.

[10] "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics Padthaway South (nearest weather station)". Commonwealth of Australia , Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 24 February 2017.

[11] "Search result for "Serviceton (Locality Bounded)" (Vicmap ID 205407455)". Vicnames - The Register of Geographic Names. Government of Victoria. Retrieved 24 February 2017.

[12] "CROWN LANDS ACT, 1929-1960: PORTION OF TOWN OF CUSTON DECLARED TO CEASE TO EXIST" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australia: 739. 24 August 1961. Retrieved 3 March 2017.

[Routes-13] Quinlan, Howard; Newland, John (2000). Australian Railway Routes 1854 – 2000. Redfern: Australian Railway Historical Society. pp. 53, 58, 59. ISBN 0 909650 49 7.

[DP-14] "Development Plan, Tatiara Council, Consolidated - 24 October 2013" (PDF). Government of South Australia. pp. 120–121, 134–135 and 205, 206. Retrieved 25 February 2017.