Cygnet River, South Australia

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Cygnet River
South Australia
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Kingscote Airport and the adjoining land use as viewed from the north
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Cygnet River
Coordinates 35°41′54″S137°31′10″E / 35.698280°S 137.519580°E / -35.698280; 137.519580
Population72 (SAL 2021) [1]
Established2002 [2]
Postcode(s) 5223 [3]
Elevation6 m (20 ft) [4]
Time zone ACST (UTC+9:30)
 • Summer (DST) ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location
LGA(s) Kangaroo Island Council
Region Fleurieu and Kangaroo Island [5]
County Carnarvon [2]
State electorate(s) Mawson [6]
Federal division(s) Mayo [7]
Mean max tempMean min tempAnnual rainfall
21.0 °C
70 °F		8.9 °C
48 °F		444.0 mm
17.5 in
Localities around Cygnet River:
Menzies Menzies
Wisanger
Kingscote 		Brownlow KI
Kohinoor Cygnet River Nepean Bay (water body)
Kohinoor Kohinoor
Birchmore
MacGillivray 		Nepean Bay
FootnotesDistances [3] [2]
Coordinates [2]
Climate [4]
Adjoining localities [2]

Cygnet River is a locality on Kangaroo Island in the Australian state of South Australia, about 192 kilometres (119 miles) south-west of the state capital of Adelaide and about 12 kilometres (7.5 miles) from the municipal seat of Kingscote. [3]

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Its boundaries were created in 2002 in respect to “the long established name” which is reported to be derived from the stream located within its boundaries. [2]

Cygnet River is located within the federal division of Mayo, the state electoral district of Mawson and the local government area of the Kangaroo Island Council. [7] [6] [2]

Land use

The major land use within the locality is primary production. [8] The locality also includes the Kingscote Airport and the Cygnet Estuary Conservation Park. [8] [2]

Cygnet River contains the following places listed on the South Australian Heritage Register: [9] [10]

River

The locality of Cygnet River is named for the watercourse also named Cygnet River. It is the longest river on Kangaroo Island. They are named after Cygnet , which was the fifth ship to arrive in South Australia in 1836. [11] The river empties via a delta on the western shore of Western Cove, part of Nepean Bay. [12] It had previously been named the Morgan River after Robert Clark Morgan, the captain of Duke of York , another of the ships in the First Fleet of South Australia. [13]

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References

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    1. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Cygnet River (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
    2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Search result for "Cygnet River (Locality Bounded)" (Record no SA0017630) with the following layer being selected - "Suburbs and Localities"". Property Location Browser. Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
    3. 1 2 3 "Cygnet River, South Australia (Postcode)". postcodes-australia.com. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
    4. 1 2 "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics KINGSCOTE AERO". Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
    5. ↑ "Fleurieu and Kangaroo Island SA Government region" (PDF). The Government of South Australia. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
    6. 1 2 Mawson (Map). Electoral District Boundaries Commission. 2016. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
    7. 1 2 "Federal electoral division of Mayo, boundary gazetted 16 December 2011" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
    8. 1 2 "Development Plan, Kangaroo Island Council" (PDF). Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. pp. 159, 260, 282 & 287. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
    9. ↑ "Farm and Eucalyptus Oil Distillery Ruins, Duck Lagoon". South Australian Heritage Register. Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
    10. ↑ "Dwelling & Eucalyptus Oil Distillery Ruins". South Australian Heritage Register. Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
    11. ↑ "Place Names of South Australia". The Manning Index of South Australian History. State Library of South Australia . Retrieved 15 April 2020.
    12. ↑ "Cygnet River Delta". Beachsafe. Surf Life Saving Australia . Retrieved 15 April 2020.
    13. ↑ "Morgan River". Bound for South Australia. Retrieved 15 April 2020.


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