Cygnet River, South Australia

Cygnet River South Australia
Kingscote Airport and the adjoining land use as viewed from the north
Cygnet River
Coordinates	35°41′54″S137°31′10″E / 35.698280°S 137.519580°E / -35.698280; 137.519580
Population	72 (SAL 2021) [1]
Established	2002 [2]
Postcode(s)	5223 [3]
Elevation	6 m (20 ft) [4]
Time zone	ACST (UTC+9:30)
• Summer (DST)	ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location	130 km (81 mi) south-west of Adelaide 12 km (7 mi) south of Kingscote
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 temp Mean min temp Annual 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
Footnotes	Distances [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]

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]}

• Farm and Eucalyptus Oil Distillery Ruins, Duck Lagoon
• Dwelling & Eucalyptus Oil Distillery Ruins (Cygnet River)

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 was previously named "Three Well River" ^[13] and the location of Henry Wallen's farm, ^[14] then (briefly) Morgan River, after Robert Clark Morgan, the captain of Duke of York , first of the First Fleet of South Australia to arrive. ^[15]

See also

• South Australia portal

• List of rivers of Australia § South Australia

References

Notes

Citations

1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Cygnet River (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. 
2. "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. "Cygnet River, South Australia (Postcode)". postcodes-australia.com. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
4. "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. Mawson (Map). Electoral District Boundaries Commission. 2016. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
7. "Federal electoral division of Mayo, boundary gazetted 16 December 2011" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
8. "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. "The Miscellany". Adelaide Observer . Vol. L, no. 2, 681. South Australia. 18 February 1893. p. 41. Retrieved 5 September 2025– via National Library of Australia.
14. Neville Cordes (1969). Portrait of an Island. Islander Newspapers.
15. "Morgan River". Bound for South Australia. Retrieved 15 April 2020.