Dowlingville, South Australia

Dowlingville South Australia
Dowlingville Uniting (formerly Methodist) Church in 2012
Dowlingville
Coordinates	34°19′37″S137°55′09″E / 34.327010°S 137.919250°E / -34.327010; 137.919250
Population	33 (SAL 2021) [1]
Established	1999 [2]
Postcode(s)	5555 [3]
Time zone	ACST (UTC+9:30)
• Summer (DST)	ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location	89 km (55 mi) north-west of Adelaide
LGA(s)	Yorke Peninsula Council
Region	Yorke and Mid North [4]
County	Fergusson [2]
State electorate(s)	Narungga [5]
Federal division(s)	Grey [6]
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall 22.6 °C 73 °F 10.7 °C 51 °F 332.0 mm 13.1 in
Localities around Dowlingville: Winulta Winulta Price Petersville Dowlingville Price Gulf St Vincent Cunningham Ardrossan Tiddy Widdy Beach Gulf St Vincent
Footnotes	Distances [3] Coordinates [2] Climate [7] Adjoining localities [2]

Dowlingville is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on the east coast of Yorke Peninsula immediately adjoining Gulf St Vincent about 89 kilometres (55 miles) north-west of the state capital of Adelaide. ^{[3] [2]} Its boundaries were created in May 1999. ^{[2] [8]}

Dowlingville Post Office in 2012

The name of the locality is considered to have been derived from a Mr G.P. Dowling Whittaker who was an early resident. ^{[2] [9]} In 1904 it was described as ^[9]

This is essentially a farming district, so that it is not surprising to find only a few houses, one store, a post office (conducted by Mr. Whittaker), a state school (in charge of Mrs. Lewis), and a church. Only a few years ago this country was covered with scrub. Industry and manures have transformed the district considerably.

—  The Register, 3 May 1904 ^[10]

The locality contains the historic former Dowlingville Post Office, which is listed on the South Australian Heritage Register. ^[11]

As of 2014, the majority land use within the locality is “primary production.” ^[12]

Dowlingville is located within the federal division of Grey, the state electoral district of Narungga and the local government area of the Yorke Peninsula Council. ^{[2] [5] [6]}

See also

• List of cities and towns in South Australia

References

1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Dowlingville (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. 
2. "Search result for "Dowlingville (Locality Bounded)" (Record no SA0020604) with the following layers selected - "suburbs and localities"". Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
3. "Dowlingville, South Australia (Postcode)". postcodes-australia.com. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
4. "Yorke and Mid North SA Government region" (PDF). The Government of South Australia. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
5. Narungga (Map). Electoral District Boundaries Commission. 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
6. "Federal electoral division of Grey" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
7. "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics PRICE". Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
8. Kentish, P. M. (27 May 1999), "GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT 1991, Notice to Assign Boundaries and Names to Places" (PDF), The South Australian Government Gazette (68): 2696, retrieved 14 September 2017
9. "Dowlingville". State Library of South Australia. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
10. "YORKE'S PENINSULA". The Register (Adelaide) . Vol. LXIX, no. 17, 931. South Australia. 3 May 1904. p. 7. Retrieved 31 March 2022– via National Library of Australia.
11. "Dowlingville Post Office". Department of Environment Water and Natural Resources. 16 March 2000. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
12. "Development Plan - Yorke Peninsula Council" (PDF). Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. pp. 336–340. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 June 2015. Retrieved 24 July 2015.