Island Beach, South Australia

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Island Beach
South Australia
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Island Beach
Coordinates 35°48′0″S137°48′36″E / 35.80000°S 137.81000°E / -35.80000; 137.81000
Population71 (SAL 2021) [1]
Postcode(s) 5222 [2]
Time zone ACST (UTC+9:30)
 • Summer (DST) ACDT (UTC+10:30)
Location
LGA(s) Kangaroo Island Council [3]
Region Fleurieu and Kangaroo Island [4]
County Carnarvon [3]
State electorate(s) Mawson [5]
Federal division(s) Mayo [6]
Mean max tempMean min tempAnnual rainfall
19.1 °C
66 °F
11.6 °C
53 °F
488.9 mm
19.2 in
Localities around Island Beach:
Nepean Bay Nepean Bay Nepean Bay
Sapphiretown Island Beach Brown Beach
Pelican Lagoon Pelican Lagoon Dudley West
FootnotesLocation [2]
Climate [7]
Adjoining localities [3]

Island Beach is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia overlooking Eastern Cove in Nepean Bay on the north-west coast of the Dudley Peninsula on Kangaroo Island about 121 kilometres (75 miles) from the state capital of Adelaide and about 21 kilometres (13 miles) from Penneshaw. [2] [3]

John Stewart Browne subdivided Island Beach in 1961 into 254 allotments, with average block sizes exceeding 1,000 square metres (11,000 square feet). Development stalled for a number of years, due largely to a reluctance of the local council to construct roads through the estate, which under planning regulations of the time were not the responsibility of the developer.[ citation needed ]

In the late 1970s a separate land subdivision occurred to the south of the original estate. Known locally as Carter's Estate, these allotments were more traditionally under 1,000 square metres (11,000 square feet) in size. Throughout the late 1980s and beyond, development accelerated with substantial seafront residences being erected, and land values beginning to rise.[ citation needed ]

There is limited access to the beach for boat launching and retrieval. [8] 

Island Beach is located within the federal division of Mayo, the state electoral district of Mawson and the local government area of the Kangaroo Island Council. [3] [5] [6]

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References

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    1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Island Beach (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
    2. 1 2 3 "Postcode for Island Beach, South Australia". postcodes-australia.com. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
    3. 1 2 3 4 5 "Search result for "Island Beach (Locality Bounded)" (Record no SA0044357) with the following layers selected - "Suburbs and Localities"". Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
    4. "Fleurieu and Kangaroo Island SA Government region" (PDF). The Government of South Australia. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
    5. 1 2 Mawson (Map). Electoral District Boundaries Commission. 2016. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
    6. 1 2 "Federal electoral division of Mayo, boundary gazetted 16 December 2011" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
    7. "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics – Kingscote (nearest station)". Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
    8. "Kangaroo Island boat ramps". Archived from the original on 1 July 2007. Retrieved 15 July 2007.