Keppoch, South Australia

Keppoch South Australia
Keppoch
Coordinates	36°42′56″S140°35′40″E / 36.715630°S 140.594560°E / -36.715630; 140.594560 Coordinates: 36°42′56″S140°35′40″E / 36.715630°S 140.594560°E / -36.715630; 140.594560 [1]
Population	65 (SAL 2021) [2]
Established	1870 (town) 12 April 2001 (locality) [3] [4]
Postcode(s)	5271 [5]
Time zone	ACST (UTC+9:30)
• Summer (DST)	ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location	269 km (167 mi) SE of Adelaide 29 km (18 mi) NW of Naracoorte 122 km (76 mi) N of Mount Gambier
LGA(s)	Naracoorte Lucindale Council [1]
Region	Limestone Coast [6]
County	MacDonnell [7]
State electorate(s)	MacKillop [7]
Federal division(s)	Barker [8]
Mean max temp [9] Mean min temp [9] Annual rainfall [9] 21.5 °C 71 °F 8.6 °C 47 °F 453.8 mm 17.9 in
Suburbs around Keppoch: Woolumbool Padthaway The Gap The Gap Woolumbool Keppoch The Gap Woolumbool Lochaber Cadgee
Footnotes	Adjoining Localities [1]

Keppoch (formerly Cockatoo Lake and Keppach) is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located in the state's south-east within the Limestone Coast region about 269 kilometres (167 miles) south east of the state capital of Adelaide and about 29 kilometres (18 miles) north-east of the municipal seat of Naracoorte. ^{[1] [6] [5]}

Keppoch started as a town surveyed in 1870 with a proposed name of Cockatoo Lake, but it was given the name of ‘Keppoch’ “after a village in Argyll, Scotland” by Governor Fergusson. However, this name was misspelt as 'Keppach'. ^[10] It was officially renamed in 1938 under the Crown Lands Act 1929 via proclamation as the “Town of Keppoch” on the basis that “the name, which is of Scottish origin, was incorrectly spelt.” ^{[11] [12]} A school opened with the name "Keppach" which was changed to "Keppoch" in 1942 and which was closed in 1951. ^[10] Boundaries were created in April 2001 for the locality which include the extent of the government town of Keppoch. ^{[1] [13]}

The majority land use within the locality is primary production. A parcel of land at the locality's western end was proclaimed in 1977 as a protected area known as the Talapar Conservation Park. ^{[1] [14] [15]}

Keppoch is located within the federal division of Barker, the state electoral district of MacKillop and the local government area of the Naracoorte Lucindale Council. ^{[8] [7] [1]}

References

1. "Search result for 'Keppoch, LOCB' with the following datasets selected – 'Suburbs and Localities','Counties', 'Government Towns', 'Local Government areas', 'SA Government Regions' and 'Gazetteer'". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
2. Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Keppoch (Suburb and Locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. 
3. "Search result for "Cockatoo Lake (GTWN)" (Record no SA0014611) with the following layers selected - "Suburbs and Localities" and "Place names (gazetteer)"". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
4. "GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT 1991 Notice to Assign a Boundary to a Place (to areas within the Naracoorte Lucindale Council)" (PDF). South Australian Government Gazette. South Australian government. 12 April 2001. p. 1587. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
5. "Postcode for Keppoch, South Australia". postcodes-australia.com. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
6. "Limestone Coast SA Government region" (PDF). The Government of South Australia. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
7. "District of MacKillop Background Profile". Electoral Commission SA. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
8. "Federal electoral division of Barker" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
9. "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics Padthaway South (nearest weather station)". Commonwealth of Australia , Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
10. "Place Names of South Australia - K, Keppoch". The Manning Index of South Australian History. State Library of South Australia. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
11. "TOWN OF KEPPOCH" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australia: 472. 1 September 1938. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
12. "NEW SPELLING FOR S.E. TOWNSHIP". The Narracoorte Herald . Vol. LXIII, no. 6430. South Australia. 9 September 1938. p. 3. Retrieved 16 January 2017– via National Library of Australia.
13. "GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT 1991, Notice to Assign a Boundary to a Place" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australia: 1587. 12 April 2001. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
14. "Development Plan, Naracoorte Lucindale Council, Consolidated – 29 November 2012" (PDF). Government of South Australia. pp. 130–131 and 181–185. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
15. "Protected Areas Information System - reserve list (as of 11 July 2016)" (PDF). Department of Environment Water and Natural Resources. 11 July 2016. Retrieved 14 July 2016.