MacGillivray, South Australia

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MacGillivray
South Australia
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MacGillivray
Coordinates 35°48′38″S137°31′12″E / 35.810530°S 137.519980°E / -35.810530; 137.519980
Population117 (SAL 2016) [1] [2]
Established2002 [3]
Postcode(s) 5223 [4]
Time zone ACST (UTC+9:30)
 • Summer (DST) ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location
LGA(s) Kangaroo Island Council [3]
Region Fleurieu and Kangaroo Island [5]
County County of Carnarvon [3]
State electorate(s) Mawson [6]
Federal division(s) Mayo [7]
Mean max tempMean min tempAnnual rainfall
21.0 °C
70 °F		9.0 °C
48 °F		444.0 mm
17.5 in
Localities around MacGillivray:
Seddon Kohinoor
Birchmore
Cygnet River 		Nepean Bay
Seddon
Seal Bay 		MacGillivray Haines
D'Estrees Bay
OceanOceanOcean
FootnotesCoordinates [3]
Locations [4]
Climate [8]
Adjoining localities [3]

MacGillivray is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on the south coast of Kangaroo Island overlooking the body of water known in Australia as the Southern Ocean and by international authorities as the Great Australian Bight. [9] [10] It is located about 140 kilometres (87 miles) southwest of the state capital of Adelaide and about 24 kilometres (15 miles) south of the municipal seat of Kingscote. [3] [4]

Its boundaries were created in May 2002 for the “long established name” which is derived from the cadastral unit of the Hundred of MacGillivray in which it is located. [3]

The land use within the locality consists of agriculture and conservation with the former use occupying the northern end of the locality while the latter use occupying the southern end and consisting of the following protected areas - the part of the Cape Gantheaume Conservation Park associated the wetland system at Murray Lagoon and the Cape Gantheaume Wilderness Protection Area which covers the entire coastland including the headland known as Cape Gantheaume. [11]

The locality includes the former Faulding's Eucalyptus Plantation, which is listed on the South Australian Heritage Register [12]

MacGillivray 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] [6] [7]

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    1. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "MacGillivray (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2016.  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
    2. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Macgillivray (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2016 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
    3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Search result for "MacGillivray (Locality Bounded)" (Record no SA0041846) 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 1 June 2016.
    4. 1 2 3 "Postcode for MacGillivray, South Australia". postcodes-australia.com. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
    5. ↑ "Limestone Coast SA Government regionGovernment 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. ↑ "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics KINGSCOTE AERO (nearest station)". Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
    9. ↑ "Limits of Oceans and Seas, 3rd edition" (PDF) (PDF). International Hydrographic Organization. 1953. pp. 35–36. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 October 2011. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
    10. ↑ "AHS – AA609582" (PDF) (PDF). The Australian Hydrographic Service. 5 July 2012. Retrieved 30 May 2013.
    11. ↑ "Development Plan, Kangaroo Island Council, Consolidated – 20 February 2014" (PDF). Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. pp. 135, 152, 239, 267–271 and 324–329. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
    12. ↑ "Former Faulding's Eucalyptus Plantation". South Australian Heritage Register. Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources. Retrieved 2 June 2016.


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