Menzies South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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Coordinates | 35°41′45″S137°26′02″E / 35.695710°S 137.433970°E | ||||||||||||||
Population | 83 (SAL 2021) [1] | ||||||||||||||
Established | 2002 [2] | ||||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 5223 [3] | ||||||||||||||
Time zone | ACST (UTC+9:30) | ||||||||||||||
• Summer (DST) | ACST (UTC+10:30) | ||||||||||||||
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LGA(s) | Kangaroo Island Council [2] | ||||||||||||||
Region | Fleurieu and Kangaroo Island [4] | ||||||||||||||
County | Carnarvon [2] | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | Mawson [5] > | ||||||||||||||
Federal division(s) | Mayo [6] | ||||||||||||||
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Footnotes | Coordinates [2] Locations [3] [2] Climate [7] Adjoining localities [2] |
Menzies is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on Kangaroo Island about 136 kilometres (85 miles) south-west of the state capital of Adelaide and about 19 kilometres (12 miles) west of the municipal seat of Kingscote. [2] [3]
Its boundaries were created in May 2002 for the “long established name” which was derived from the cadastral unit of the Hundred of Menzies. [2]
The principal land use in the locality is primary production. [8] [2]
Menzies is located within the federal division of Mayo, the state electoral district of Mawson and the local government area of the Kangaroo Island Council. [6] [5] [2]