Menzies, South Australia

Menzies
Town
Menzies
Coordinates: 35°41′45″S137°26′02″E / 35.695710°S 137.433970°E / -35.695710; 137.433970
Country	Australia
State	South Australia
Region	Fleurieu and Kangaroo Island [1]
LGA	Kangaroo Island Council
Location	136 km (85 mi) south-west of Adelaide 19 km (12 mi) west of Kingscote
Established	2002 [2]
Government
•  State electorate	Mawson [3] >
•  Federal division	Mayo [4]
Population
• Total	83 (SAL 2021) [5]
Time zone	UTC+9:30 (ACST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+10:30 (ACST)
Postcode	5223 [6]
County	Carnarvon [2]
Mean max temp	21.0 °C (69.8 °F)
Mean min temp	9.0 °C (48.2 °F)
Annual rainfall	444.0 mm (17.48 in)
Localities around Menzies Cassini Wisanger Wisanger Kingscote Cassini Menzies Cygnet River Kohinoor Kohinoor Cygnet River
Coordinates [2] Locations [6] [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] [6]}

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. ^{[4] [3] [2]}

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1. "Limestone Coast SA Government region" (PDF). The Government of South Australia. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
2. "Search result for "Menzies (Locality Bounded)" (Record no SA0058079 with the following layers selected - "Suburbs and Localities", "Place names (gazetteer)", "Road Labels" and "Development Plan Layers"". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
3. Mawson (Map). Electoral District Boundaries Commission. 2016. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
4. "Federal electoral division of Mayo, boundary gazetted 16 December 2011" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
5. Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Menzies (SA) (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. 
6. "Menzies, South Australia (postcode)". postcodes-australia.com. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
7. "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics KINGSCOTE AERO (nearest station)". Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
8. "Development Plan, Kangaroo Island Council, Consolidated – 20 February 2014" (PDF). Government of South Australia. pp. 152–153, 242–251 and 267–271. Retrieved 8 March 2016.