Middle River, South Australia

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Middle River
South Australia
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Middle River
Coordinates 35°40′01″S137°04′45″E / 35.666960°S 137.079150°E / -35.666960; 137.079150
Population23 (SAL 2021) [1]
Established2002 [2]
Postcode(s) 5223 [3]
Time zone ACST (UTC+9:30)
 • Summer (DST) ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location162 km (101 mi) south-west of Adelaide city centre
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]
Mean max tempMean min tempAnnual rainfall
198.1 °C
389 °F		11.6 °C
53 °F		488.9 mm
19.2 in
Localities around Middle River:
Investigator Strait Investigator Strait Stokes Bay
Western River Middle River Stokes Bay
Western River Duncan Duncan
FootnotesCoordinates [2]
Locations [3]
Climate [7]
Adjoining localities [2]

Middle River is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on the north coast of Kangaroo Island overlooking Investigator Strait about 162 kilometres (101 miles) south-west of the state capital of Adelaide. [2] [3]

Its boundaries were created in March 2002 for the “long established name” and include the following shack sites - Middle River Shack Site and King George Shack Site. In 2011, a portion of Middle River was excised and added to the adjoining locality of Western River. [2]

The locality includes the watercourse called the Middle River and the associated water storage facility, the Middle River Reservoir. [2] [8]

Land use in the locality is principally for agricultural purposes with activity limited on both the coastline to the north and on land at the locality's southern boundary respectively for conservation purposes and for the protection of the drainage basin supplying the Middle River Reservoir. [9]

Middle River 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]

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    1. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Middle River (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
    2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Search result for "Middle River(Locality Bounded)" (Record no SA0044596) with the following layers selected - "Suburbs and Localities" and " Place names (gazetteer)"". Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
    3. 1 2 3 "Postcode for Middle River, South Australia (Postcode)". postcodes-australia.com. Retrieved 21 April 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. ↑ "Middle River Reservoir". South Australian Water Corporation. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
    9. ↑ "Development Plan, Kangaroo Island Council" (PDF). Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. pp. 114–115, 152–156, 197–198, 236, 259, 261 and 416. Retrieved 8 March 2016.


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