Pelican Lagoon, South Australia

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Pelican Lagoon
South Australia
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Pelican Lagoon
Coordinates 35°49′57″S137°48′55″E / 35.832580°S 137.815260°E / -35.832580; 137.815260 Coordinates: 35°49′57″S137°48′55″E / 35.832580°S 137.815260°E / -35.832580; 137.815260
Population319 (shared with other localities in the “State Suburb of Island Beach”) (2011 census) [1] [lower-alpha 1]
Established2002 [2]
Postcode(s) 5222 [3]
Time zone ACST (UTC+9:30)
 • Summer (DST) ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location
LGA(s) Kangaroo Island Council [2]
Region Fleurieu and Kangaroo Island [4]
County County of Carnarvon [2]
State electorate(s) Mawson [5]
Federal division(s) Mayo [6]
Mean max tempMean min tempAnnual rainfall
19.1 °C
66 °F
11.6 °C
53 °F
488.9 mm
19.2 in
Suburbs around Pelican Lagoon:
American River (body of water) Sapphiretown
Island Beach
Brown Beach
Pelican Lagoon
Muston
Haines
Pelican Lagoon Dudley West
OceanOceanOcean
FootnotesCoordinates [2]
Locations [3]
Climate [7]
Adjoining localities [2]

Pelican Lagoon is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on the south coast of Dudley Peninsula on Kangaroo Island overlooking the body of water known in Australia as the Southern Ocean and by international authorities as the Great Australian Bight. It is located about 123 kilometres (76 miles) south of the state capital of Adelaide and about 17 kilometres (11 miles) south-west of Penneshaw. [2] [3] [8] [9]

The locality’s boundaries were created in March 2002 for the “long established name” which is derived from Pelican Lagoon, the seawater lagoon which adjoins the locality to the west. [2]

As of 2014, Pelican Lagoon consisted of land at the western end of Dudley Peninsula which adjoins the seawater lagoon of Pelican Lagoon on its north, east and west sides including the isthmus to the south that connects the peninsula to the west part of Kangaroo Island and which adjoins the island’s southern coastline. [2] Land within the locality is zoned for agriculture, conservation including the Pelican Lagoon Conservation Park and residential use. [10]

The locality includes a threshing floor which is listed on the South Australian Heritage Register. [11]

Pelican Lagoon is located within the federal division of Mayo, the state electoral district of Mawson and the local government area of the Kangaroo Island Council. [2] [5] [6]

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References

Notes
  1. For the 2011 census, the State Suburb of Island Beach covered the full extent of the Dudley Peninsula with the exception of Penneshaw - refer Dudley Peninsula#Demographics for more information
Citations
  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Island Beach". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 1 May 2016. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Search result for "Pelican Lagoon (Locality Bounded)" (Record no SA0058061) with the following layers selected - "Suburbs and Localities" and "Counties"". Government of South Australia. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 "Postcode for Pelican Lagoon, South Australia". postcodes-australia.com. Retrieved 24 May 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. "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.
  9. "AHS – AA609582" (PDF) (PDF). The Australian Hydrographic Service. 5 July 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 May 2013. Retrieved 30 May 2013.
  10. "Development Plan, Kangaroo Island Council, Consolidated – 20 February 2014" (PDF). Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure (DPTI). pp. 290–331. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
  11. "Threshing Floor, Pelican Lagoon Conservation Park (sic)]]". South Australian Heritage Register. Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources. Retrieved 27 May 2016.