Port Davis, South Australia

Port Davis
Port Davis; South Australia
	Port Davis
Coordinates	33°16′S137°51′E / 33.26°S 137.85°E Coordinates: 33°16′S137°51′E / 33.26°S 137.85°E
Population	364 (shared) [lower-alpha 1] (2011 census) [1]
Established	1995 [2]
Postcode(s)	5540 [3]
Time zone	ACST (UTC+9:30)
• Summer (DST)	ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location	197 km (122 mi) north of Adelaide city centre ; 18 km (11 mi) west of Port Pirie ;
LGA(s)	Port Pirie Regional Council [2]
State electorate(s)	Frome [4]
Federal Division(s)	Grey [5]
	Suburbs around Port Davis:
Footnotes	Coordinates [2] ; Location [3] ; Climate [6] ; Adjoining localities [2]

Last updated May 10, 2020

Port Davis is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia on the east coast of Spencer Gulf about 18 kilometres (11 miles) to the west of the city of Port Pirie and about 197 kilometres (122 miles) north of the state capital of Adelaide.^[2]^[3]

The locality was established in June 1995 in respect to “the long established name.”^[2]

Port Davis occupies land on the west and north side of a promontory known as Jarrold Point which itself forms part of the southern side of Germein Bay. The locality includes the mouth of the Broughton River which is also known as Port Davis Creek.^[7]

Land use within the locality consists of conservation along the coastline where built development will be minimal and will be limited to “low-intensity recreational uses” and where provided, will complement the environment of the locality, and agriculture on its southeastern side.^[8]

Port Davis is located within the federal Division of Grey, the state electoral district of Frome and the local government area of the Port Pirie Regional Council.^[5]^[4]^[2]

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References

Notes

↑ For the 2011 census, Port Davis was part of the ‘State Suburb of Warnertown' along with several other localities.

Citations

↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Warnertown". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Search result for " Port Davis (LOCB)" (Record no SA0040546)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 2 July 2016.
1 2 3 "Postcode for Port Davis , South Australia". postcodes-australia.com. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
1 2 "District of Frome Background Profile". Electoral Commission SA. 29 April 2014. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
1 2 "Federal electoral division of Grey, boundary gazetted 16 December 2011" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
↑ "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics Georgetown (nearest station)". Commonwealth of Australia , Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
↑ Boating Industry Association of South Australia (BIA); South Australia. Department for Environment and Heritage (2005), South Australia's waters an atlas & guide, Boating Industry Association of South Australia, p. 208, ISBN 978-1-86254-680-6
↑ "Development Plan, Port Pirie (RC), Consolidated – 10 January 2013" (PDF). Government of South Australia. pp. 134, 139, 173, 196 & 197. Retrieved 26 May 2016.

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[1] For the 2011 census, Port Davis was part of the ‘State Suburb of Warnertown' along with several other localities.

[Census2011-2] Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Warnertown". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 2 July 2016.

[PLB-3] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Search result for " Port Davis (LOCB)" (Record no SA0040546)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 2 July 2016.

[postcode-4] 1 2 3 "Postcode for Port Davis , South Australia". postcodes-australia.com. Retrieved 2 July 2016.

[ECSA-5] 1 2 "District of Frome Background Profile". Electoral Commission SA. 29 April 2014. Retrieved 6 May 2016.

[AEC-6] 1 2 "Federal electoral division of Grey, boundary gazetted 16 December 2011" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 20 August 2015.

[7] "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics Georgetown (nearest station)". Commonwealth of Australia , Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 2 July 2016.

[8] Boating Industry Association of South Australia (BIA); South Australia. Department for Environment and Heritage (2005), South Australia's waters an atlas & guide, Boating Industry Association of South Australia, p. 208, ISBN 978-1-86254-680-6

[PortPirie-9] "Development Plan, Port Pirie (RC), Consolidated – 10 January 2013" (PDF). Government of South Australia. pp. 134, 139, 173, 196 & 197. Retrieved 26 May 2016.