Sapphiretown, South Australia

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Sapphiretown
South Australia
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Sapphiretown
Coordinates 35°47′28″S137°46′59″E / 35.79118694°S 137.78309723°E / -35.79118694; 137.78309723
Population21 (SAL 2021) [1]
Established1878 [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 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
Localities around Sapphiretown:
Nepean Bay Nepean Bay Nepean Bay
Nepean Bay Sapphiretown Island Beach
Pelican Lagoon Pelican Lagoon Island Beach
FootnotesCoordinates [2]
Locations [3]
Climate [7]
Adjoining localities [2]

Sapphiretown is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on the north coast of Dudley Peninsula on Kangaroo Island overlooking Eastern Cove about 121 kilometres (75 miles) south of the state capital of Adelaide and about 16 kilometres (9.9 miles) south-west of Penneshaw. [2] [3]

The locality was originally declared as a government town in January 1878 by Sir William Jervois, the tenth governor of South Australia for a site surveyed in March 1877. The locality's boundaries which were created in March 2002 include the former government town of Sapphiretown. The name is derived from HMS Sapphire, a sloop, which conveyed Jervois to South Australia in October 1877 to take up his appointment as Governor of South Australia. [2] [8] [9]

As of 2014, Sapphiretown consisted of land at the western end of Dudley Peninsula and which concludes as a spit known as Strawbridge Point at its north-western extremity and which is bounded to the north by Eastern Cove in Nepean Bay and by the body of water known as American River to the west. The locality is zoned for residential use exclusively for “detached dwellings” and “tourist accommodation.” [2] [10]

Sapphiretown 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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    1. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Sapphiretown (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 "Sapphiretown (Locality Bounded)" (Record no SA0059861) with the following layers selected - "Suburbs and Localities" and "Government Towns"". Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure . Retrieved 1 May 2016.
    3. 1 2 3 "Postcode for Sapphiretown, South Australia (Postcode)". postcodes-australia.com. Retrieved 1 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. ↑ "ARRIVAL OF THE GOVERNOR". South Australian Register . Vol. XLII, no. 9640. South Australia. 6 October 1877. p. 2 (Supplement to the South Australian Register.). Retrieved 1 May 2016– via National Library of Australia.
    9. ↑ Warner, J. H. B. (17 January 1878). "Notices under the Waste Lands Alienation Act 1872" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australia: 77. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
    10. ↑ "Development Plan, Kangaroo Island Council, Consolidated – 20 February 2014" (PDF). Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. pp. 128, 287 and 300. Retrieved 8 March 2016.


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