Suttontown, South Australia

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Suttontown
Mount Gambier,  South Australia
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Suttontown
Suttontown, South Australia
Coordinates 37°48′14″S140°46′26″E / 37.803932°S 140.7739410°E / -37.803932; 140.7739410 [1]
Population692 (SAL 2021) [2]
LGA(s)
Region Limestone Coast [3]
County Grey [1]
State electorate(s) Mount Gambier [4]
Federal division(s) Barker [5]
Suburbs around Suttontown:
Wandilo Wandilo Mingbool
Compton Suttontown Mil-Lel
Compton Mount Gambier Worrolong
FootnotesAdjoining localities [1]

Suttontown (originally Sutton Town) is a north-western suburb of Mount Gambier, a city in the south-east of South Australia.

Boundaries for the suburb were created in February 1999 for the “long established name.” [6] [7] It was originally a private subdivision of sections 259 and 265 of the Hundred of Blanche, [6] [8] which were adjacent to the Wandilo and Wireless W roads level crossing of the Kalangadoo railway line. [9]

The dwelling known as ‘Pine Hall’ is listed as a state heritage place on the South Australian Heritage Register. [10]

Suttontown is located within the federal division of Barker, the state Electoral district of Mount Gambier and the local government areas of the District Council of Grant and the City of Mount Gambier. [5] [4] [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Search results for 'Suttontown, LOCB' with the following datasets being selected - 'Suburbs and Localities', 'Counties', 'Local Government Areas', 'SA Government Regions' and 'Gazetteer'". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
  2. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Suttontown (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  3. ↑ "Limestone Coast SA Government region" (PDF). The Government of South Australia. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  4. 1 2 "District of Mount Gambier Background Profile". Electoral Commission SA. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
  5. 1 2 "Federal electoral division of Barker" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
  6. 1 2 "Property Location Browser (Search for 'Suttontown', ID SA0038299)". Government of South Australia. Other details: Spelling adopted for area created in February 1999 as part of the process of developing rural locality boundaries for DC Grant (this portion formerly DC Penola).
  7. ↑ "GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT 1991, Notice to Assign Boundaries and Names to Places" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australia: 1159. 25 February 1999. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
  8. ↑ "Property Location Browser (Search for 'Sutton Town', ID SA0028515)". Government of South Australia. Other details: Originally a private subdivision of Sections 259 & 265. [...] this name was the accepted during the creation of boundaries in February 1999 for long established name in the former DC Penola.
  9. ↑ Hundred of Blanche map, 1887 published by State Library of South Australia, 2015
  10. ↑ "Dwelling ('Pine Hall')". South Australian Heritage Register. Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
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