Tooligie, South Australia

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Tooligie
South Australia
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Tooligie
Coordinates 33°51′S135°42′E / 33.85°S 135.70°E / -33.85; 135.70 Coordinates: 33°51′S135°42′E / 33.85°S 135.70°E / -33.85; 135.70
Population432 (shared with other localities within the “State Suburb of Lock”) (2011 census) [1]
Established1929 [2]
Postcode(s) 5607 [3]
Time zone ACST (UTC+9:30)
 • Summer (DST) ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location
LGA(s) District Council of Elliston [2]
State electorate(s) Flinders [4]
Federal Division(s) Grey [5]
Mean max tempMean min tempAnnual rainfall
22.1 °C
72 °F		11.4 °C
53 °F		400.6 mm
15.8 in
Localities around Tooligie:
Kappawanta Kappawanta
Murdinga 		Murlong
Sheringa Tooligie Hincks
Kiana Kiana
Mitchell
Karkoo 		Brooker
FootnotesLocations [3]
Coordinates [2]
Climate [6]
Adjoining localities [7]

Tooligie is a small town in South Australia on the Eyre Peninsula about 290 kilometres (180 miles) west of the Adelaide city centre and about 84 kilometres (52 miles) north of the city of Port Lincoln. [3]

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Tooligie was declared as a government town by Governor Hore Ruthven on 30 May 1929. The boundaries of the locality which do include the former government town were created in November 1999. The name is reported to have been derived from a hill located to the east of the town. [2] [8]

The following protected areas are located within Tooligie - the Hincks Conservation Park and the Peachna Conservation Park. [7]

The Tod Highway and the Cummins to Wudinna branch of the Eyre Peninsula Railway both pass through the locality with a railway station being located at the site of the former government town. [9] [10] [2]

Tooligie is located within the federal division of Grey, the state electoral district of Flinders and the local government area of the District Council of Elliston. [5] [4] [2]

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References

  1. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Lock". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 27 February 2016. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Search result for "Tooligie (Locality Bounded)" (Record no SA0066179)". Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure . Retrieved 5 March 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 "Tooligie, South Australia (Postcode)". postcodes-australia.com. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
  4. 1 2 "District of Flinders Background Profile". Electoral Commission SA. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  5. 1 2 "Federal electoral division of Grey, boundary gazetted 16 December 2011" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  6. ↑ "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics CLEVE". Commonwealth of Australia , Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
  7. 1 2 "Search result for "Tooligie (Locality Bounded)" (Record no SA0066179) with the following layers being selected - "Suburbs and Localities" and "Local Government Areas"". Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure . Retrieved 5 March 2016.
  8. ↑ Kentish, P. M. (11 November 1999), "GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT 1991, Notice to Assign Boundaries and Names to Places" (PDF), The South Australian Government Gazette: 22321, retrieved 5 December 2015
  9. ↑ A.J. Millazzo, Delegate of the Commissioner of Highways (28 February 2011). "Naming of State Rural Roads - Eyre Peninsula" (PDF). Government of South Australia. Rack Plan 997. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
  10. ↑ "Eyre Peninsula Lines" (PDF). SA Track & Signal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 5 March 2016.


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