Ward Hill, South Australia

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Ward Hill
South Australia
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Ward Hill
Coordinates 33°41′05″S137°50′49″E / 33.684640°S 137.847060°E / -33.684640; 137.847060 Coordinates: 33°41′05″S137°50′49″E / 33.684640°S 137.847060°E / -33.684640; 137.847060
Population1424 (shared with other localities within the State Suburb of Port Broughton) (2011 census) [1]
Established1998 [2]
Postcode(s) 5522 [3]
Time zone ACST (UTC+9:30)
 • Summer (DST) ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location157 km (98 mi) north-west of Adelaide city centre
LGA(s) District Council of Barunga West [2]
State electorate(s) Narungga [4]
Federal Division(s) Grey [5]
Mean max tempMean min tempAnnual rainfall
23.8 °C
75 °F		9.8 °C
50 °F		330.1 mm
13 in
Suburbs around Ward Hill:
Spencer GulfSpencer GulfSpencer Gulf
Spencer Gulf Ward Hill Port Broughton
Tickera Alford Alford [2]
FootnotesDistances [3]
Coordinates [2]
Climate [6]
Adjoining localities [2]

Ward Hill is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on the west coast of Yorke Peninsula immediately adjoining Spencer Gulf about 157 kilometres (98 miles) north-west of the Adelaide city centre. [3]

Its boundaries were created in October 1998 for the “long established name” and included the Webling Bay Shack Area. The name was derived from the hill now located within the locality. [2] Its coastline with Spencer Gulf includes at its northern end, an inlet known as Mundoora Arm and a channel known as Hamilton Lagoons. [7]

As of 2015, land within the locality was zoned for agriculture while a strip of land along its coastline was zoned for conservation. [8]

Ward Hill is located within the federal division of Grey, the state electoral district of Narungga and the local government area of the District Council of Barunga West. [5] [4] [2]

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References

  1. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Port Broughton". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 6 May 2016. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Search result for "Ward Hill (Locality Bounded)" (Record no SA0037030) with the following layers selected - "Suburbs and Localities" and "Place names (gazetteer)"". Government of South Australia, Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure . Retrieved 6 May 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 "Postcode for Ward Hill, South Australia". postcodes-australia.com. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
  4. 1 2 Narungga (Map). Electoral District Boundaries Commission. 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
  5. 1 2 "Federal electoral division of Grey" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
  6. ↑ "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics KADINA AWS". Commonwealth of Australia , Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
  7. ↑ Boating Industry Association of South Australia (BIA); Department for Environment and Heritage (2005), South Australia's waters an atlas & guide, Boating Industry Association of South Australia, p. 207, ISBN   978-1-86254-680-6
  8. ↑ "Development Plan - Barunga West Council, Consolidated – 19 March 2015" (PDF). Government of South Australia, Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. pp. 197–207. Retrieved 6 May 2016.


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