West Range, South Australia

West Range South Australia
West Range
Coordinates	36°44′S139°55′E / 36.73°S 139.91°E / -36.73; 139.91 [1]
Population	18 (2016 census) [2]
Established	3 December 1998 [3]
Postcode(s)	5275 [4]
Time zone	ACST (UTC+9:30)
• Summer (DST)	ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location	232 km (144 mi) south-east of Adelaide city centre 145 km (90 mi) north-west of Mount Gambier 11 km (7 mi) south of Kingston SE
LGA(s)	Kingston District Council [1]
Region	Limestone Coast [5]
County	MacDonnell [5]
State electorate(s)	MacKillop [6]
Federal division(s)	Barker [7]
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall 19.3 °C 67 °F 10.3 °C 51 °F 489.4 mm 19.3 in
Suburbs around West Range: Lacepede Bay Coorong Taratap Taratap Lacepede Bay West Range Blackford Lacepede Bay Kingston SE, Blackford
Footnotes	Coordinates [1] Locations [4] Climatic data [8] Adjoining Localities [1]

West Range is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on the state's south-east coast overlooking Lacepede Bay which is part of the body of water known in Australia as the Southern Ocean and by international authorities as the Great Australian Bight. It is about 232 kilometres (144 miles) south-east of the Adelaide city centre and 145 kilometres (90 miles) south of the centre of Mount Gambier. ^{[1] [4] [9] [10]}

Boundaries were created in December 1998 for the “long established name” which was ‘identified’ by the District Council of Lacepede. ^[1]

West Range consists of land along the continental coastline extending from the northern end of Paranki Lagoon in the north to the Blackford Drain in the south and from the coast to the West Range Road in the east. The Princes Highway passes through the locality from north to south between the coastline and the west side of an area of land subject to inundation and including the following water bodies (from north to south) - Paranki Lagoon, Partiari and Teilaka. ^{[1] [11] [12]}

The majority land use within the locality is agriculture with a strip of land between the coastline and the Princes Highway and the full extent of the protected area associated with the Paranki Lagoon, i.e. the Paranki Lagoon Conservation Park, being zoned for conservation. ^{[1] [13]}

West Range is located within the federal division of Barker, the state electoral district of MacKillop and the local government area of the Kingston District Council. ^{[1] [6] [7]}

References

1. "Search result for "West Range (Locality Bounded)" (Record no SA0037179) with the following layers selected - "Suburbs and Localities", "Place names (gazetteer)", "Road Labels" and "Development Plan Layers"". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
2. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "West Range (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
3. "GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT 1991 Notice to Assign Boundaries and Names to Places (in the District Council of Lacepede)" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australia. 3 December 1998. p. 1711. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
4. "Postcode for West Range, South Australia". postcodes-australia.com. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
5. "Search result for 'West Range, LOCB' with the following datasets selected - 'suburbs and localities', 'counties' and 'SA Government Regions'". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
6. "District of MacKillop Background Profile". Electoral Commission SA. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
7. "Federal electoral division of Barker" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
8. "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics Cape Jaffa (The Limestone) (nearest weather station)". Commonwealth of Australia , Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
9. "Limits of Oceans and Seas, 3rd edition" (PDF) (PDF). International Hydrographic Organization. 1953. pp. 35–36. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
10. "AHS – AA609582" (PDF) (PDF). The Australian Hydrographic Service. 5 July 2012. Retrieved 30 May 2013.
11. 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. 180, ISBN   978-1-86254-680-6
12. "Upper South East Drainage Network Management Strategy, prepared under section 43a of the Upper South East Dryland Salinity And Flood Management Act 2002" (PDF). Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia, Department for Water. June 2011. p. 54. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
13. "Development Plan, Kingston District Council Consolidated – 13 December 2012" (PDF). Government of South Australia. pp. 103, 144, 199 and 235–241. Retrieved 29 April 2016.