Western River, South Australia

This article is about the locality in South Australia. For the associated protected area, see Western River Wilderness Protection Area.

Western River
Town
Western River on Kangaroo Island, ca. 1938
Western River
Coordinates: 35°43′05″S136°55′59″E / 35.718°S 136.933°E / -35.718; 136.933
Country	Australia
State	South Australia
Region	Fleurieu and Kangaroo Island [1]
LGA	Kangaroo Island Council
Location	170 km (110 mi) south-west of Adelaide 64 km (40 mi) west of Kingscote
Established	2002 [2]
Government
•  State electorate	Mawson [3]
•  Federal division	Mayo [4]
Population
• Total	16 (SAL 2021) [5]
Time zone	UTC+9:30 (ACST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+10:30 (ACST)
Postcode	5223 [6]
County	County of Carnarvon [2]
Mean max temp	22.1 °C (71.8 °F)
Mean min temp	11.5 °C (52.7 °F)
Annual rainfall	534.0 mm (21.02 in)
Localities around Western River Investigator Strait Investigator Strait Investigator Strait De Mole River Western River Middle River Gosse Gosse Duncan
Coordinates [2] Locations [6] Climate [7] Adjoining localities [2]

Western River is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on the north coast of Kangaroo Island overlooking Investigator Strait about 170 kilometres (110 miles) south-west of the state capital of Adelaide and about 64 kilometres (40 miles) west of the municipal seat of Kingscote. ^{[2] [6]}

Its boundaries were created in March 2002 for the “long established name” which was derived from the river located within its boundaries. In 2011, a portion of the adjoining locality of Middle River was excised and added to Western River. A school operated within what is now the locality here between 1901 and 1903. ^{[2] [8] [9]}

Western River occupies land bounded by Investigator Strait to the north. Land use is divided between conservation and agriculture with the former applying to the coastline in order to “enhance and conserve the natural features of the coast” and to the protected area known as the Western River Wilderness Protection Area while the latter applies to land in the locality's southern half. ^{[10] [2]}

Western River is located within the federal division of Mayo, the state electoral district of Mawson and the local government area of the Kangaroo Island Council. ^{[4] [3] [2]}

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1. "Limestone Coast SA Government region" (PDF). The Government of South Australia. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
2. "Search result for "Western River (Locality Bounded)" (Record no SA0058388 with the following layers selected - "Suburbs and Localities", "Place names (gazetteer)" and "Development Plan Layers"". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
3. Mawson (Map). Electoral District Boundaries Commission. 2016. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
4. "Federal electoral division of Mayo, boundary gazetted 16 December 2011" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
5. Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Western River (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. 
6. "Postcode for Western River, South Australia (Postcode)". postcodes-australia.com. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
7. "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics CAPE BORDA (nearest station)". Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
8. "Search result for "Western River (STRM)" (Record no SA0020569 with the following layers selected - "Suburbs and Localities" and "Place names (gazetteer)"". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
9. "Western River". State Library of South Australia. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
10. "Development Plan, Kangaroo Island Council, Consolidated – 20 February 2014" (PDF). Government of South Australia. pp. 114, 135, 152, 236 and 256–262. Retrieved 8 March 2016.