Willson River, South Australia

For other uses, see Willson.

Willson River
Town
Willson River
Coordinates: 35°50′48″S137°56′16″E / 35.846690°S 137.937850°E / -35.846690; 137.937850
Country	Australia
State	South Australia
Region	Fleurieu and Kangaroo Island [1]
LGA	Kangaroo Island Council [2]
Location	120 km (75 mi) south of Adelaide 15 km (9.3 mi) south of Penneshaw
Established	2002 [2]
Government
•  State electorate	Mawson [3]
•  Federal division	Mayo [4]
Population
• Total	6 (SAL 2021) [5]
Time zone	UTC+9:30 (ACST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+10:30 (ACST)
Postcode	5222 [6]
County	Carnarvon [2]
Mean max temp	18.1 °C (64.6 °F)
Mean min temp	12.8 °C (55.0 °F)
Annual rainfall	538.4 mm (21.20 in)
Localities around Willson River Dudley West Dudley East Dudley East Dudley West Willson River Porky Flat Ocean Ocean Ocean
Coordinates [2] Locations [6] Climate [7] Adjoining localities [2]

Willson River is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on the Dudley Peninsula on Kangaroo Island overlooking the body of water known in Australia as the Southern Ocean and by international authorities as the Great Australian Bight. It is located about 120 kilometres (75 miles) south of the state capital of Adelaide and about 15 kilometres (9.3 miles) south-west of the town centre of Penneshaw. ^{[2] [6] [8] [9]}

Its boundaries were created in March 2002 while its name was derived from the Willson River, a river which flows through the locality and which itself was named in 1885 after the Willson family who have resided in what is now the locality prior to 1885 and as recently as 1996. ^{[2] [10]}

The main land uses within the locality are agriculture and conservation. The former land use includes an area of privately owned land having protected status due to being subject to native vegetation heritage agreements while the latter use includes land adjoining the coastline which has additional statutory constraints to “conserve the natural features of the coast.” ^{[11] [2] [12]}

Willson 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. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

References

Notes

Citations

1. "Fleurieu and Kangaroo Island SA Government region" (PDF). The Government of South Australia. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
2. "Search result for "Willson River (Locality Bounded)" (Record no SA0058064) with the following layers selected - "Suburbs and Localities", "Counties" and "Place names (gazetteer)"". Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 27 May 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). "Willson River (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. 
6. "Postcode for Willson River, South Australia". postcodes-australia.com. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
7. "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics Cape Willoughby (nearest station)". Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
8. "Limits of Oceans and Seas, 3rd edition" (PDF) (PDF). International Hydrographic Organization. 1953. pp. 35–36. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
9. "AHS – AA609582" (PDF) (PDF). The Australian Hydrographic Service. 5 July 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 March 2018. Retrieved 30 May 2013.
10. "Search result for "Willson River (River)" (Record no SA0022129 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 28 March 2017.
11. "Development Plan, Kangaroo Island Council" (PDF). Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. pp. 114–117, 135, 152–153, 179 and 302–306. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
12. "Protected Areas of South Australia September (Map) 2015 Edition" (PDF). Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources (DEWNR). 30 July 2015. Retrieved 15 April 2015.