Wisanger, South Australia

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Wisanger
Town
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Wisanger
Coordinates: 35°37′16″S137°28′04″E / 35.620990°S 137.467640°E / -35.620990; 137.467640
Country Australia
State South Australia
Region Fleurieu and Kangaroo Island [1]
LGA
Location
Established2002 [2]
Government
 •  State electorate
 •  Federal division
Population
 • Total140 (SAL 2021) [5]
Time zone UTC+9:30 (ACST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+10:30 (ACST)
Postcode
5223 [6]
County Carnarvon [2]
Mean max temp21.0 °C (69.8 °F)
Mean min temp8.9 °C (48.0 °F)
Annual rainfall444.0 mm (17.48 in)
Localities around Wisanger
Investigator Strait Investigator Strait
Emu Bay 		Emu Bay
Cassini Wisanger Bay of Shoals
Bay of Shoals (body of water)
Kingscote
Cassini Menzies Cygnet River
Coordinates [2]
Locations [6]
Climate [7]
Adjoining localities [2]

Wisanger is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on the north coast of Kangaroo Island overlooking Investigator Strait to the north and the Bay of Shoals to the east about 129 kilometres (80 miles) south-west of the state capital of Adelaide and about 16 kilometres (9.9 miles) west of the municipal seat of Kingscote. [2] [6]

Its boundaries were created in March 2002 for the “long established name” which is reported as being given by a “Henry Partridge, who took up land there, after 'Wisanger Manor' near Stroud, Gloucestershire once owned by his forebears.” [2] [8]

The locality includes the former Wisanger School which is listed on the South Australian Heritage Register. [9]

Wisanger 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]

References

Notes
    Citations
    1. ↑ "Fleurieu and Kangaroo Island SA Government region" (PDF). The Government of South Australia. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
    2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Search result for " Bay of Shoals (Locality Bounded)" (Record no SA0023601 with the following layers selected - "Suburbs and Localities", "Counties" and "Place names (gazetteer)"". Property Location Browser. Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
    3. 1 2 Mawson (Map). Electoral District Boundaries Commission. 2016. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
    4. 1 2 "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). "Wisanger (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
    6. 1 2 3 "Postcode for Wisanger, South Australia". postcodes-australia.com. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
    7. ↑ "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics Kingscote Aero (nearest station)". Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
    8. ↑ "Wisanger, Nomenclature". State Library of South Australia. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
    9. ↑ "Former Wisanger School". South Australian Heritage Register. Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
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