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Coorong, South Australia

FieldValue
typesuburb
nameCoorong
stateSA
imageCSIRO ScienceImage 3803 Sand dunes in the Coorong South Australia provide habitat for many key species.jpg
captionView across the Coorong lagoon towards sandhills on Younghusband Peninsula
coordinates
coord_ref
pop
established1998
established_footnotes
postcode5264
timezoneACST
utc+9:30
timezone-dstACST
utc-dst+10:30
dist180
dir1SE
location1Adelaide
regionMurray and Mallee
Limestone Coast
(north to south)
countyRussell
Cardwell
MacDonnell
(north to south)
lgaCoorong
Kingston
(north to south)
stategovMacKillop
fedgovBarker
maxtemp20.8
maxtemp_footnotes
mintemp10.3
mintemp_footnotes
rainfall468.3
rainfall_footnotes
nearSee Surrounding localities
footnotesLocation

NOTOC | timezone-dst = ACST | utc-dst = +10:30 Limestone Coast (north to south) Cardwell MacDonnell (north to south) Kingston (north to south) Coorong is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia which is associated with the lagoon known as the Coorong in the south-east of the state and which overlooks the continental coastline from the mouth of the Murray River about 80 km south-east of the state capital of Adelaide to the immediate north of the town of Kingston SE extending for a distance of at least 140 km.

It extends from the Murray Mouth in the north to the northern end of the Paranki Lagoon in the south including:

  • the following bodies of water with the Murray River system - Port Pullen, Coorong Channel, the Tauwitchere Channel and the full extent of the Coorong lagoon system,
  • the following major islands - Bird, Ewe, Long, Mud and Tauwitchere
  • the full extent of the Younghusband Peninsula
  • a parcel of land of an area of 267 km2 located between the localities of Meningie and Salt Creek and
  • land between the Coorong Lagoon and the Paranki Lagoon.

The boundaries of the locality were created firstly for the part within the Kingston District Council in 1998 and secondly for the part within the Coorong District Council in 2000 including the Villa De Yumpa Shack Site. The name is reported as being derived from the lagoon of the same name. The boundary with the locality of Hindmarsh Island was altered in 2014 to move Bird Island, an island located north-east of the Murray Mouth, into the locality of Coorong.

The principal land use in Coorong is conservation with the majority of the land being occupied by the Coorong National Park and the Mud Islands Game Reserve.

The locality includes the following state heritage places: Magrath Flat Homestead, Teeluc Cottage and White Hut Cottage

Coorong is located within the federal Division of Barker, the state electoral district of MacKillop and the local government areas of the Kingston District Council and the Coorong District Council. It is also located in the cadastral counties of Russell, Cardwell and MacDonnell (from north to south) and the South Australian Government regions of Murray and Mallee and Limestone Coast (from north to south).

History

Coorong is the main town in Andrew Bovell’s play When The Rain Stops Falling.

Surrounding localities

Coorong is bounded in the sector from the west to the south by the body of water known in Australia as the Southern Ocean and by international authorities as the Great Australian Bight and bounded from the north-west to the south-east by the following localities gazetted under the South Australian Geographical Names Act 1991:

  • Northwest: Hindmarsh Island, Goolwa South
  • North: Mundoo Island
  • Northeast: Lake Alexandrina
  • East: Narrung, Meningie West, Meningie, Field, Colebatch, Deepwater, Salt Creek, Tilley Swamp, Taratap, West Range
  • Southeast: West Range
  • South: ocean
  • Southwest: ocean
  • West: ocean

References

References

  1. "Search results for "Coorong" with the following datasets selected - "Suburbs and Localities", "Counties", "Local Government Areas", "SA Government Regions" and "Gazetteer"". South Australian government.
  2. "Coorong, South Australia". Postcodes Australia.
  3. "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics MENINGIE (nearest station)". Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology.
  4. (2013). "Information Sheet on Ramsar Wetlands (RIS) - The Coorong, and Lakes Alexandrina and Albert Wetland". Ramsar Secretariat.
  5. "South Australia's waters an atlas & guide". Boating Industry Association of South Australia.
  6. Burdett, Michael. (8 May 2014). "GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT 1991 Notice to Alter Boundaries of Places". The Government of South Australia.
  7. "South Australia's waters an atlas & guide". Boating Industry Association of South Australia.
  8. "Development Plan, The Coorong District Council, Consolidated – 18 December 2014". [[Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure]].
  9. "Development Plan, Kingston District Council, Consolidated – 13 December 2012". [[Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure]].
  10. "Magrath (sometimes McGrath) Flat Homestead, including Dwelling, Stables, Smithy, Shearers' Quarters and Woolshed". Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources.
  11. "Cottage (Teeluc)". Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources.
  12. "Cottage, White Hut". Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources.
  13. "District of MacKillop Background Profile". Electoral Commission SA.
  14. "Federal electoral division of Barker". Australian Electoral Commission.
  15. (1953). "Limits of Oceans and Seas, 3rd edition". International Hydrographic Organization.
  16. (5 July 2012). "AHS – AA609582". The Australian Hydrographic Service.
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