Gerard, South Australia

Gerard
South Australia
Gerard
Coordinates 34°22′32″S 140°28′45″E / 34.375570°S 140.479250°E / -34.375570; 140.479250Coordinates: 34°22′32″S 140°28′45″E / 34.375570°S 140.479250°E / -34.375570; 140.479250
Population 660 (shared with other localities in the ‘State Suburb of Loveday’) (2011 census)[1]
Established 1999[2]
Postcode(s) 5343[3]
Time zone ACST (UTC+9:30)
 • Summer (DST) ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location
  • 182 km (113 mi) north-east of Adelaide
  • 12 km (7 mi) north-west of Loxton
LGA(s) Pastoral Unincorporated Area[2]
County Hamley[2]
State electorate(s) Chaffey[4]
Federal Division(s) Barker[5]
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall
23.9 °C
75 °F		 9.0 °C
48 °F		 259.5 mm
10.2 in
Suburbs around Gerard:
Spectacle Lake Spectacle Lake Winkie
Spectacle Lake Gerard Katarapko
Pyap Pyap Katarapko
Footnotes Location[3]
Coordinates[2]
Climate [6]
Adjoining localities[2]

Gerard is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located in the Riverland on the northern side of the Murray River about 182 kilometres (113 miles) north-east of the state capital of Adelaide and about 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) northwest of Loxton.[3]

Its boundaries were created in August 1999.[2]

As of 2012, the land use within Gerard is divided between conservation and agriculture with the former being concerned with the floodplain.[7] The title for land within Gerard held by the Aboriginal Lands Trust who has leased it to the Gerard Community Council.[8]

Gerard is located within the federal division of Barker, the state electoral district of Chaffey and the Pastoral Unincorporated Area of South Australia.[2][4][5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Loveday". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 16 May 2016. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Search result for "Gerard (Locality Bounded)" (Record no SA0025833) with the following layers being selected - "Suburbs and Localities" and "Place names (gazetteer)"". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 "Gerard Postcode". postcodes-australia.com. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
  4. 1 2 "District of Chaffey Background Profile". ELECTORAL COMMISSION SA. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
  5. 1 2 "Federal electoral division of Barker, boundary gazetted 16 December 2011" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
  6. ↑ "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics LOXTON RESEARCH CENTRE (nearest station)". Commonwealth of Australia , Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
  7. ↑ "Development Plan, Land Not Within a Council Area Eyre, Far North, Riverland and Whyalla – 18 October 2012" (PDF). Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. 2012. pp. 15, 294–302 289. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
  8. ↑ "Gerard Community". Aboriginal Lands Trust. Retrieved 16 May 2016.


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