Fox, South Australia

Fox
South Australia
Fox
Coordinates 37°13′10″S 140°20′08″E / 37.219411°S 140.335476°E / -37.219411; 140.335476Coordinates: 37°13′10″S 140°20′08″E / 37.219411°S 140.335476°E / -37.219411; 140.335476[1]
Population 53 (2016 census)[2]
Established 3 December 1998[1]
Postcode(s) 5272[1]
Time zone ACST (UTC+9:30)
 • Summer (DST) ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location
LGA(s) Naracoorte Lucindale Council[1]
Region Limestone Coast[1]
County Robe[1]
State electorate(s) MacKillop[3]
Federal Division(s) Barker[4]
Mean max temp[5] Mean min temp[5] Annual rainfall[5]
21.2 °C
70 °F		 8.4 °C
47 °F		 603.5 mm
23.8 in
Suburbs around Fox:
Conmurra Conmurra
Lucindale		 Lucindale
Conmurra
Greenways		 Fox Coles
Clay Wells Clay Wells
Furner		 Wattle Range
Footnotes Locations[1]
Adjoining localities[1]

Fox is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located in the state's south-east within the Limestone Coast region about 298 kilometres (185 mi) south east of the state capital of Adelaide and about 45 kilometres (28 mi) south-west of the municipal seat of Naracoorte.[1]

Boundaries for the locality were created and was given the name of Fox on 3 December 1998. The name is derived from the cadastral unit of the Hundred of Fox in which the locality is located.[1] The hundred itself was named after Arthur Aloysius Fox who served one term in the South Australian House of Assembly.[6]

The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Fox had a population of 53 people.[2]

Fox is located within the federal division of Barker, the state electoral district of MacKillop and the local government area of the Naracoorte Lucindale Council.[4][3][1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Search results for 'Fox, LOCB' with the following datasets being selected – 'Suburbs and Localities', 'Government Towns', 'Counties', 'Local Government Areas', 'SA Government Regions', 'Gazetteer' and 'Roads'". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  2. 1 2 Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Fox (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 18 May 2018. Edit this at Wikidata
  3. 1 2 "District of MacKillop (map)". Electoral Commission SA. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
  4. 1 2 "Federal electoral division of Barker" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  5. 1 2 3 "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics LUCINDALE POST OFFICE (nearest weather station)". Commonwealth of Australia , Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  6. ↑ Manning, Geoffrey. "South Australian Names - F" (PDF). Manning Index of South Australian History. State Library of South Australia. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
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