Kohinoor, South Australia

Kohinoor
South Australia
Kohinoor
Coordinates 35°45′37″S 137°24′17″E / 35.760360°S 137.404590°E / -35.760360; 137.404590Coordinates: 35°45′37″S 137°24′17″E / 35.760360°S 137.404590°E / -35.760360; 137.404590
Population 560 (shared with other localities in the “State Suburb of Nepean Bay”) (2011 census)[1][lower-alpha 1]
Established 2002[2]
Postcode(s) 5223 [3]
Time zone ACST (UTC+9:30)
 • Summer (DST) ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location
LGA(s) Kangaroo Island Council[2]
Region Fleurieu and Kangaroo Island[4]
County County of Carnarvon[2]
State electorate(s) Mawson [5]
Federal Division(s) Mayo[6]
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall
21.0 °C
70 °F
9.0 °C
48 °F
444.0 mm
17.5 in
Suburbs around Kohinoor:
Cassini Cassini
Menzies
Cygnet River
Cygnet River
Seddon Kohinoor Birchmore
Seddon Birchmore
MacGillivray
Birchmore
Footnotes Coordinates[2]
Locations[3]
Climate[7]
Adjoining localities[2]

Kohinoor is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on Kangaroo Island about 137 kilometres (85 miles) south-west of the state capital of Adelaide and about 20 kilometres (12 miles) south-east of the municipal seat of Kingscote.[2][3]

Its boundaries were created in March 2002 for the “long established name” which was derived from Kohinoor Hill, a hill located within the locality’s boundaries.[2]

Kohinoor is bounded in part by the Playford Highway to the north.[2] The principal land use in the locality is primary production.[8][2]

Kohinoor is located within the federal division of Mayo, the state electoral district of Mawson and the local government area of the Kangaroo Island Council.[6][5][2]

See also

References

Notes
  1. For the 2011 census, the ‘State Suburb of Nepean Bay’ consisted of the localities of Ballast Head, Birchmore, D’estrees Bay, Haines, Kohinoor, MacGillivray, Seddon, Nepean Bay, Seal Bay and Seddon.
Citations
  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Nepean Bay". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 21 April 2016. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Search result for "Kohinoor (Locality Bounded)" (Record no SA0058089 with the following layers selected - "Suburbs and Localities", "Place names (gazetteer)", "Road Labels" and "Development Plan Layers"". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 "Postcode for Kohinoor, South Australia (Postcode)". postcodes-australia.com. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
  4. "Limestone Coast SA Government region" (PDF). The Government of South Australia. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
  5. 1 2 Mawson (Map). Electoral District Boundaries Commission. 2016. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
  6. 1 2 "Federal electoral division of Mayo, boundary gazetted 16 December 2011" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
  7. "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics KINGSCOTE AERO (nearest station)". Commonwealth of Australia , Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
  8. "Development Plan, Kangaroo Island Council, Consolidated – 20 February 2014" (PDF). Government of South Australia. pp. 152 and 267-271. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
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