Sandilands, South Australia

Sandilands is a locality in the Australian state of  South Australia located on the east coast of Yorke Peninsula immediately adjoining Gulf St Vincent about 88 kilometres (55 mi) north-west of the state capital of Adelaide and about 18 kilometres (11 mi) south-east of the municipal seat in Maitland.[4][1][8]

Sandilands
South Australia
Sandilands
Coordinates34°30′51″S 137°46′49″E[1]
Population470 (shared with other localities within the “State Suburb of Price”) (2011 census)[2]
Established1999[3]
Postcode(s)5571[4]
Time zoneACST (UTC+9:30)
 • Summer (DST)ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location
LGA(s)Yorke Peninsula Council
RegionYorke and Mid North[1]
CountyFergusson[1]
State electorate(s)Narungga[5]
Federal Division(s)Grey[6]
Mean max temp[7] Mean min temp[7] Annual rainfall[7]
22.6 °C
73 °F		 10.7 °C
51 °F		 332.0 mm
13.1 in
Suburbs around Sandilands:
Yorke Valley Yorke Valley
Cunningham
Ardrossan		 James Well
Rogues Point
Urania
Wauraltee		 Sandilands Gulf St Vincent
Pine Point
Wauraltee Curramulka Pine Point
FootnotesAdjoining localities[1]

Its boundaries which were created in May 1999 for the “long established name.”[1][3] The locality's name is derived from Robert Hamilton Sandilands (1841-1923) who lived there during the 1880s.[9][10]

As of 2014, the majority land use within the locality is “primary production.”[8]

Sandilands is located within the federal division of Grey, the state electoral district of Narungga and the local government area of the Yorke Peninsula Council.[6][5][1]

References
  1. "Search results for 'Sandilands, LOCB' with the following datasets selected - 'Suburbs and localities', 'Counties', 'Local Government Areas', 'SA Government Regions' and 'Gazetteer'". Location SA Map Viewer. South Australian Government. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
  2. Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Price". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 27 February 2016.
  3. Kentish, Peter McLaren (27 May 1999), "GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT 1991, Notice to Assign Boundaries and Names to Places (in the District Council of Yorke Peninsula)" (PDF), The South Australian Government Gazette: 2696, retrieved 21 May 2020 – via AustLII
  4. "Sandilands, South Australia (Postcode)". postcodes-australia.com. Retrieved 27 February 2016.
  5. Narungga (Map). Electoral District Boundaries Commission. 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
  6. "Federal electoral division of Grey" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
  7. "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics PRICE". Commonwealth of Australia , Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 27 February 2016.
  8. "Development Plan - Yorke Peninsula Council" (PDF). Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. pp. 153, 231–232 & 323. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 June 2015. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
  9. "OBITUARY". Observer. LXXX (5, 983). South Australia. 29 September 1923. p. 39. Retrieved 27 February 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  10. "Sandilands, Nomenclature". State Library of South Australia. Retrieved 25 February 2016.


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