Corny Point, South Australia

Corny Point
South Australia

The lighthouse at Corny Point
Corny Point
Population: 154[1]
Established: 1881[2]
Postcode: 5575[3]
LGA: Yorke Peninsula
State District: Goyder
Federal Division: Wakefield
Localities around Corny Point:
Spencer Gulf Spencer Gulf Spencer Gulf
Spencer Gulf Corny Point Point Turton
Innes National Park Marion Bay Warooka

Corny Point is a settlement in South Australia[4] at the north-western tip of the "boot" of Yorke Peninsula. It was named this by Matthew Flinders in March 1802 because it appeared to be a growth on the toe of Yorke Peninsula.[5] A lighthouse was built in 1882. The first pastoral lease was taken up in 1846.[6] The site is notable for outcrops of Palaeoproterozoic gneisses[7] of the Lincoln Complex on the wave cut platform at the base of the low limestone cliffs.

See also

Yorke Peninsula

References

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Corny Point (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/prenav/LocationSearch?collection=Census&period=2006&areacode=SSC43431&producttype=QuickStats&breadcrumb=PL&action=401. Retrieved 2009-12-09. 
  2. ^ "Post Office List - PPA". https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocd.w?. Retrieved 2009-12-09. 
  3. ^ "Australia Post: Postcode Search". http://www1.auspost.com.au/postcodes/index.asp?Locality=Corny+Point&sub=1&State=&Postcode=&submit1=Search. Retrieved 2009-12-09. 
  4. ^ "2905.0 - Statistical Geography: Volume 2 -- Census Geographic Areas, Australia, 2006". Australian Bureau of Statistics. http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/Latestproducts/2905.0Appendix82006?opendocument&tabname=Notes&prodno=2905.0&issue=2006&num=&view=. Retrieved 8 December 2009. 
  5. ^ "Corny Point". http://www.samemory.sa.gov.au/site/page.cfm?u=1227. Retrieved 2009-12-15. 
  6. ^ "South Australia - Corny Point". http://www.southaustralia.com/9006057.aspx. Retrieved 2009-12-15. 
  7. ^ YORKE PENINSULA (MOONTA SUBDOMAIN) PRE-NEOPROTEROZOIC BASEMENT GEOLOGY. Australian Government : Geoscience Australia. September 2003. http://www.ga.gov.au/image_cache/GA4110.pdf. Retrieved 2009-12-15. 

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