Bool Lagoon, South Australia
| Bool Lagoon South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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 The locality’s name is derived from Bool Lagoon. | |||||||||||||||
  Bool Lagoon | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 37°08′21″S 140°43′18″E / 37.139210°S 140.7218°ECoordinates: 37°08′21″S 140°43′18″E / 37.139210°S 140.7218°E | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 2001[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 5271[2] | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | ACST (UTC+9:30) | ||||||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | ACST (UTC+10:30) | ||||||||||||||
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| LGA(s) |
Naracoorte Lucindale Council Wattle Range Council | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | MacKillop[3] | ||||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Barker[4] | ||||||||||||||
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| Footnotes |
Coordinates[1] Locations[2][1] Climate[5] Local government areas[1] Adjoining localities[1] | ||||||||||||||
Bool Lagoon is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located in the south-east of the state in the Limestone Coast region about 311 kilometres (193 miles) south east of the state capital of Adelaide.[1][2]
Its boundaries were created in 2001 firstly for the part in the former District Council of Millicent in April of that year followed in December by the part in the former District Council of Penola. Its name is derived from Bool Lagoon, a freshwater lagoon located within its boundaries.[1]
Land use within the locality is divided between agriculture and conservation with the latter being represented by the following protected areas all located in the northern part of the locality - the Bool Lagoon Game Reserve, the Hacks Lagoon Conservation Park and the Mary Seymour Conservation Park.[1][6][7]
The locality includes the following state heritage place - Farm Group Killanoola.[8]
Bool Lagoon is located within the federal Division of Barker, the state electoral district of MacKillop, and the local government areas of the Naracoorte Lucindale Council and the Wattle Range Council.[1][3][4]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Search result for "Bool Lagoon (Locality Bounded)" (Record no SA0008240) with the following layers selected - "Suburbs and Localities" and "Local Government Areas"". Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
- 1 2 3 "Find a post - search result for Bool Lagoon, South Australia". postcodes-australia.com. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
- 1 2 "District of MacKillop Background Profile". Electoral Commission SA. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
- 1 2 "Federal electoral division of Barker" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
- ↑ "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics STRUAN (nearest station)". Commonwealth of Australia , Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
- ↑ Development Plan- Naracoorte Lucindale Council, Consolidated – 29 November 2012 (PDF). Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. 2012. pp. 179 & 181.
- ↑ Development Plan - Wattle Range Council, Consolidated – 7 February 2013Land Not Within a Council Area (Metropolitan) Consolidated – 25 September 2014 (PDF). Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. 2013. pp. 207 & 210.
- ↑ "Farm Group Killanoola". South Australian Heritage Register. Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources. 16 February 2012. Retrieved 12 April 2016.