Custon, South Australia

Custon
South Australia
Custon
Coordinates 36°26′15″S 140°55′16″E / 36.43753974°S 140.92105556°E / -36.43753974; 140.92105556Coordinates: 36°26′15″S 140°55′16″E / 36.43753974°S 140.92105556°E / -36.43753974; 140.92105556
Population 211 (shared with other localities in the “State Suburb of Western Flat”) (2011 census)[1][2][lower-alpha 1]
Established 1881[2]
Postcode(s) 5270[3]
Time zone ACST (UTC+9:30)
 • Summer (DST) ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location
LGA(s) Tatiara District Council[2]
Region Limestone Coast[4]
County Buckingham[2]
State electorate(s) MacKillop[5]
Federal Division(s) Barker[6]
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall
21.5 °C
71 °F		 8.6 °C
47 °F		 453.8 mm
17.9 in
Localities around Custon:
Wolseley Wolseley Serviceton
Pooginagoric Custon Serviceton
Bangham Bangham Serviceton
Footnotes Coordinates[2]
Locations[2][3]
Climatic data[7]
Adjoining Localities[2][8]

Custon is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located in the state's south-east within the Limestone Coast region about 267 kilometres (166 miles) south east of the state capital of Adelaide, about 19.5 kilometres (12.1 miles) south-east of the municipal seat of Bordertown and adjoining the border with the State of Victoria.[2][4][3]

Custon began as a government town which was surveyed in September 1881 and was proclaimed on 8 December 1881. It was named after the Reverend Percy Cust who married Lucy Caroline Jervois, the second daughter of William Jervois, the then Governor of South Australia. In 1961, a portion of the government town was ceased and was subsequently declared as ceasing to exist in 1993. In 2000, boundaries were declared for the locality which includes the extent of the ceased government town and which was given the “long established name.”[2][9][10][11][12]

The Mount Gambier railway line which closed on 12 April 1995 passes through the locality from north to south with the former railway station with the name of Custon being located to the immediate south in the locality of Wolseley.[2][13]

The majority land use within the locality is primary production. The locality includes land proclaimed for conservation purposes as the Custon Conservation Park.[2][14]

Custon is located within the federal division of Barker, the state electoral district of MacKillop and the local government area of the Tatiara District Council.[2][5][6]

References

Notes
  1. ↑ For the 2011 census, the ‘State Suburb of Western Flat’ consisted of the localities of Bangham, Custon and Western Flat.
Citations
  1. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Western Flat". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
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  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "Search result for "Custon (Locality Bounded)" (Record no SA0017462) 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 2 March 2017.
  3. 1 2 3 "Postcode for Custon, South Australia". postcodes-australia.com. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  4. 1 2 "Limestone Coast SA Government region" (PDF). The Government of South Australia. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  5. 1 2 "District of MacKillop Background Profile". Electoral Commission SA. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  6. 1 2 "Federal electoral division of Barker" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
  7. ↑ "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics Padthaway South (nearest weather station)". Commonwealth of Australia , Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
  8. ↑ "Search result for "Serviceton (Locality Bounded)" (Vicmap ID 205407455)". Vicnames - The Register of Geographic Names. Government of Victoria. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
  9. ↑ "Proclamation (Town of Custon proclaimed)" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australia: 1677. 8 December 1881. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  10. ↑ "CROWN LANDS ACT, 1929-1960: PORTION OF TOWN OF CUSTON DECLARED TO CEASE TO EXIST" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australia: 739. 24 August 1961. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  11. ↑ "CROWN LANDS ACT, 1929: SECTION 5" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australia: 422. 1 July 1993. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  12. ↑ "GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT 1991, Notice to Assign Names and Boundaries to Places" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australia: 1434. 16 March 2000. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  13. ↑ Quinlan, Howard; Newland, John (2000). Australian Railway Routes 1854 – 2000. Redfern: Australian Railway Historical Society. pp. 53, 58, 59. ISBN 0 909650 49 7.
  14. ↑ "Development Plan, Tatiara Council, Consolidated - 24 October 2013" (PDF). Government of South Australia. pp. 120–121, 134–135 and 205, 206. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
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