Menzies, South Australia

Menzies
South Australia
Menzies
Coordinates 35°41′45″S 137°26′02″E / 35.695710°S 137.433970°E / -35.695710; 137.433970Coordinates: 35°41′45″S 137°26′02″E / 35.695710°S 137.433970°E / -35.695710; 137.433970
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 Carnarvon[2]
State electorate(s) Finniss[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 Menzies:
Cassini Wisanger Wisanger
Kingscote
Cassini Menzies Cygnet River
Kohinoor Kohinoor Cygnet River
Footnotes Coordinates[2]
Locations[3][2]
Climate[7]
Adjoining localities[2]

Menzies is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on Kangaroo Island about 136 kilometres (85 miles) south-west of the state capital of Adelaide and about 19 kilometres (12 miles) west of the municipal seat of Kingscote.[2][3]

Its boundaries were created in May 2002 for the “long established name” which was derived from the cadastral unit of the Hundred of Menzies.[2]

The principal land use in the locality is primary production.[8][2]

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

References

Notes
  1. ↑ For the 2011 census, the ‘State Suburb of Nepean Bay’ consisted of the localities of Ballast Head, Menzies , 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.
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  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Search result for "Menzies (Locality Bounded)" (Record no SA0058079 with the following layers selected - "Suburbs and Localities", "Place names (gazetteer)", "Road Labels" and "Development Plan Layers"". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 "Menzies , South Australia (postcode)". postcodes-australia.com. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
  4. ↑ "Limestone Coast SA Government region" (PDF). The Government of South Australia. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
  5. 1 2 "District of Finniss Background Profile". Electoral Commission SA. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
  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. 152–153, 242–251 and 267–271. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
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