| Wisanger South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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  Wisanger | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°37′16″S 137°28′04″E / 35.620990°S 137.467640°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 2034 (shared with other localities in the “State Suburb of Kingscote”) ( 2011 census) [2] [a] | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 2002 [1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 5223 [3] | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | ACST ( UTC+9:30) | ||||||||||||||
| • Summer ( DST) | ACST ( UTC+10:30) | ||||||||||||||
| Location | |||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Kangaroo Island Council [1] | ||||||||||||||
| Region | Fleurieu and Kangaroo Island [4] | ||||||||||||||
| County | Carnarvon [1] | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Mawson [5] | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Mayo [6] | ||||||||||||||
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| Footnotes | Coordinates
[1] Locations [3] Climate [7] Adjoining localities [1] | ||||||||||||||
Wisanger is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on the north coast of Kangaroo Island overlooking Investigator Strait to the north and the Bay of Shoals to the east about 129 kilometres (80 miles) south-west of the state capital of Adelaide and about 16 kilometres (9.9 miles) west of the municipal seat of Kingscote. [1] [3]
Its boundaries were created in March 2002 for the “long established name” which is reported as being given by a “Henry Partridge, who took up land there, after 'Wisanger Manor' near Stroud, Gloucestershire once owned by his forebears.” [1] [8]
The locality includes the former Wisanger School which is listed on the South Australian Heritage Register. [9]
Wisanger is located within the federal division of Mayo, the state electoral district of Mawson and the local government area of the Kangaroo Island Council. [6] [5] [1]
References
- Notes
- ^ For the 2011 census, the “State Suburb of Kingscote” consisted of the localities of Bay of Shoals, Emu Bay, Kingscote, North Cape and Wisanger.
- Citations
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Search result for " Bay of Shoals (Locality Bounded)" (Record no SA0023601 with the following layers selected - "Suburbs and Localities", "Counties" and "Place names (gazetteer)"". Property Location Browser. Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Kingscote". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
- ^ a b c "Postcode for Wisanger, South Australia". postcodes-australia.com. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
- ^ "Fleurieu and Kangaroo Island SA Government region" (PDF). The Government of South Australia. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
- ^ a b Mawson (Map). Electoral District Boundaries Commission. 2016. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
- ^ a b "Federal electoral division of Mayo, boundary gazetted 16 December 2011" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
- ^ "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics Kingscote Aero (nearest station)". Commonwealth of Australia , Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
- ^ "Wisanger, Nomenclature". State Library of South Australia. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
- ^ "Former Wisanger School". South Australian Heritage Register. Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
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| Wisanger South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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Wisanger | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°37′16″S 137°28′04″E / 35.620990°S 137.467640°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 2034 (shared with other localities in the “State Suburb of Kingscote”) ( 2011 census) [2] [a] | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 2002 [1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 5223 [3] | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | ACST ( UTC+9:30) | ||||||||||||||
| • Summer ( DST) | ACST ( UTC+10:30) | ||||||||||||||
| Location | |||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Kangaroo Island Council [1] | ||||||||||||||
| Region | Fleurieu and Kangaroo Island [4] | ||||||||||||||
| County | Carnarvon [1] | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Mawson [5] | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Mayo [6] | ||||||||||||||
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[1] Locations [3] Climate [7] Adjoining localities [1] | ||||||||||||||
Wisanger is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on the north coast of Kangaroo Island overlooking Investigator Strait to the north and the Bay of Shoals to the east about 129 kilometres (80 miles) south-west of the state capital of Adelaide and about 16 kilometres (9.9 miles) west of the municipal seat of Kingscote. [1] [3]
Its boundaries were created in March 2002 for the “long established name” which is reported as being given by a “Henry Partridge, who took up land there, after 'Wisanger Manor' near Stroud, Gloucestershire once owned by his forebears.” [1] [8]
The locality includes the former Wisanger School which is listed on the South Australian Heritage Register. [9]
Wisanger is located within the federal division of Mayo, the state electoral district of Mawson and the local government area of the Kangaroo Island Council. [6] [5] [1]
References
- Notes
- ^ For the 2011 census, the “State Suburb of Kingscote” consisted of the localities of Bay of Shoals, Emu Bay, Kingscote, North Cape and Wisanger.
- Citations
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Search result for " Bay of Shoals (Locality Bounded)" (Record no SA0023601 with the following layers selected - "Suburbs and Localities", "Counties" and "Place names (gazetteer)"". Property Location Browser. Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Kingscote". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
- ^ a b c "Postcode for Wisanger, South Australia". postcodes-australia.com. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
- ^ "Fleurieu and Kangaroo Island SA Government region" (PDF). The Government of South Australia. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
- ^ a b Mawson (Map). Electoral District Boundaries Commission. 2016. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
- ^ a b "Federal electoral division of Mayo, boundary gazetted 16 December 2011" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
- ^ "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics Kingscote Aero (nearest station)". Commonwealth of Australia , Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
- ^ "Wisanger, Nomenclature". State Library of South Australia. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
- ^ "Former Wisanger School". South Australian Heritage Register. Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
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