Middle River, South Australia

Middle River South Australia
Middle River
Coordinates	35°40′01″S 137°04′45″E / 35.66696°S 137.079150°ECoordinates: 35°40′01″S 137°04′45″E / 35.66696°S 137.079150°E
Population	407 (shared with other localities in the “State Suburb of Vivonne 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	162 km (101 mi) south-west of Adelaide city centre
LGA(s)	Kangaroo Island Council[2]
State electorate(s)	Finniss[4]
Federal Division(s)	Mayo[5]
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall 198.1 °C ^389 °F 11.6 °C ^53 °F 488.9 mm ^19.2 in
Suburbs around Middle River: Investigator Strait Investigator Strait Stokes Bay Western River Middle River Stokes Bay Western River Duncan Duncan
Footnotes	Coordinates[2] Locations[3] Climate[6] Adjoining localities[2]

Middle River is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on the north coast of Kangaroo Island overlooking Investigator Strait about 162 kilometres (101 mi) south-west of the state capital of Adelaide.^[2][3]

Its boundaries were created in March 2002 for the “long established name” and include the following shack sites - Middle River Shack Site and King George Shack Site. In 2011, a portion of Middle River was excised and added to the adjoining locality of Western River.^[2]

The locality includes the watercourse called the Middle River and the associated water storage facility, the Middle River Reservoir.^[2][7]

Land use in the locality is principally for agricultural purposes with activity limited on both the coastline to the north and on land at the locality’s southern boundary respectively for conservation purposes and for the protection of the drainage basin supplying the Middle River Reservoir.^[8]

Middle River is located within the federal division of Mayo, the state electoral district of Finniss and the local government area of the Kangaroo Island Council.^[5][4][2]

References

Notes

1. For the 2011 census, the ‘State Suburb of Vivonne Bay’ consisted of the localities of Cape Borda, De Mole River, Duncan, Flinders Chase, Gosse, Karatta, Middle River, Newland, Stun’sail Boom, Vivonne Bay and Western River.

Citations

1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Vivonne Bay". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
2. "Search result for "Middle River(Locality Bounded)" (Record no SA0044596) with the following layers selected - "Suburbs and Localities" and " Place names (gazetteer)"". Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
3. "Postcode for Middle River, South Australia (Postcode)". postcodes-australia.com. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
4. "District of Finniss Background Profile". ELECTORAL COMMISSION SA. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
5. "Federal electoral division of Mayo, boundary gazetted 16 December 2011" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
6. "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics KINGSCOTE (nearest station)". Commonwealth of Australia , Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
7. "Middle River Reservoir". South Australian Water Corporation. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
8. "Development Plan, Kangaroo Island Council" (PDF). Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. pp. 114–115, 152–156, 197–198, 236, 259, 261 and 416. Retrieved 8 March 2016.