Wallaroo Plain, South Australia

Wallaroo Plain South Australia
Wallaroo Plain
Coordinates	33°52′01″S 137°40′37″E / 33.86695°S 137.676940°ECoordinates: 33°52′01″S 137°40′37″E / 33.86695°S 137.676940°E
Population	39 (2011 census)[1]
Established	1999[2]
Postcode(s)	5556[3]
Time zone	ACST (UTC+9:30)
• Summer (DST)	ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location	148 km (92 mi) north-west of Adelaide city centre 13 km (8 mi) north of Wallaroo
LGA(s)	District Council of the Copper Coast [2]
State electorate(s)	Goyder[4]
Federal Division(s)	Grey[5]
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall 23.8 °C ^75 °F 9.8 °C ^50 °F 330.1 mm ^13 in
Suburbs around Wallaroo Plain: Spencer Gulf Tickera Tickera Alford Spencer Gulf Wallaroo Plain Wallaroo Willamulka Spencer Gulf North Beach Wallaroo Kadina Willamulka
Footnotes	Distances[3] Coordinates[2] Climate[6] Adjoining localities[2]

Wallaroo Plain is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on the west coast of Yorke Peninsula immediately adjoining Spencer Gulf about 148 kilometres (92 mi) north-west of the Adelaide city centre.^[3] Its boundaries were created in January 1999 along with the selection of the name. The name was derived from the plain which the locality now occupies.^[2] As of 2014, land within the locality was zoned for agriculture while a strip of land along the coastline adjoining Spencer Gulf was zoned for conservation.^[7] Wallaroo Plain is located within the federal division of Grey, the state electoral district of Goyder and the local government area of the District Council of the Copper Coast.^[5][4][2]

References

1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Wallaroo Plain". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
2. "Search result for "Wallaroo Plain (Locality Bounded)" (Record no SA0038041) with the following layers selected - "Suburbs and Localities" and "Place names (gazetteer)"". Government of South Australia, Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
3. "Postcode for Wallaroo Plain, South Australia". postcodes-australia.com. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
4. "Goyder electorate boundaries as of 2014". Electoral Commission SA. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
5. "Federal electoral division of Grey" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
6. "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics KADINA AWS (nearest station)". Commonwealth of Australia , Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
7. "Development Plan - Copper Coast Council Consolidated – 28 August 2014" (PDF). Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. pp. 285, 286, 290 and 291–294. Retrieved 6 April 2016.