Wangolina, South Australia

Wangolina South Australia
Wangolina
Coordinates	36°56′31″S 139°49′05″E / 36.942°S 139.818°ECoordinates: 36°56′31″S 139°49′05″E / 36.942°S 139.818°E
Established	1998[1]
Postcode(s)	5275 [2]
Time zone	ACST (UTC+9:30)
• Summer (DST)	ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location	252 km (157 mi) south-east of Adelaide city centre 144 km (89 mi) north-west of Mount Gambier 17 km (11 mi) south of Kingston SE
LGA(s)	Kingston District Council[1]
State electorate(s)	MacKillop[3]
Federal Division(s)	Barker[4]
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall 19.3 °C ^67 °F 10.3 °C ^51 °F 489.4 mm ^19.3 in
Suburbs around Wangolina: Lacepede Bay Sandy Grove Kingston SE Kingston SE Lacepede Bay Cape Jaffa Ocean Wangolina Reedy Creek Ocean Mount Benson Mount Benson
Footnotes	Coordinates[1] Locations[2] Climatic data[5] Adjoining Localities[1]

Wangolina (also known as Wongolina) is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on the state’s south-east coast overlooking the body of water known in Australia as the Southern Ocean and by international authorities as the Great Australian Bight. It is about 252 kilometres (157 mi) south-east of the Adelaide city centre and 144 kilometres (89 mi) south of the centre of Mount Gambier.^[1][2][6][7]

Boundaries were created in December 1998 for the “long established name” which is derived from the Wangolina Drain (also known as the Butchers Gap Drain) which is part of the drainage infrastructure built in the south east of the state since European settlement. The name Wongolina is also has been gazetted as an alternative name.^{[1][8][9][10]}

Wangolina consists of land along the coastline associated with the Cape Jaffa promontory which its shares with the gazetted locality of Cape Jaffa. Wangolina has coastline frontage to both Lacepede Bay in the north and to the ocean in the south. The Southern Ports Highway passes through the locality from Kingston SE in the north to Robe in the south.^[11][1]

The majority land use within the locality is agriculture with a strip of land adjoining the coastline being zoned for conservation.^[12][1]

Wangolina is located within the federal division of Barker, the state electoral district of MacKillop and the local government area of the Kingston District Council.^[4][3][1]

References

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2. "Postcode for Wangolina, South Australia". postcodes-australia.com. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
3. "District of MacKillop Background Profile". Electoral Commission SA. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
4. "Federal electoral division of Barker" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
5. "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics Cape Jaffa (The Limestone) (nearest weather station)". Commonwealth of Australia , Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
6. "Limits of Oceans and Seas, 3rd edition" (PDF) (PDF). International Hydrographic Organization. 1953. pp. 35–36. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
7. "AHS – AA609582" (PDF) (PDF). The Australian Hydrographic Service. 5 July 2012. Retrieved 30 May 2013.
8. "Search result for "Wangolina Drain (Drain)" (Record no SA0014317) with the following layers selected - "Suburbs and Localities" and "Place names (gazetteer)"". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
9. "Search result for "Butchers Gap Drain (Drain)" (Record no SA0011327) with the following layers selected - "Suburbs and Localities" and "Place names (gazetteer)"". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
10. "Upper South East Drainage Network Management Strategy, prepared under section 43a of the Upper South East Dryland Salinity And Flood Management Act 2002" (PDF). Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia, Department for Water. June 2011. p. 54. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
11. Boating Industry Association of South Australia (BIA); South Australia. Department for Environment and Heritage (2005), South Australia's waters an atlas & guide, Boating Industry Association of South Australia, p. 180, ISBN 978-1-86254-680-6
12. "Development Plan, Kingston District Council Consolidated – 13 December 2012" (PDF). Government of South Australia. pp. 103, 144, 242–244 and 246–249. Retrieved 29 April 2016.