Willoughby, South Australia

Willoughby
South Australia

Cape Willoughby Lighthouse
Willoughby
Coordinates 35°49′53″S 138°05′55″E / 35.83141°S 138.098680°E / -35.83141; 138.098680Coordinates: 35°49′53″S 138°05′55″E / 35.83141°S 138.098680°E / -35.83141; 138.098680
Population 319 (shared with other localities in the “State Suburb of Island Beach”) (2011 census)[1][lower-alpha 1]
Established 1999[2]
Postcode(s) 5222[3]
Time zone ACST (UTC+9:30)
 • Summer (DST) ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location
LGA(s) Kangaroo Island Council[2]
State electorate(s) Finniss[4]
Federal Division(s) Mayo[5]
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall
18.1 °C
65 °F		 12.8 °C
55 °F		 538.4 mm
21.2 in
Suburbs around Willoughby:
Antechamber Bay Backstairs Passage Backstairs Passage
Antechamber Bay
Dudley East
Porky Flat		 Willoughby Ocean
Porky Flat Ocean Ocean
Footnotes Coordinates[2]
Locations[3]
Climate[6]
Adjoining localities[2]

Willoughby is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located at the eastern end of Dudley Peninsula on Kangaroo Island overlooking Backstairs Passage to the north and overlooking the body of water known in Australia as the Southern Ocean and by international authorities as the Great Australian Bight to the south. It is located about 111 kilometres (69 mi) south of the Adelaide city centre and about 18 kilometres (11 mi) south-west of Penneshaw.[2][3][7][8]

Its boundaries were created in August 1999 while its name was derived from Cape Willoughby, the headland at the eastern end of the Dudley Peninsula.[2]

The main land uses within the locality are agriculture and conservation. The latter land use includes the Cape Willoughby Conservation Park, the eastern part of the Lesueur Conservation Park and other land adjoining the coastline which has additional statutory constraints to “conserve the natural features of the coast.”[9][2][10]

The locality includes the following two places which are listed on the South Australian Heritage Register - Cape Willoughby Lighthouse (tower only), and the ‘Freshfields’ farmhouse and the graves of Nathaniel Thomas and his wife, both pre-colonial settlers.[11][12]

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

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References

Notes
  1. ↑ For the 2011 census, the State Suburb of Island Beach covered the full extent of the Dudley Peninsula with the exception of Penneshaw - refer Dudley Peninsula#Demographics for more information
Citations
  1. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Island Beach". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Search result for "Willoughby (Locality Bounded)" (Record no SA0058054) with the following layers selected - "Suburbs and Localities" and "Place names (gazetteer)"". Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 "Postcode for Willoughby, South Australia". postcodes-australia.com. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
  4. 1 2 "District of Finniss Background Profile". Electoral Commission SA. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
  5. 1 2 "Federal electoral division of Mayo, boundary gazetted 16 December 2011" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
  6. ↑ "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics CAPE WILLOUGHBY (nearest station)". Commonwealth of Australia , Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
  7. ↑ "Limits of Oceans and Seas, 3rd edition" (PDF) (PDF). International Hydrographic Organization. 1953. pp. 35–36. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
  8. ↑ "AHS – AA609582" (PDF) (PDF). The Australian Hydrographic Service. 5 July 2012. Retrieved 30 May 2013.
  9. ↑ "Development Plan, Kangaroo Island Council" (PDF). Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. pp. 114–117, 135, 152–153, 179 and 307–310. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
  10. ↑ "Protected Areas of South Australia September (Map) 2015 Edition" (PDF). Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources (DEWNR). 30 July 2015. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
  11. ↑ "Cape Willoughby Lighthouse Tower (excluding modern lantern)". South Australian Heritage Register. Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
  12. ↑ "Farmhouse ('Freshfields') and Graves". South Australian Heritage Register. Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
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