Honiton, South Australia
| Honiton South Australia | |||||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 35°06′13″S 137°38′51″E / 35.10357528°S 137.64753204°ECoordinates: 35°06′13″S 137°38′51″E / 35.10357528°S 137.64753204°E | ||||||||||||
| Population | 159 (shared with Port Moorowie) and part of Edithburgh) (2011 census)[1] | ||||||||||||
| Established | 1999[2] | ||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 5576 [3] | ||||||||||||
| Time zone | ACST (UTC+9:30) | ||||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | ACST (UTC+10:30) | ||||||||||||
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| LGA(s) | Yorke Peninsula Council [2] | ||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Goyder[4] | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Grey[5] | ||||||||||||
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Distances[3] Coordinates[2] Climate[6] Adjoining localities[7] | ||||||||||||
Honiton is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on the south coast of Yorke Peninsula immediately adjoining Investigator Strait about 89 kilometres (55 mi) west of the Adelaide city centre and about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) west of the Edithburgh town centre.[3][7]
Its boundaries were created in May 1999. The name derives from the former government town of Honiton which was proclaimed on 27 April 1876, which ceased on 26 September 1982 and whose site is within the locality’s extent. The former government town’s name itself is reported as being derived from Honiton, a town located in Devonshire, England.[2][8]
Honiton’s coastal boundary with Investigator Strait includes coastal features such as Troubridge Hill and Troubridge Point.[7]
The former government town was located in section 376 in the Hundred of Melville which was sub-divided by the surveyor, James W. Jones in 1874. A school was opened in 1874 under the name "Diamond Lake" which was the informal name used for part of the locality. The school was renamed as “Honiton” in 1891 and was closed in 1942.[8] The locality contains two sites listed on the South Australian Heritage Register - the Lake Fowler Salt Works on Lake Fowler Road and a length of dry stone walling that is located to one side of New Honiton Road, Goldsmith Beach Road and two other roads.[9][10]
As of 2014, the majority land use within the locality is “primary production.”[11]
The 2011 census reported that Honiton shared a population of 159 people with the locality of Port Moorowie and part of the locality of Edithburgh.[1]
Honiton is located within the federal division of Grey, the state electoral district of Goyder and the local government area of the Yorke Peninsula Council.[2][4][5]
See also
References
- 1 2 Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Port Moorowie". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Search result for "Honiton (Locality Bounded)" (Record no SA0030994)". Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
- 1 2 3 "Honiton, South Australia (Postcode)". postcodes-australia.com. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
- 1 2 "Goyder electorate boundaries as of 2014". ELECTORAL COMMISSION SA. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
- 1 2 "Federal electoral division of Grey" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
- ↑ "Summary statistics EDITHBURGH". Commonwealth of Australia , Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
- 1 2 3 "New Ward Structure 2014". Yorke Peninsula Council. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
- 1 2 Manning, G.H. "Honiton". State Library of South Australia. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
- ↑ "Lake Fowler Salt Works Site". Department of Environment Water and Natural Resources. 11 November 1999. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
- ↑ "Dry Stone Walling". Department of Environment Water and Natural Resources. 11 November 1999. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
- ↑ "Development Plan - Yorke Peninsula Council" (PDF). Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. pp. 230, 232, 290 & 293. Retrieved 24 July 2015.