Ward Hill is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on the west coast of Yorke Peninsula immediately adjoining Spencer Gulf about 157 kilometres (98 miles) north-west of the Adelaide city centre.[4]
| Ward Hill South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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  Ward Hill | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°41′05″S 137°50′49″E / 33.684640°S 137.847060°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 52 (SAL 2016)[2][3] | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1998[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 5522[4] | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | ACST (UTC+9:30) | ||||||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | ACST (UTC+10:30) | ||||||||||||||
| Location | 157 km (98 mi) north-west of Adelaide city centre | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | District Council of Barunga West[1] | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Narungga[5] | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Grey[6] | ||||||||||||||
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| Footnotes | Distances[4] Coordinates[1] Climate[7] Adjoining localities[1] | ||||||||||||||
Its boundaries were created in October 1998 for the “long established name” and included the Webling Bay Shack Area. The name was derived from the hill now located within the locality.[1] Its coastline with Spencer Gulf includes at its northern end, an inlet known as Mundoora Arm and a channel known as Hamilton Lagoons.[8]
As of 2015, land within the locality was zoned for agriculture while a strip of land along its coastline was zoned for conservation.[9]
Ward Hill is located within the federal division of Grey, the state electoral district of Narungga and the local government area of the District Council of Barunga West.[6][5][1]
See also
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edit- ^ a b c d e f g "Search result for "Ward Hill (Locality Bounded)" (Record no SA0037030) 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.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Ward Hill (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2016.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Ward Hill (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2016 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ a b c "Postcode for Ward Hill, South Australia". postcodes-australia.com. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
- ^ a b Narungga (Map). Electoral District Boundaries Commission. 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
- ^ a b "Federal electoral division of Grey" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
- ^ "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics KADINA AWS". Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
- ^ Boating Industry Association of South Australia (BIA); Department for Environment and Heritage (2005), South Australia's waters an atlas & guide, Boating Industry Association of South Australia, p. 207, ISBN 978-1-86254-680-6
- ^ "Development Plan - Barunga West Council, Consolidated – 19 March 2015" (PDF). Government of South Australia, Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. pp. 197–207. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
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