Lower Light is a township adjacent to Port Wakefield Road in South Australia's lower Mid North.[5] The township of Port Prime was surveyed on the coast of Gulf St Vincent in 1880, but little remains of that town now, and it is included as part of the bounded locality of Lower Light.[6]
Lower Light South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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Coordinates | 34°31′57″S 138°26′13″E / 34.53250°S 138.43694°E | ||||||||||||||
Population | 203 (SAL 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 5501[2] | ||||||||||||||
Location | 46 km (29 mi) N of Adelaide[2] | ||||||||||||||
LGA(s) | Adelaide Plains Council | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | Narungga[3] > | ||||||||||||||
Federal division(s) | Grey | ||||||||||||||
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Footnotes | Adjoining localities[4] |
Lower Light is named for the lower Light River estuary into Gulf St Vincent directly south of the settlement.[4]
Lower Light has also been the location of parachuting/skydiving operations since 1962,[7] which operate from the George Quigley Airfield, located a short distance north of the township.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Lower Light (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ a b "Lower Light, South Australia". Postcodes Australia. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
- ^ Narungga (Map). Electoral District Boundaries Commission. 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
- ^ a b "Property Location Browser, search result for 'Lower Light, LOCB' with layers selected for "Suburbs and Localities" and "Government Towns"". Retrieved 30 November 2015.
- ^ "Placename Details: Lower Light". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. 27 November 2013. SA0041512. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
- ^ "Placename Details: Port Prime". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. 12 May 2011. SA0040695. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
- ^ "HOME". SASPC. Retrieved 14 April 2022.