Earth:Cape Douglas, South Australia

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Short description: Suburb of District Council of Grant, South Australia
Cape Douglas
South Australia
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Coordinates [ ⚑ ] : 38°01′23″S 140°35′31″E / 38.023°S 140.592°E / -38.023; 140.592[1]
Postcode(s)5291 [2]
Time zoneACST (UTC+9:30)
 • Summer (DST)ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location
  • 386 km (240 mi) south-east of Adelaide
  • 24 km (15 mi) south of Mount Gambier
LGA(s)District Council of Grant[1]
RegionLimestone Coast[3]
CountyGrey[1]
State electorate(s)Mount Gambier[4]
Federal Division(s)Barker[5]
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall
19.0 °C
66 °F		 8.2 °C
47 °F		 708.4 mm
27.9 in
Suburbs around Cape Douglas:
Kongorong Kongorong
Mount Schank		 Mount Schank
Nene Valley Cape Douglas Allendale East
Port MacDonnell
Ocean Ocean Ocean
FootnotesLocations[2][1]
Climate[6]
Adjoining localities[1]

Cape Douglas 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 386 kilometres (240 miles) south-east of the state capital of Adelaide and 24 kilometres (15 miles) south of the municipal seat of Mount Gambier.[1][2][7][8]

Its boundaries were created on 31 October 1996 for the ‘long established name’ which is considered by the relevant government agency as being named after Douglas Point, a coastal feature within the locality’s boundaries and which was renamed as Cape Douglas on 18 January 1996 “to agree with the long established locally used name of the feature.” The following shack sites have been included within the locality - the Cape Douglas Shack Site, also known as the Douglas Point Shack Site, and the Middle Point Shack Site.[1][9]

Cape Douglas consists of land along the coastline extending from Jones Bay in the west to the Middle Point Headland in the east and including the following features - the Cape Douglas headland and Umpherstone Bay on its eastern side.[10][1]

The land use within the locality is dominated by agriculture with land adjoining the coastline which includes the protected area known as the Douglas Point Conservation Park being zoned for conservation and an area overlooking Umpherstone Bay being zoned for residential use.[11][12]

Cape Douglas is located within the federal division of Barker, the state electoral district of Mount Gambier and the local government area of the District Council of Grant.[5][4][1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 "Search results for ‘Cape Douglas, LOCB' with the following datasets being selected - 'Suburbs and Localities', 'Counties', 'Local Government Areas', 'SA Government Regions’ and 'Gazetteer'". Government of South Australia. http://location.sa.gov.au/viewer/?map=roads&x=140.63882&y=-38.00557&z=13&uids=19,2,11,20,105&pinx=140.591780&piny=-38.023390&pinTitle=Location&pinText=Cape+Douglas,+Locb. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Postcode for Cape Douglas, South Australia". postcodes-australia.com. http://www.postcodes-australia.com/areas/sa/country+south+australia/cape+douglas. 
  3. ↑ "Limestone Coast SA Government region". The Government of South Australia. http://www.sa.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0003/8589/Limestone_Coast_SA_Government_region.pdf. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "District of Mount Gambier Background Profile". Electoral Commission SA. http://www.ecsa.sa.gov.au/component/edocman/?task=document.download&id=569&Itemid=0. 
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Federal electoral division of Barker". Australian Electoral Commission. http://www.aec.gov.au/profiles/sa/files/2011/2011-aec-a4-map-sa-barker.pdf. 
  6. ↑ "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics Mount Gambier Aero (nearest weather station)". Commonwealth of Australia , Bureau of Meteorology. http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/cw_026021.shtml. 
  7. ↑ "Limits of Oceans and Seas, 3rd edition". International Hydrographic Organization. 1953. pp. 35–36. https://iho.int/uploads/user/pubs/standards/s-23/S-23_Ed3_1953_EN.pdf. 
  8. ↑ "AHS – AA609582". The Australian Hydrographic Service. 5 July 2012. http://www.hydro.gov.au/factsheets/WFS_Names_and_Limits_of_Oceans_and_Seas_Around_Australia.pdf. 
  9. ↑ Kentish, P.M. (18 January 1996). "GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT, 1991 Notice to Alter the Name of a Place". South Australian Government. p. 364. http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/other/sa_gazette/1996/7/364.pdf. 
  10. ↑ 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. 175, ISBN 978-1-86254-680-6 
  11. ↑ "Development Plan, Grant Council, Consolidated – 11 February 2016". [Government of South Australia. pp. 108, 116, 138, 216–217 and 287–288. http://www.dpti.sa.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0007/249973/Grant_Council_Development_Plan.pdf. 
  12. ↑ "Search results for ‘Cape Douglas, LOCB' with the following datasets being selected - 'Suburbs and Localities' and 'Land Development Plan Zone Categories'". Government of South Australia. http://location.sa.gov.au/viewer/?map=roads&x=140.63488&y=-38.01991&z=13&uids=19,116&pinx=140.591780&piny=-38.023390&pinTitle=Location&pinText=Cape+Douglas,+Locb. 



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