Earth:Fox, South Australia

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Short description: Suburb of Naracoorte Lucindale Council, South Australia
Fox
South Australia
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Coordinates [ ⚑ ] : 37°13′10″S 140°20′08″E / 37.219411°S 140.335476°E / -37.219411; 140.335476[1]
Established3 December 1998[1][2]
Postcode(s)5272[1]
Time zoneACST (UTC+9:30)
 • Summer (DST)ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location
  • 298 km (185 mi) SE of Adelaide
  • 45 km (28 mi) SW of Naracoorte
LGA(s)Naracoorte Lucindale Council[1]
RegionLimestone Coast[1]
CountyRobe[1]
State electorate(s)MacKillop[3]
Federal Division(s)Barker[4]
Mean max temp[5] Mean min temp[5] Annual rainfall[5]
21.2 °C
70 °F
8.4 °C
47 °F
603.5 mm
23.8 in
Suburbs around Fox:
Conmurra Conmurra
Lucindale
Lucindale
Conmurra
Greenways
Fox Coles
Clay Wells Clay Wells
Furner
Short
FootnotesLocations[1]
Adjoining localities[1]

Fox is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located in the state's south-east within the Limestone Coast region about 298 kilometres (185 mi) south east of the state capital of Adelaide and about 45 kilometres (28 mi) south-west of the municipal seat of Naracoorte.[1]

Boundaries for the locality were created and was given the name of Fox on 3 December 1998. The name is derived from the cadastral unit of the Hundred of Fox in which the locality is located.[1] The hundred itself was named after Arthur Aloysius Fox who served one term in the South Australian House of Assembly.[6]

Fox is located within the federal division of Barker, the state electoral district of MacKillop and the local government area of the Naracoorte Lucindale Council.[4][3][1]

See also

  • Fox (disambiguation)

References

  1. 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 "Search results for ‘Fox, LOCB' with the following datasets being selected – 'Suburbs and Localities', 'Government Towns', 'Counties', 'Local Government Areas', 'SA Government Regions’, 'Gazetteer' and 'Roads'". Government of South Australia. http://location.sa.gov.au/viewer/?map=roads&x=140.45056&y=-37.26371&z=11&uids=19,2,115,11,18,20,105,136&pinx=140.336860&piny=-37.217950&pinTitle=Location&pinText=Fox,+Locb. Retrieved 18 May 2018. 
  2. "GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT 1991 Notice to Assign Boundaries and Names to Places (in the District Council of Lucindale)". Government of South Australia. 3 December 1998. p. 1711. http://www9.austlii.edu.au/au/other/sa_gazette/1998/173/1711.pdf. Retrieved 4 December 2018. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 "District of MacKillop (map)". Electoral Commission SA. https://www.ecsa.sa.gov.au/publications/electoral-district-of-mackillop-pdf/download. Retrieved 17 May 2018. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 "Federal electoral division of Barker". Australian Electoral Commission. http://www.aec.gov.au/profiles/sa/files/2011/2011-aec-a4-map-sa-barker.pdf. Retrieved 28 December 2017. 
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics LUCINDALE POST OFFICE (nearest weather station)". Commonwealth of Australia , Bureau of Meteorology. http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/cw_026016.shtml. Retrieved 18 May 2018. 
  6. Manning, Geoffrey. "South Australian Names - F". Manning Index of South Australian History. State Library of South Australia. http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/digitalpubs/placenamesofsouthaustralia/F.pdf. Retrieved 18 May 2018.