Earth:Reedy Creek, South Australia

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Short description: Town in South Australia
Reedy Creek
South Australia
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Coordinates [ ⚑ ] : 36°55′44″S 140°01′20″E / 36.928969°S 140.022108°E / -36.928969; 140.022108[1]
Population95[2]
Established3 December 1998[3]
Postcode(s)5275
Elevation15 m (49 ft)[4]
LGA(s)Kingston District Council
RegionLimestone Coast[1]
CountyRobe[1]
State electorate(s)MacKillop[5]
Federal Division(s)Barker[6]
Mean max temp[7] Mean min temp[7] Annual rainfall[7]
19.3 °C
67 °F
10.3 °C
51 °F
489.4 mm
19.3 in
Localities around Reedy Creek:
Kingston SE Kingston SE
Blackford
Blackford
Kingston SE
Wangolina
Mount Benson
Reedy Creek Avenue Range
Conmurra
Bray Bray Greenways
FootnotesAdjoining localities[1]

Reedy Creek is a locality located within the Kingston District Council in the Limestone Coast region of South Australia. The Kingston-Naracoorte railway line opened through the area on 1 September 1876. The Reedy Creek township grew around the railway siding. The railway closed in 1987.[8]

The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Reedy Creek had a population of 95 people.[2]

Reedy Creek is located within the federal division of Barker and the state electoral district of Mackillop.[6][5]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Search results for ‘Reedy Creek, LOCB’ with the following datasets selected – ‘Suburbs and Localities’, 'Government Towns', 'Counties', ‘Hundreds’, 'Local Government Areas', 'SA Government Regions', ‘Roads’ and ‘Gazetteer’". South Australian Government. http://location.sa.gov.au/viewer/. Retrieved 7 March 2018. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Reedy Creek (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/census_services/getproduct/census/2016/quickstat/SSC41230. 
  3. "GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT 1991 Notice to Assign Boundaries and Names to Places (in the District Council of Lacepede)". 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. 
  4. "Search results for ‘Reedy Creek Railway Station’ with the following datasets selected – ‘Suburbs and Localities’, ‘Roads’ and ‘Gazetteer’". South Australian Government. http://location.sa.gov.au/viewer/. Retrieved 7 March 2018. 
  5. 5.0 5.1 "District of MacKillop Background Profile". Electoral Commission SA. http://www.ecsa.sa.gov.au/component/edocman/?task=document.download&id=564&Itemid=0. Retrieved 29 March 2016. 
  6. 6.0 6.1 "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 March 2016. 
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics Cape Jaffa (The Limestone) (nearest weather station)". Commonwealth of Australia , Bureau of Meteorology. http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/cw_026095.shtml. Retrieved 30 August 2016. 
  8. Bell, Peter; Marsden, Susan (29 September 2010). "Kingston SE – An Overview History". Professional Historians Australia (SA) Inc.. http://www.sahistorians.org.au/175/bm.doc/kingston-se--an-overview-history.doc. Retrieved 28 September 2019.