Dowlingville, South Australia

Dowlingville
South Australia

Dowlingville Uniting (formerly Methodist) Church in 2012
Dowlingville
Coordinates 34°19′37″S 137°55′09″E / 34.32701°S 137.919250°E / -34.32701; 137.919250Coordinates: 34°19′37″S 137°55′09″E / 34.32701°S 137.919250°E / -34.32701; 137.919250
Population 490 (shared with adjoining localities in the “State Suburb of Price”) (2011 census)[1]
Established 1999[2]
Postcode(s) 5555 [3]
Time zone ACST (UTC+9:30)
 • Summer (DST) ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location 89 km (55 mi) north-west of Adelaide city centre
LGA(s) Yorke Peninsula Council
State electorate(s) Goyder[4]
Federal Division(s) Grey[5]
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall
22.6 °C
73 °F		 10.7 °C
51 °F		 332.0 mm
13.1 in
Localities around Dowlingville:
Winulta[6] Winulta[6] Price[6]
Petersville[6] Dowlingville Price
Gulf St Vincent[6]
Cunningham[6] Ardrossan
Tiddy Widdy Beach[6]		 Gulf St Vincent[6]
Footnotes Distances[3]
Coordinates[2]
Climate[7]

Dowlingville is a locality in South Australia located on the east coast of Yorke Peninsula immediately adjoining Gulf St Vincent about 89 kilometres (55 mi) north-west of the Adelaide city centre.[3][6] Its boundaries were created in May 1999.[2][8]

Dowlingville Post Office in 2012

The name of the locality is considered to have been derived from a Mr G.P. Dowling Whittaker who was an early resident.[2][9] As of 1904, it was described as follows:[9]

This is essentially a farming district, so that it is not surprising to find only a few houses, a store, a post office conducted by Mr. Whittaker, a State school, in charge of Mrs Lewis and a church. Only a few years ago this country was covered with scrub. Industry and manures have transformed the district considerably...

The locality contains the historic former Dowlingville Post Office, which is listed on the South Australian Heritage Register.[10]

As of 2014, the majority land use within the locality is “primary production.”[11] Dowlingville is located within the federal division of Grey, the state electoral district of Goyder and the local government area of the Yorke Peninsula Council.[2][4][5]

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References

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  1. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Price". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Search result for "Dowlingville (Locality Bounded)" (Record no SA0020604)". Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 "Dowlingville, South Australia (Postcode)". postcodes-australia.com. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
  4. 1 2 "Goyder electorate boundaries as of 2014". ELECTORAL COMMISSION SA. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
  5. 1 2 "Federal electoral division of Grey" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "New Ward Structure 2014". Yorke Peninsula Council. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
  7. ↑ "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics PRICE". Commonwealth of Australia , Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
  8. ↑ Kentish, P. M. (27 May 1999), "GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT 1991, Notice to Assign Boundaries and Names to Places", The South Australian Government Gazette: 2696, retrieved 5 December 2015
  9. 1 2 "Dowlingville". State Library of South Australia. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
  10. ↑ "Dowlingville Post Office". Department of Environment Water and Natural Resources. 16 March 2000. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
  11. ↑ "Development Plan - Yorke Peninsula Council" (PDF). Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. pp. 336–340. Retrieved 24 July 2015.


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