Sleaford, South Australia

Sleaford
South Australia
Sleaford
Coordinates 34°51′40″S 135°38′49″E / 34.86108418°S 135.64687114°E / -34.86108418; 135.64687114Coordinates: 34°51′40″S 135°38′49″E / 34.86108418°S 135.64687114°E / -34.86108418; 135.64687114
Population 171 (shared with Uley and Tulka) (2011 census)[1]
Established 2003[2]
Postcode(s) 5607[3]
Time zone ACST (UTC+9:30)
 • Summer (DST) ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location
LGA(s) District Council of Lower Eyre Peninsula[2]
State electorate(s) Flinders[4]
Federal Division(s) Grey[5]
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall
21.2 °C
70 °F		 11.3 °C
52 °F		 383.2 mm
15.1 in
Suburbs around Sleaford:
Uley
Tulka[6]		 Port Lincoln (water body)[7]
Great Australian Bight[6] Sleaford Lincoln National Park [6]
Great Australian Bight[6]
Footnotes Location[3]
Coordinates[2]
Climate[8]

Sleaford is a locality in South Australia located at the southern tip of the Eyre Peninsula overlooking the Great Australian Bight about 260 kilometres (160 mi) west of the Adelaide city centre and about 17 kilometres (11 mi) west of the city of Port Lincoln.[3][7] The boundaries of the locality were created on October 2003 for the “long established name” which is derived from Sleaford Bay. The boundary with the locality of Tulka was altered in both 2006 and 2011.[2][9]

Sleaford consists of land at the southern tip of Eyre Peninsula located south of a line running west from the western end of Proper Bay within the natural harbour known as Port Lincoln, and which is bounded from the west to the south-east by the coastline overlooking the Great Australian Bight including the western half of Sleaford Bay and whose eastern boundary is located in the western part of the Jussieu Peninsula.[7][6][10]

The extent of the locality aligns with the cadastral Hundred of Sleaford with the exception of parts of the locality of Tulka. The Hundred of Sleaford covers an area of 190 square kilometres (72 sq mi), was proclaimed in 1871 by Governor Fergusson and which was named after Sleaford Bay.[6][11]

Land use within the locality consists of land zoned for both agricultural and conservation purposes including the following protected areas - the part of the Lincoln National Park located within the Hundred of Sleaford and the Sleaford Mere Conservation Park.[12][6]

Sleaford includes the site of the former Fishery Bay Whaling Station at Fishery Bay on the coast of Sleaford Bay, which is listed in the South Australian Heritage Register.[13]

Sleaford is located within the federal Division of Grey, the state electoral district of Flinders and the local government area of the District Council of Lower Eyre Peninsula.[2][5][4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Tulka". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Search result for "SLEAFORD (LOCB)" (Record no SA0064656)". Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "Sleaford, South Australia". Postcodes Australia. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
  4. 1 2 "District of Flinders Background Profile". Electoral Commission SA. Retrieved 9 September 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 "Search result for "Sleaford (Locality Bounded)" (Record no SA0064656) with the following layers selected - “Suburbs and Localities”, “Local Government Areas” and “Hundreds”". Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
  7. 1 2 3 South Australia. Department of Marine and Harbors (DMH) (1985), The Waters of South Australia a series of charts, sailing notes and coastal photographs, Dept. of Marine and Harbors, South Australia, pp. Chart 34, ISBN 978-0-7243-7603-2
  8. ↑ "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics NORTH SHIELDS (PORT LINCOLN AWS)". Commonwealth of Australia , Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
  9. ↑ Weatherill, J. (16 October 2003), "GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT 1991, Notice to Assign Boundaries and Names to Places" (PDF), The South Australian Government Gazette: 3796, retrieved 16 February 2016
  10. ↑ "Search result for "Jussieu Peninsula (PEN)" (Record no SA0033348) with the following layers selected - “Suburbs and Localities”". Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
  11. ↑ "Search result for "HUNDRED OF SLEAFORD" (Record no SA0061964)". Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
  12. ↑ "Development Plan - Lower Eyre Peninsula (DC) Consolidated – 19 February 2015" (PDF). Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. pp. 95, 97 & 218. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
  13. ↑ "Former Fishery Bay Whaling Station (Near SLEAFORD BAY VIA PORT LINCOLN (sic))". South Australian Heritage Register. Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
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