Island Beach, South Australia
Island Beach South Australia |
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Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | ||||||||||||||
Population | 319 (shared with other localities in the “State Suburb of Island Beach”) (2011 census)[1][lower-alpha 1] | ||||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 5222[2] | ||||||||||||||
Time zone | ACST (UTC+9:30) | ||||||||||||||
• Summer (DST) | ACDT (UTC+10:30) | ||||||||||||||
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LGA(s) | Kangaroo Island Council[3] | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | Finniss[4] | ||||||||||||||
Federal Division(s) | Mayo[5] | ||||||||||||||
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Footnotes | Location[2] Climate[6] Adjoining localities[3] |
Island Beach is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia overlooking Eastern Cove in Nepean Bay on the north-west coast of the Dudley Peninsula on Kangaroo Island about Lua error in Module:Convert at line 272: attempt to index local 'cat' (a nil value). from the Adelaide city centre and about Lua error in Module:Convert at line 272: attempt to index local 'cat' (a nil value). from Penneshaw.[2][3]
John Stewart Browne subdivided Island Beach in 1961 into 254 allotments, with average block sizes exceeding Lua error in Module:Convert at line 272: attempt to index local 'cat' (a nil value).. Development stalled for a number of years, due largely to a reluctance of the local council to construct roads through the estate, which under planning regulations of the time were not the responsibility of the developer.[citation needed]
In the late 1970s a separate land subdivision occurred to the south of the original estate. Known locally as Carter's Estate, these allotments were more traditionally under Lua error in Module:Convert at line 272: attempt to index local 'cat' (a nil value). in size. Throughout the late 1980s and beyond, development accelerated with substantial seafront residences being erected, and land values beginning to rise.[citation needed]
Facilities at Island Beach include a general store and fuel station.There is limited access to the beach for boat launching and retrieval.[7]
Island Beach is located within the federal division of Mayo, the state electoral district of Finniss and the local government area of the Kangaroo Island Council.[3][4][5]
References
- Notes
- ↑ For the 2011 census, the State Suburb of Island Beach covered the full extent of the Dudley Peninsula with the exception of Penneshaw - refer Dudley Peninsula#Demographics for more information
- Citations
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