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| Carpenter Rocks South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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 Sunset over 'The Carpenter', from Gerloff Bay | |||||||||||||||
  Carpenter Rocks | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 37°55′00″S 140°23′58″E / 37.916647°S 140.399434°E[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 87 (SAL 2021)[2] | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 31 October 1996 (locality)[3] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 5291 | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | ACST (UTC+9:30) | ||||||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | ACDT (UTC+10:30) | ||||||||||||||
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| LGA(s) | District Council of Grant[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Region | Limestone Coast[4] | ||||||||||||||
| County | Grey[1] | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Mount Gambier | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Barker | ||||||||||||||
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| Footnotes | Adjoining localities[1] | ||||||||||||||
Carpenter Rocks is a town and locality located 35 kilometres (22 mi) south-west of Mount Gambier in the south-east of South Australia. The area faces the Southern Ocean and is renowned for its rugged coastline which provides exceptional fishing and diving locations.
Carpenter Rocks is in the District Council of Grant local government area, the South Australian House of Assembly electoral district of Mount Gambier and the Australian House of Representatives Division of Barker.
- ^ a b c d "Search results for 'Carpenter Rocks, LOCB' with the following datasets selected – 'NPW and Conservation Properties', 'Suburbs and Localities', 'Counties', 'Government Towns', 'Hundreds', 'Local Government Areas', 'South Australian Government Regions' and 'Gazetteer'". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australian. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Carpenter Rocks (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ Kentish, P.M. (31 October 1996), "GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT 1991, Notice to Assign Boundaries and Names to Places" (PDF), The South Australian Government Gazette: 1517, retrieved 14 April 2019
- ^ "Limestone Coast SA Government region" (PDF). The Government of South Australia. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
- ^ a b c "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics Mount Gambier Aero (nearest weather station)". Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
