Dudley Peninsula

This article is about the peninsula in South Australia. For the associated cadastral unit, see Hundred of Dudley.

Dudley Peninsula
South Australia
Cape Willoughby Lightstation. Cape Willoughby, Kangaroo Island
Dudley Peninsula is located in South Australia
Dudley Peninsula
Dudley Peninsula
Coordinates35°47′50″S 137°55′21″E / 35.79722°S 137.92250°E / -35.79722; 137.92250[1]
Population595 (2011 census)[2][3]
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall
18.1 °C
65 °F		 12.8 °C
55 °F		 537.3 mm
21.2 in
FootnotesClimate data[4]

Dudley Peninsula (known as Presquila Gallissoniere and as the MacDonnell Peninsula from 1857 to 1986) is the peninsula forming the eastern end of Kangaroo Island in the Australian state of South Australia. It was occupied by Aboriginal Australians as recently as 3,100 years BP but was found to be unoccupied by the first European explorers to visit it in the early 19th century. It was first settled by Europeans as early as the 1830s. As of 2011, it had a population of 595 people.

  1. ^ "Search result for "Dudley Peninsula, PEN" with the following layers selected - "NPW and Conservation Properties", "Hundreds", "Gazetteer" and "Roads"". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
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  4. ^ "Summary (climate) statistics CAPE WILLOUGHBY". Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 16 November 2015.