Padthaway, South Australia

Padthaway
South Australia
Main street of Padthaway
Padthaway is located in South Australia
Padthaway
Padthaway
Coordinates36°36′14″S 140°29′26″E / 36.603765°S 140.490588°E / -36.603765; 140.490588[1]
Population418 (2016 census)[2]
Established10 April 1952 (town)
16 March 2000 (locality)[3][4]
Postcode(s)5271[5]
Elevation37 m (121 ft)[6]
Time zoneACST (UTC+9:30)
 • Summer (DST)ACDT (UTC+10:30)
Location
LGA(s)Tatiara District Council[7]
RegionLimestone Coast[8]
CountyMacDonnell[7]
State electorate(s)MacKillop[9]
Federal division(s)Barker[10]
Mean max temp[6] Mean min temp[6] Annual rainfall[6]
21.4 °C
71 °F
8.5 °C
47 °F
474.2 mm
18.7 in
Localities around Padthaway:
Marcollat Swede Flat
Mundulla West
Western Flat
Marcollat Padthaway Western Flat
The Gap
Woolumbool Keppoch The Gap
Footnotes>Adjoining localities[7]

Padthaway (/ˈpædθəw/ PAD-thə-way) is a small town in the Australian state of South Australia located in the state's south-east within the Limestone Coast region about 253 kilometres (157 miles) south east of the state capital of Adelaide and about 41 kilometres (25 miles) south-east of the municipal seat of Bordertown.[5][7] The name is derived from the Potawurutj, the Aboriginal name word for cover or bury. Padthaway is in the Tatiara District Council, the state electorate of MacKillop and the federal Division of Barker.

The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Padthaway had a population of 418 people.[2]

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  2. ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Padthaway". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 26 April 2018. Edit this at Wikidata
  3. ^ "TOWN OF PADTHAWAY" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australia: 775. 10 April 1952. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 October 2022. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
  4. ^ Lawson, Robert (16 March 2000). "GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT 1991 Notice to Assign Names and Boundaries to Places (in the District Council of Tatiara)" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. South Australian Government. p. 1434. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 October 2022. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
  5. ^ a b "Postcode for Padthway, South Australia". postcodes-australia.com. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
  6. ^ a b c d "Padthaway South". Climate statistics for Australian locations. Bureau of Meteorology. April 2014. Retrieved 3 April 2014.
  7. ^ a b c d "Search result for "Padthaway (Locality Bounded)" (Record no. SA0052922) with the following layers selected - "Suburbs and Localities", "Government Towns", "Development Plan layers" and " Place names (gazetteer)"". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
  8. ^ "Limestone Coast SA Government region" (PDF). The Government of South Australia. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 October 2022. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  9. ^ "District of MacKillop Background Profile". Electoral Commission SA. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  10. ^ "Federal electoral division of Barker" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 October 2022. Retrieved 28 March 2016.