| Wool Bay South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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 View of Wool Bay and jetty from the cliff top | |||||||||||||||
  Wool Bay | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°59′35″S 137°45′15″E / 34.993186°S 137.754235°E[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 154 (SAL 2021)[2] | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 24 August 1876 (town) 27 May 1999 (locality)[3][4] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 5575[5] | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | ACST (UTC+9:30) | ||||||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | ACST (UTC+10:30) | ||||||||||||||
| Location |
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| LGA(s) | Yorke Peninsula Council[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Region | Yorke and Mid North[1] | ||||||||||||||
| County | Fergusson[1] | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Narungga[6] | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Grey[7] | ||||||||||||||
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| Footnotes | Adjoining localities[1] | ||||||||||||||
Wool Bay (formerly Pickering) is a locality and a former government town in the Australian state of South Australia on the east coast of southern Yorke Peninsula. It is located between Stansbury and Coobowie on Yorke Peninsula, approximately 220 kilometres from Adelaide by road, but only just over 60 km due west across Gulf St Vincent.
- ^ a b c d e "Search results for 'Wool Bay, LOCB' with the following datasets selected – 'Suburbs and localities', 'Counties', 'Government Towns', 'Local Government Areas', 'SA Government Regions' and 'Gazetteer'". Location SA Map Viewer. South Australian Government. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Wool Bay (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ Musgrave, A. (24 August 1876). "Untitled proclamation re the Township of Pickering" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australia. p. 1633. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
- ^ Kentish, P.M. (27 May 1999). "GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT 1991 Notice to Assign Boundaries and Names to Places (in the District Council of Yorke Peninsula)" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australia. p. 2696. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
- ^ "Postcode for Wool Bay, South Australia". Postcodes Australia. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
- ^ Narungga (Map). Electoral District Boundaries Commission. 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
- ^ "Federal electoral division of Grey" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
- ^ a b c "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics EDITHBURGH (nearest weather station)". Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
