Coles, South Australia

Coles
South Australia
Coles is located in South Australia
Coles
Coles
Coordinates37°12′45″S 140°27′39″E / 37.212412°S 140.460758°E / -37.212412; 140.460758[1]
Population35 (SAL 2021)[2]
Established3 December 1998[1][3]
Postcode(s)5272[4]
Time zoneACST (UTC+9:30)
 • Summer (DST)ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location
LGA(s)Naracoorte Lucindale Council[1]
RegionLimestone Coast[1]
CountyRobe[1]
State electorate(s)MacKillop[5]
Federal division(s)Barker[6]
Mean max temp[7] Mean min temp[7] Annual rainfall[7]
21.2 °C
70 °F
8.4 °C
47 °F
603.5 mm
23.8 in
Suburbs around Coles:
Lucindale Lucindale
Spence
Spence
Fox Coles Spence
Bool Lagoon
Maaoupe
Furner Short Wattle Range East
FootnotesLocations[4]
Adjoining localities[1]

Coles is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located in the state's south-east within the Limestone Coast region about 316 kilometres (196 mi) south east of the state capital of Adelaide and about 39 kilometres (24 mi) south-west of the municipal seat of Naracoorte.[4]

Boundaries for the locality were created and was given the name of Coles on 3 December 1998. The name is derived from the cadastral unit of the Hundred of Coles in which the locality is located.[1] The hundred itself was named after Jenkin Coles who was a member of the South Australian House of Assembly from 1875 to 1911.[8]

Coles is located within the federal division of Barker, the state electoral district of MacKillop and the local government area of the Naracoorte Lucindale Council.[6][5][1]

In January 2022 a bushfire burning within the locality resulted in the death of a CFS volunteer Louise Hincks.[9]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h "Search results for 'Coles, LOCB' with the following datasets being selected – 'Suburbs and Localities', 'Government Towns', 'Counties', 'Local Government Areas', 'SA Government Regions', 'Gazetteer' and 'Roads'". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  2. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Coles (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. Edit this at Wikidata
  3. ^ "GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT 1991 Notice to Assign Boundaries and Names to Places (in the District Council of Lucindale)" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australia. 3 December 1998. p. 1711. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
  4. ^ a b c "Postcode for Coles, South Australia". Postcodes Australia. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  5. ^ a b "District of MacKillop (map)". Electoral Commission SA. Retrieved 17 May 2018.[permanent dead link]
  6. ^ a b "Federal electoral division of Barker" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  7. ^ a b c "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics LUCINDALE POST OFFICE (nearest weather station)". Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  8. ^ Manning, Geoffrey. "South Australian Names - C" (PDF). Manning Index of South Australian History. State Library of South Australia. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  9. ^ "Memorials to Firefighters, Remembering our Fallen". South Australian Country Fire Service Promotions Unit. Retrieved 25 October 2022.