Coorong, South Australia

For other uses, see Coorong.

Coorong
South Australia
View across the Coorong lagoon towards sandhills on Younghusband Peninsula
Coorong is located in South Australia
Coorong
Coorong
Coordinates36°07′S 139°36′E / 36.12°S 139.60°E / -36.12; 139.60[1]
Population53 (SAL 2021)[2]
Established1998[1]
Postcode(s)5264[3]
Time zoneACST (UTC+9:30)
 • Summer (DST)ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location80 km (50 mi) SE of Adelaide[3]
LGA(s)Coorong
Kingston
(north to south)[1]
RegionMurray and Mallee
Limestone Coast
(north to south)[1]
CountyRussell
Cardwell
MacDonnell
(north to south)[1]
State electorate(s)MacKillop[4]
Federal division(s)Barker[5]
Mean max temp[6] Mean min temp[6] Annual rainfall[6]
20.8 °C
69 °F		 10.3 °C
51 °F		 468.3 mm
18.4 in
Suburbs around Coorong:
See Surrounding localities
FootnotesLocation[3]

Coorong is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia which is associated with the lagoon known as the Coorong in the south-east of the state and which overlooks the continental coastline from the mouth of the Murray River about 80 kilometres (50 miles) south-east of the state capital of Adelaide to the immediate north of the town of Kingston SE extending for a distance of at least 140 kilometres (87 mi).[1][3][7]

It extends from the Murray Mouth in the north to the northern end of the Paranki Lagoon in the south including:[1][8]

  • the following bodies of water with the Murray River system - Port Pullen, Coorong Channel, the Tauwitchere Channel and the full extent of the Coorong lagoon system,
  • the following major islands - Bird, Ewe, Long, Mud and Tauwitchere
  • the full extent of the Younghusband Peninsula
  • a parcel of land of an area of 267 square kilometres (103 sq mi) located between the localities of Meningie and Salt Creek and
  • land between the Coorong Lagoon and the Paranki Lagoon.

The boundaries of the locality were created firstly for the part within the Kingston District Council in 1998 and secondly for the part within the Coorong District Council in 2000 including the Villa De Yumpa Shack Site. The name is reported as being derived from the lagoon of the same name.[1] The boundary with the locality of Hindmarsh Island was altered in 2014 to move Bird Island, an island located north-east of the Murray Mouth, into the locality of Coorong.[9][10]

The principal land use in Coorong is conservation with the majority of the land being occupied by the Coorong National Park and the Mud Islands Game Reserve.[11][12]

The locality includes the following state heritage places: Magrath Flat Homestead, Teeluc Cottage and White Hut Cottage[13][14][15]

Coorong is located within the federal Division of Barker, the state electoral district of MacKillop and the local government areas of the Kingston District Council and the Coorong District Council.[4][5] It is also located in the cadastral counties of Russell, Cardwell and MacDonnell (from north to south) and the South Australian Government regions of Murray and Mallee and Limestone Coast (from north to south).[1]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Search results for "Coorong" with the following datasets selected - "Suburbs and Localities", "Counties", "Local Government Areas", "SA Government Regions" and "Gazetteer"". Location SA Map Viewer. South Australian government. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
  2. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Coorong (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. Edit this at Wikidata
  3. ^ a b c d "Coorong, South Australia". Postcodes Australia. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  4. ^ a b "District of MacKillop Background Profile". Electoral Commission SA. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  5. ^ a b "Federal electoral division of Barker" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
  6. ^ a b c "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics MENINGIE (nearest station)". Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  7. ^ "Information Sheet on Ramsar Wetlands (RIS) - The Coorong, and Lakes Alexandrina and Albert Wetland" (PDF). Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources. Ramsar Secretariat. 2013. p. 4. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
  8. ^ Boating Industry Association of South Australia (BIA); Department for Environment and Heritage (2005), South Australia's waters an atlas & guide, Boating Industry Association of South Australia, pp. 27, 30 and 35–39, ISBN 978-1-86254-680-6
  9. ^ Burdett, Michael (8 May 2014). "GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT 1991 Notice to Alter Boundaries of Places" (PDF). South Australian Government Gazette. The Government of South Australia: 1587. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
  10. ^ Boating Industry Association of South Australia (BIA); South Australia. Department for Environment and Heritage (2005), South Australia's waters an atlas & guide, Boating Industry Association of South Australia, pp. 35 & 36, ISBN 978-1-86254-680-6
  11. ^ "Development Plan, The Coorong District Council, Consolidated – 18 December 2014". Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. pp. 119–120, 265, 268, 269, 272, 308, 311, 322, 329, 330, 337, 347, 348, 352 & 353. Archived from the original on 5 July 2014. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
  12. ^ "Development Plan, Kingston District Council, Consolidated – 13 December 2012". Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. pp. 126–127, 205, 211, 222 & 227. Archived from the original on 5 July 2014. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
  13. ^ "Magrath (sometimes McGrath) Flat Homestead, including Dwelling, Stables, Smithy, Shearers' Quarters and Woolshed". South Australian Heritage Register. Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  14. ^ "Cottage (Teeluc)". South Australian Heritage Register. Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  15. ^ "Cottage, White Hut". South Australian Heritage Register. Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources. Retrieved 29 March 2016.