Currency Creek, South Australia

Currency Creek
South Australia
Currency Creek is located in South Australia
Currency Creek
Currency Creek
Coordinates35°27′14″S 138°45′30″E / 35.453872°S 138.758216°E / -35.453872; 138.758216[1]
Population443 (SAL 2021)[2]
Established1840 (town)
31 August 2000 (locality)[3][4]
Postcode(s)5214
Time zoneACST (UTC+9:30)
 • Summer (DST)ACDT (UTC+10:30)
LGA(s)Alexandrina Council[1]
RegionFleurieu and Kangaroo Island[1]
CountyHindmarsh[1]
State electorate(s)Finniss
Federal division(s)Mayo
Mean max temp[5] Mean min temp[5] Annual rainfall[5]
20.8 °C
69 °F
11.8 °C
53 °F
394.8 mm
15.5 in
Localities around Currency Creek:
Tooperang Tooperang
Finniss
Clayton Bay
Clayton Bay
Mosquito Hill Currency Creek Clayton Bay
Hindmarsh Island
Mosquito Hill
Middleton
Middleton
Goolwa
Goolwa North
Hindmarsh Island
Hindmarsh Island
FootnotesAdjoining localities[1]

Currency Creek (postcode 5214) is a township and locality in South Australia on the western shore of Lake Alexandrina about 6 km north of Goolwa, beside a seasonal stream bearing the same name – Currency Creek – which flows into Lake Alexandrina. The locality includes the headland named Finniss Point which separates the mouths of Currency Creek and the Finniss River.

  1. ^ a b c d e "Search results for "Currency Creek, LOCB" with the following datasets selected – 'Suburbs and Localities', 'Counties', 'Government Towns', 'Local Government Areas', 'SA Government Regions' and 'Gazetteer'". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
  2. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Currency Creek (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. Edit this at Wikidata
  3. ^ Manning, Geoffrey H. (2012). "Currency Creek" (PDF). A Compendium of the Place Names of South Australia From Aaron Creek to Zion Hill With 54 Complementary Appendices. Geoffrey H. Manning. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
  4. ^ "GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT 1991, Notice to Assign Boundaries and Names to Places {within the Alexandrina Council)" (PDF), The South Australian Government Gazette: 948, 31 August 2000, retrieved 16 December 2018
  5. ^ a b c "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics HINDMARSH ISLAND AWS (nearest weather station)". Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 16 December 2018.