Gerard, South Australia

This article is about the locality in South Australia. For the associated aboriginal local government area, see Gerard Community Council.

Gerard
South Australia
Gerard is located in South Australia
Gerard
Gerard
Coordinates34°22′37″S 140°28′40″E / 34.377049°S 140.477916°E / -34.377049; 140.477916[1]
Population660 (shared with other localities in the ‘State Suburb of Loveday’) (2011 census)[2]
Established12 August 1999[3]
Postcode(s)5343[4]
Time zoneACST (UTC+9:30)
 • Summer (DST)ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location
  • 182 km (113 mi) north-east of Adelaide
  • 12 km (7 mi) north-west of Loxton
LGA(s)Pastoral Unincorporated Area[1]
CountyHamley[1]
State electorate(s)Chaffey[5]
Federal division(s)Barker[6]
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall
23.9 °C
75 °F		 9.0 °C
48 °F		 259.5 mm
10.2 in
Suburbs around Gerard:
Spectacle Lake Spectacle Lake Winkie
Spectacle Lake Gerard Katarapko
Pyap Pyap Katarapko
FootnotesLocation[4]
Climate [7]
Adjoining localities[1]

Gerard is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located in the Riverland on the northern side of the Murray River about 182 kilometres (113 miles) north-east of the state capital of Adelaide and about 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) northwest of Loxton.[4]

Its boundaries were created on 12 August 1999.[3]

As of 2012, the land use within Gerard is divided between conservation and agriculture with the former being concerned with the floodplain.[8] The title for land within Gerard held by the Aboriginal Lands Trust who has leased it to the Gerard Community Council.[9]

Gerard is located within the federal division of Barker, the state electoral district of Chaffey and the Pastoral Unincorporated Area of South Australia.[1][5][6]

  1. ^ a b c d e "Search results for 'Gerard, LOCB' with the following datasets being selected - 'Suburbs and Localities', 'Counties', 'Local Government Areas', 'SA Government Regions', and 'Gazetteer'". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
  2. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Loveday". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 16 May 2016. Edit this at Wikidata
  3. ^ a b Lawson, Robert (12 August 1999). "GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT 1991 Notice to Assign Names and Boundaries to Places" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australia. p. 765. Retrieved 31 March 2019. DO HEREBY assign the names OVERLAND CORNER, COBDOGLA, LOVEDAY, BARMERA, WINKIE, KATARAPKO, MONASH, GLOSSOP, BERRI, GERARD and SPECTACLE LAKE to those areas within The Berri Barmera Council (sic)
  4. ^ a b c "Gerard Postcode". postcodes-australia.com. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
  5. ^ a b "District of Chaffey Background Profile". ELECTORAL COMMISSION SA. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
  6. ^ a b "Federal electoral division of Barker, boundary gazetted 16 December 2011" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
  7. ^ "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics LOXTON RESEARCH CENTRE (nearest station)". Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
  8. ^ "Development Plan, Land Not Within a Council Area Eyre, Far North, Riverland and Whyalla – 18 October 2012" (PDF). Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. 2012. pp. 15, 294–302 289. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
  9. ^ "Gerard Community". Aboriginal Lands Trust. Retrieved 16 May 2016.