Ngarkat, South Australia

This article is about the locality in South Australia. For the associated protected area, see Ngarkat Conservation Park.

Ngarkat
South Australia
Ngarkat is located in South Australia
Ngarkat
Ngarkat
Coordinates35°37′37″S 140°38′05″E / 35.626850°S 140.634640°E / -35.626850; 140.634640[1]
Population0 (2016 census)[2]
Established1999
Postcode(s)5302[3]
Time zoneACST (UTC+9:30)
 • Summer (DST)ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location
LGA(s)Coorong District Council
Tatiara District Council
Southern Mallee District Council[1]
RegionLimestone Coast
Murray Mallee[1]
CountyBuckingham
Chandos
"outside of counties"[1]
State electorate(s)Chaffey[4]
MacKillop[5]
Federal division(s)Barker[6]
Mean max temp[7] Mean min temp[7] Annual rainfall[7]
23.4 °C
74 °F		 8.8 °C
48 °F		 310.3 mm
12.2 in
Suburbs around Ngarkat:
Lameroo
Parrakie		 Lameroo
Parilla
Pinnaroo		 Victoria
Parrakie
Tintinara		 Ngarkat Victoria
Coombe Coombe
Makin
McCallum
Shaugh		 Victoria
FootnotesLocations[3][1]
Adjoining localities[1]

Ngarkat is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located in the south-east of the state at the border with the state of Victoria in both the Murray Mallee and the Limestone Coast regions about 227 kilometres (141 miles) south east of the state capital of Adelaide.[1][3]

Its boundaries were created firstly in August 1999 for the part in the Southern Mallee District Council followed by the part in the Tatiara District Council during March 2000 and finally by the part in the Coorong District Council during August 2000. Its name is derived from the Ngarkat Conservation Park.[1]

The principal land use within the locality is conservation with the majority of the land being located in the Ngarkat Conservation Park with the exception of a parcel of land between the Ngarkat Highway and the Victorian border within the Tatiara District Council.[1][8][9][10]

The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016, reports that Ngarkat had a population of zero.[2]

Ngarkat is located within the federal Division of Barker, the state electoral districts of Chaffey and Mackillop, and the local government areas of the Coorong District Council, the Tatiara District Council and the Southern Mallee District Council.[6][4][5][1]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Search results for 'Ngarkat, 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 25 April 2018.
  2. ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Ngarkat". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 25 April 2018. Edit this at Wikidata
  3. ^ a b c "Postcode for Ngarkat, South Australia". postcodes-australia.com. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  4. ^ a b "District of Chaffey Background Profile". ELECTORAL COMMISSION SA. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
  5. ^ a b "District of MacKillop Background Profile". Electoral Commission SA. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  6. ^ a b "Federal electoral division of Barker" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
  7. ^ a b c "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics LAMEROO (AUSTIN PLAINS) (nearest station)". Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  8. ^ Development Plan - The Coorong District Council Consolidated – 18 December 2014 (PDF). Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. 2014. pp. 223, 225, 403 &405.
  9. ^ Development Plan - Southern Mallee District Council, Consolidated – 25 October 2012 (PDF). Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. 2012. pp. 5, 6, 77 & 81.
  10. ^ Development Plan - Tatiara Council, Consolidated – 24 October 2013 (PDF). Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. 2013. pp. 205 & 212–217.