Port MacDonnell, South Australia

Port MacDonnell
South Australia
View west to Port Macdonnell from Racecourse Bay, 2013
Port MacDonnell is located in South Australia
Port MacDonnell
Port MacDonnell
Coordinates38°03′0″S 140°41′0″E / 38.05000°S 140.68333°E / -38.05000; 140.68333[1]
Population660 (UCL 2021)[2]
Established1860 (town)
31 October 1996 (locality)[1][3]
Postcode(s)5291[4]
Location
LGA(s)District Council of Grant[1]
RegionLimestone Coast[5]
CountyGrey[1]
State electorate(s)Mount Gambier[6]
Federal division(s)Barker[7]
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall
19.0 °C
66 °F		 8.2 °C
47 °F		 708.4 mm
27.9 in
Localities around Port MacDonnell:
Cape Douglas Allendale East Eight Mile Creek
Cape Douglas Port MacDonnell Eight Mile Creek
Ocean Ocean
Racecourse Bay		 Ocean
FootnotesLocations[4]
Climate[8]
Adjoining localities[1]

Port MacDonnell, originally known as Ngaranga,[9][10] is the southernmost town in South Australia. The small port is located in the Limestone Coast region, about 477 kilometres (296 mi) south-east of Adelaide and 28 kilometres (17 mi) south of Mount Gambier, in the District Council of Grant local government area. Once a busy shipping port, the town now relies heavily on its fishing and summer tourism industries, particularly the rock lobster industry, proclaiming itself "Australia's Southern Rock Lobster Capital".[11]

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  2. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Port MacDonnell (urban centre and locality)". Australian Census 2021. Edit this at Wikidata
  3. ^ Kentish, P.M. (31 October 1996), "GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT 1991, Notice to Assign Boundaries and Names to Places" (PDF), The South Australian Government Gazette: 1517, retrieved 19 April 2018
  4. ^ a b "Postcode for Port Macdonnell, South Australia". postcodes-australia.com. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
  5. ^ "Limestone Coast SA Government region" (PDF). The Government of South Australia. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
  6. ^ "District of Mount Gambier Background Profile". Electoral Commission SA. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
  7. ^ "Federal electoral division of Barker" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
  8. ^ "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics Mount Gambier Aero (nearest weather station)". Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  9. ^ Smith, Christina (1880). The Booandik Tribe of South Australian Aborigines. Adelaide: R.Spiller. Retrieved 5 November 2024.
  10. ^ Blake, Barry J. (2003). The Bunganditj (Buwandik) language of the Mount Gambier region. Australian National University. Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University. ISBN 9780858834958. OCLC 56054287.
  11. ^ "Port MacDonnell Visitor Information". Port MacDonnell SA. Archived from the original on 20 February 2011. Retrieved 5 November 2024.