Stansbury, South Australia

Stansbury
South Australia
Dalrymple Hotel at Stansbury
Stansbury is located in Yorke Peninsula Council
Stansbury
Stansbury
Coordinates34°55′0″S 137°47′0″E / 34.91667°S 137.78333°E / -34.91667; 137.78333
Population480 (UCL 2021)[1]
Established1873
Postcode(s)5582
Time zoneACST; UTC+09:30 (UTC)
Location
LGA(s)Yorke Peninsula Council
State electorate(s)Narungga[2]
Federal division(s)Grey
Localities around Stansbury:
Ramsay[3] Port Vincent[3] Gulf St Vincent[3]
Yorketown[3] Stansbury Gulf St Vincent[3]
Yorketown[3] Wool Bay[3] Gulf St Vincent[3]

Stansbury (postcode 5582) is a small town, located in the southern east coast of Yorke Peninsula, South Australia. It is located 25 kilometres (16 mi) south of Minlaton and 22 kilometres (14 mi) east of Yorketown. It faces the Gulf St Vincent across Oyster Bay, where shellfish were originally harvested in the 19th century. The town has also been a port used in the export of wheat and barley to Adelaide.[4]

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Stansbury (urban centre and locality)". Australian Census 2021. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ Narungga (Map). Electoral District Boundaries Commission. 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h "New Ward Structure 2014". Yorke Peninsula Council. Archived from the original on 15 January 2016. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
  4. ^ South Australia Cities and Towns, 1st Edition. UBD (A Division of Universal Press Pty Ltd). 1995. ISBN 0-7319-0636-5.