Commissariat Point is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on the east coast of the Eyre Peninsula overlooking Spencer Gulf about 270 kilometres (170 miles) north north-west of the state capital of Adelaide and about 11 kilometres (6.8 miles) south of the municipal seat in Port Augusta.[1]
| Commissariat Point South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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  Commissariat Point | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 32°32′21″S 137°44′47″E / 32.53918143°S 137.74645373°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 243 (SAL 2021)[2] | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1994[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 5700[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | ACST (UTC+9:30) | ||||||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | ACST (UTC+10:30) | ||||||||||||||
| Location |
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| LGA(s) | City of Port Augusta[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Region | Far North[3] | ||||||||||||||
| County | Manchester[1] | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Stuart[4] | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Grey[5] | ||||||||||||||
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| Footnotes | Coordinates[1] Climate[6] Adjoining localities | ||||||||||||||
Its boundaries were created in 1994 for “the long established name” which is derived from the nearby headland of the same name. The locality includes the former Commissariat Point Shack Site.[1]
Commissariat Point is bounded on its western side by a road named Shack Road which extends from Port Augusta West in the north along the coast with Spencer Gulf to the locality of Blanche Harbor and to localities in the south within the City of Whyalla. As of 2012, the southern end of the locality was zoned specifically for residential development intended for use as holiday accommodation.[7][8] The land to the immediate west of Commissariat Point is located within the locality of Cultana which is fully occupied by the Cultana Training Area, a military training area used by the Australian Army.[9]
Commissariat Point is located within the federal division of Grey, the state electoral district of Stuart and the local government area of the City of Port Augusta.[5][4][1]
Some famous people who holiday here include Mark Ricciuto (Adelaide Crows footballer), Laura Packard (Australian netballer), Andrew Costello (South Aussie with Cosi) and Grant Baker (Junior Australian Tennis Player and Club Doctor for the Glenelg Football Club). Outback artist Jack Absolom
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Search result for " Commissariat Point (Locality Bounded)" (Record no SA0014966) with the following layers selected - "Suburbs and Localities" and "Counties"". Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 7 March 2016.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Commissariat Point (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ "Far North SA government region" (PDF). The Government of South Australia. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
- ^ a b "District of Stuart Background Profile". ELECTORAL COMMISSION SA. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
- ^ a b "Federal electoral division of Grey" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
- ^ "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics PORT AUGUSTA AERO". Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 7 March 2016.
- ^ "Port Augusta City Council Rural Roads" (PDF). The Government of South Australia. November 2014. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
- ^ "Development Plan - Port Augusta (City) Consolidated – 15 November 2012" (PDF). Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. pp. 81–82, 184. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
- ^ "Cultana Training Area Expansion Project". Retrieved 21 July 2015.
