Parawa is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located about 74 kilometres (46 mi) south of the state capital of Adelaide and about 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) south of the municipal seat in Yankalilla.[1][5]
| Parawa South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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  Parawa | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°33′51″S 138°21′21″E / 35.564139°S 138.355771°E[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 79 (2016 census)[2] | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1948 (name applied) 5 August 1999 (locality)[1][3][4] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 5203[5] | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 341 m (1,119 ft)(weather station)[6] | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | ACST (UTC+9:30) | ||||||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | ACST (UTC+10:30) | ||||||||||||||
| Location |
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| LGA(s) | District Council of Yankalilla[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Region | Fleurieu and Kangaroo Island[1] | ||||||||||||||
| County | Hindmarsh[1] | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Mawson[7] | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Mayo[8] | ||||||||||||||
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| Footnotes | Adjoining localities[1] | ||||||||||||||
Parawa consists of land on the ridge of the Mount Lofty Ranges within the Fleurieu Peninsula.[1] Range Road (designated route B37), passes through the locality from east to west along the ridgeline.[9]
Parawa which is the Aboriginal name for the headland known as Cape Jervis was approved by the state's Nomenclature Committee in 1948 in respect to section 332 in the cadastral unit of the Hundred of Waitpinga. Boundaries for the locality were created on 5 August 1999 for the "local established name".[1][3][4]
The majority of the land use within the locality is "primary production" while some land at its southern boundary has been given protected area status as the Waitpinga Conservation Park.[10]
The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Parawa had 79 people living within its boundaries.[2]
Parawa is located within the federal division of Mayo, the state electoral district of Mawson and the local government area of the District Council of Yankalilla.[8][1][7]
Weather station
editParawa has been the site of an official weather station since 1994.[11]
| Climate data for Parawa, South Australia | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 23.8 (74.8) |
23.4 (74.1) |
21.2 (70.2) |
18.3 (64.9) |
14.9 (58.8) |
12.4 (54.3) |
11.7 (53.1) |
12.5 (54.5) |
14.5 (58.1) |
16.9 (62.4) |
19.5 (67.1) |
21.8 (71.2) |
17.6 (63.7) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 13.9 (57.0) |
13.9 (57.0) |
13.0 (55.4) |
11.3 (52.3) |
9.6 (49.3) |
7.8 (46.0) |
7.0 (44.6) |
7.0 (44.6) |
8.0 (46.4) |
9.0 (48.2) |
10.7 (51.3) |
12.1 (53.8) |
10.3 (50.5) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 27.4 (1.08) |
30.4 (1.20) |
34.9 (1.37) |
56.6 (2.23) |
97.5 (3.84) |
119.6 (4.71) |
128.1 (5.04) |
103.7 (4.08) |
83.5 (3.29) |
58.3 (2.30) |
41.2 (1.62) |
37.3 (1.47) |
831.2 (32.72) |
| Average rainy days | 3.7 | 4.4 | 5.4 | 8.0 | 11.9 | 13.5 | 14.8 | 14.8 | 12.0 | 8.7 | 6.6 | 5.2 | 109.0 |
| Source: [6] | |||||||||||||
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Search results for 'Parawa, LOCB' with the following datasets selected - 'Suburbs and localities', 'Counties', 'Government Towns', 'Hundreds', 'Local Government Areas', 'SA Government Regions' and 'Gazetteer'". Location SA Map Viewer. South Australian Government. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
- ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Parawa (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
- ^ a b Manning, Geoffrey. "South Australian Names - P" (PDF). Manning Index of South Australian History. State Library of South Australia. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
- ^ a b Sarneckis, Kos (5 August 1999). "GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT 1991 Notice to Assign Names and Boundaries to Places (within the District Council of Yankalilla)" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australia. p. 657. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
- ^ a b c "Postcode for Parawa, South Australia". Postcodes Australia. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
- ^ a b c d e "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics Parawa (Second Valley Forest AWS) (nearest weather station)". Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
- ^ a b Mawson (Map). Electoral District Boundaries Commission. 2018. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
- ^ a b "Profile of the electoral division of Mayo (SA)". Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
- ^ "Fleurieu Peninsula (map)" (PDF). Royal Automobile Association of South Australia. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
- ^ "Search results for 'Parawa, LOCB' with the following datasets selected - 'NPW and Conservation Properties', 'Suburbs and localities', 'Gazetteer' and 'Land Development Plan Zone Categories'". Location SA Map Viewer. South Australian Government. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
- ^ "Parawa (Second Valley Forest AWS), automatic weather station". Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
