Wanilla is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on the southern end of Eyre Peninsula about 271 kilometres (168 mi) west of the state capital of Adelaide and about 25 kilometres (16 mi) north-west of the city of Port Lincoln.[3]
| Wanilla South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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  Wanilla | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°31′35″S 135°40′39″E / 34.52629202°S 135.67745905°E[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 95 (SAL 2021)[2] | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1882 (town) 2003 (locality)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 5607[3] | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 90 m (295 ft)[4] | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | ACST (UTC+9:30) | ||||||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | ACST (UTC+10:30) | ||||||||||||||
| Location |
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| LGA(s) | District Council of Lower Eyre Peninsula[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Region | Eyre Western[1] | ||||||||||||||
| County | Flinders[1] | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Flinders[5] | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Grey[6] | ||||||||||||||
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| Footnotes | Adjoining localities[1] | ||||||||||||||
The traditional owners of the land within Wanilla are the Nauo peoples.[8]
Wanilla began as a town surveyed in 1882 by H.J. Cant and which was later gazetted as a government town. The boundaries of the locality were created on 16 October 2003 for the “long established name.”[1][9]
Wanilla is located within the federal Division of Grey, the state electoral district of Flinders and the local government area of the District Council of Lower Eyre Peninsula.[5][6][1]
See also
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edit- ^ a b c d e f g h "Search results for "Wanilla, Locb" with the following datasets selected - 'Suburbs and Localities', 'Government Towns', 'SA Government Regions', 'Counties' and 'Gazetter'". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Wanilla (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ a b c d "Postcode for Wanilla, South Australia". Postcodes Australia. Retrieved 12 January 2018.}
- ^ "Search results for "Wanilla Railway Station, RSTA" with the following datasets selected - 'Suburbs and Localities', 'Government Towns' and 'Gazetter'". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
- ^ a b "District of Flinders Background Profile". Electoral Commission SA. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
- ^ a b "Federal electoral division of Grey" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
- ^ a b c "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics North Shields (Port Lincoln AWS)". Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 12 January 2018.}
- ^ David Horton (ed.), Aboriginal Australia Map, published in The Encyclopedia of Aboriginal Australia (AIATSIS. 1994).
- ^ Weatherill, J. (16 October 2003), "GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT 1991, Notice to Assign Boundaries and Names to Places" (PDF), The South Australian Government Gazette: 3796, retrieved 12 January 2018}
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