Eba Anchorage, South Australia

Eba Anchorage is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located in the state's west on the eastern shore of Streaky Bay on the west coast of the Eyre Peninsula about 469 kilometres (291 mi) north-west of the state capital of Adelaide and about 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) north-east of the municipal seat of Streaky Bay.[1]

Eba Anchorage
South Australia
Eba Anchorage
Coordinates32°41′19″S 134°17′38″E[1]
Population33 (2016 census)[2][lower-alpha 1]
Established12 April 2001[3]
Postcode(s)5680[1]
Time zoneACST (UTC+9:30)
 • Summer (DST)ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location
LGA(s)District Council of Streaky Bay[1]
RegionEyre Western[1]
CountyRobinson[1]
State electorate(s)Flinders[4]
Federal Division(s)Grey[5]
Mean max temp[6] Mean min temp[6] Annual rainfall[6]
23.1 °C
74 °F		 12.2 °C
54 °F		 378.0 mm
14.9 in
Suburbs around Eba Anchorage:
Streaky Bay (body of water) Perlubie Perlubie
Streaky Bay (body of water) Eba Anchorage Piednippie
Streaky Bay (body of water) Streaky Bay Piednippie
FootnotesLocations[1]
Adjoining localities [1]

Boundaries for the locality were created on 12 April 2001 and include the former Eba Island Shack Site. Its name is of local origin.[1][3]

Eba Anchorage is located between the coastline of Streaky Bay in the west and the alignment of the Flinders Highway in the east. It overlooks the following two islands that are located immediately west of the coastline - Eba and Pigface Islands which respectively have an area of 121 hectares (300 acres) and 2 hectares (4.9 acres).[1][7]

The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Eba Anchorage had a population of 33 people.[2]

Eba Anchorage is located within the federal division of Grey, the state electoral district of Flinders and the local government area of the District Council of Streaky Bay.[5][4][1]

References
Notes
  1. For the 2016 census, the ‘State Suburb of Eba Anchorage consisted of the locality of Eba Anchorage, Eba and Pigface Islands and a portion of land to its south in the adjoining locality of Streaky Bay and whose southern boundary is a line from the coastline in the west to Flinders Highway in the east near a feature called the Madomma homestead.[2][1]
Citations
  1. "Search results for 'Eba Anchorage, LOCB' with the following datasets being selected – 'NPW and Conservation Properties', 'Suburbs and Localities', 'Counties', 'Local Government Areas','Postcodes', 'SA Government Regions', 'Gazetteer' and 'Roads'". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
  2. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Eba Anchorage". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
  3. Lawson, Robert (12 April 2001). "GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT 1991 Notice to Assign Names and Boundaries to Places (in the District Council of Streaky Bay)" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. South Australian Government. p. 1587. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  4. "Electoral district of Flinders". Electoral Commission SA. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  5. "Federal electoral division of Grey". Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  6. "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics STREAKY BAY (nearest weather station)". Commonwealth of Australia , Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  7. A.C., Robinson; Canty, P.; Mooney, T.; Rudduck, P. (1996). South Australia's offshore islands (PDF). Canberra: Australian Heritage Commission. p. 175. ISBN 0-644350-11-3.
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