Myponga Beach, South Australia

Myponga Beach is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on the west coast of the Fleurieu Peninsula overlooking Gulf St Vincent about 54 kilometres (34 miles) south of the state capital of Adelaide.[4][1]

Myponga Beach
South Australia
Sheep grazing on the slopes of Black Hill near Myponga Beach
Myponga Beach
Coordinates35.374°S 138.387°E / -35.374; 138.387[1]
Population33 (2016 census)[2]
Established5 August 1999[3]
Postcode(s)5202[4]
Time zoneACST (UTC+9:30)
 • Summer (DST)ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location54 km (34 mi) S of Adelaide[4]
LGA(s)District Council of Yankalilla[1]
RegionFleurieu and Kangaroo Island[5]
State electorate(s)Mawson[6]
Federal Division(s)Mayo[7]
Mean max temp[8] Mean min temp[8] Annual rainfall[8]
19.4 °C
67 °F		 7.5 °C
46 °F		 751.3 mm
29.6 in
Suburbs around Myponga Beach:
Gulf St Vincent Gulf St Vincent Sellicks Hill
Gulf St Vincent Myponga Beach Myponga
Gulf St Vincent Carrickalinga
Wattle Flat		 Wattle Flat
FootnotesLocation[1]
Adjoining localities[1]

Myponga Beach originally began as a shack site on section 240 in the cadastral unit of the Hundred of Myponga. Boundaries were created for the “long established name” in 1999.[1]

Myponga Beach consists of land associated with a section of coastline overlooking Gulf St Vincent that extends from Carrickalinga Point to the south end of Aldinga Bay in the north. The coastline including an inlet known as Coweelunga Bay which includes the mouth of the Myponga River and whose southern headland is the southern extremity of Aldinga Bay. A settlement formerly known as the Myponga Beach Shack Site is located on the shore of Coweelunga Bay.[1]

As of 2015, land use within the locality consists of land zoned for primary production uses such as agriculture, land adjoining the coastline being zoned for conservation purposes and the settlement at Coweelunga Bay being zoned as a ‘country township’.[9]

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

Myponga Beach 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.[1][7][6]

References
  1. "Search result for " Myponga Beach (LOCB)" (Record no SA0048358) with the following layers selected - "Suburbs and Localities" and " Place names (gazetteer)"". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
  2. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "State Suburb of Myponga Beach". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
  3. Sarneckis, Kos (5 August 1999). "GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT 1991 Notice to Assign Names and Boundaries to Places (in the District Council of Yankalilla)" (PDF). Government of South Australia. p. 657. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
  4. "Myponga Beach, South Australia (postcode)". Postcodes Australia. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
  5. "Fleurieu Kangaroo Island SA Government region" (PDF). The Government of South Australia. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  6. Mawson (Map). Electoral District Boundaries Commission. 2016. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
  7. "Federal electoral division of Mayo, boundary gazetted 16 December 2011" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
  8. "Summary (climate) statistics Myponga (nearest weather station)". Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
  9. "Development Plan - Yankalilla (DC) Consolidated – 26 November 2015" (PDF). Government of South Australia. pp. 58, 131, 164, 184 and 212. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
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