Nangkita, South Australia

Nangkita is a rural locality on Fleurieu Peninsula in South Australia, south of the capital, Adelaide.

Nangkita South Australia
Nangkita
Coordinates	35°20′49″S 138°41′06″E[1]
Postcode(s)	5210
Time zone	ACST (UTC+9:30)
• Summer (DST)	ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location	60 km (37 mi) south of Adelaide 8 km (5 mi) east of Mount Compass 22 km (14 mi) northwest of Goolwa, South Australia
LGA(s)	Alexandrina Council[1]
Region	Fleurieu and Kangaroo Island[1]
County	Hindmarsh[1]
State electorate(s)	Finniss
Federal Division(s)	Mayo
Localities around Nangkita: Yundi Yundi Mount Magnificent Mount Magnificent Ashbourne Mount Compass Nangkita Ashbourne Mount Observation Tooperang Mount Compass Mount Compass Tooperang Tooperang
Footnotes	Adjoining localities[1]

Nangkita was founded as a Village Settlement in the 1890s as a commune in a scheme set up by the South Australian government under Part VII of the Crown Lands Amendment Act 1893,[2] intended to mitigate the effects of the depression then affecting the Colony. The settlement grew a magnificent crop of tobacco, but the potato and onion crops were ravaged by grubs.[3] The commune closed not long after that.[4]

See also

• Cox Scrub Conservation Park

References

1. "Search results for 'Nangkita, 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 3 July 2019.
2. "The Crown Lands Amendment Act, 1893 (SA )". Part VII. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
3. "Nangkita Village Settlement". Weekly Herald. IV (175). South Australia. 12 February 1898. p. 6. Retrieved 11 August 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
4. "No title". South Australian Register. LXIII (16, 079). South Australia. 26 May 1898. p. 4. Retrieved 11 August 2017 – via National Library of Australia.