Nangkita, South Australia

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

Nangkita
South Australia
Nangkita
Coordinates35°20′49″S 138°41′06″E[1]
Postcode(s)5210
Time zoneACST (UTC+9:30)
 • Summer (DST)ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location
LGA(s)Alexandrina Council[1]
RegionFleurieu and Kangaroo Island[1]
CountyHindmarsh[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
FootnotesAdjoining 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

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.
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