Western River, South Australia

Western River is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on the north coast of Kangaroo Island overlooking Investigator Strait about 170 kilometres (110 miles) south-west of the state capital of Adelaide and about 64 kilometres (40 miles) west of the municipal seat of Kingscote.[2][3]

This article is about the locality in South Australia. For the associated protected area, see Western River Wilderness Protection Area.

Western River South Australia
Western River on Kangaroo Island, ca. 1938
Western River
Coordinates	35.718°S 136.933°E / -35.718; 136.933
Population	407 (shared with other localities within the “State Suburb of Vivonne Bay”) (2011 census)[1][lower-alpha 1]
Established	2002[2]
Postcode(s)	5223 [3]
Time zone	ACST (UTC+9:30)
• Summer (DST)	ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location	170 km (106 mi) south-west of Adelaide 64 km (40 mi) west of Kingscote
LGA(s)	Kangaroo Island Council[2]
Region	Fleurieu and Kangaroo Island[4]
County	County of Carnarvon[2]
State electorate(s)	Mawson [5]
Federal Division(s)	Mayo[6]
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall 22.1 °C ^72 °F 11.5 °C ^53 °F 534.0 mm ^21 in
Suburbs around Western River: Investigator Strait Investigator Strait Investigator Strait De Mole River Western River Middle River Gosse Gosse Duncan
Footnotes	Coordinates[2] Locations[3] Climate[7] Adjoining localities[2]

Its boundaries were created in March 2002 for the “long established name” which was derived from the river located within its boundaries. In 2011, a portion of the adjoining locality of Middle River was excised and added to Western River. A school operated within what is now the locality here between 1901 and 1903.[2][8][9]

Western River occupies land bounded by Investigator Strait to the north. Land use is divided between conservation and agriculture with the former applying to the coastline in order to “enhance and conserve the natural features of the coast” and to the protected area known as the Western River Wilderness Protection Area while the latter applies to land in the locality's southern half.[10][2]

Western River is located within the federal division of Mayo, the state electoral district of Mawson and the local government area of the Kangaroo Island Council.[6][5][2]

See also

• Western River (disambiguation)

References

Notes

1. For the 2011 census, the ‘State Suburb of Vivonne Bay’ consisted of the localities of Cape Borda, De Mole River, Duncan, Flinders Chase, Gosse, Karatta, Middle River, Newland, Stun’sail Boom, Vivonne Bay and Western River.

Citations

1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Vivonne Bay". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
2. "Search result for "Western River (Locality Bounded)" (Record no SA0058388 with the following layers selected - "Suburbs and Localities", "Place names (gazetteer)" and "Development Plan Layers"". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
3. "Postcode for Western River, South Australia (Postcode)". postcodes-australia.com. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
4. "Limestone Coast SA Government region" (PDF). The Government of South Australia. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
5. Mawson (Map). Electoral District Boundaries Commission. 2016. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
6. "Federal electoral division of Mayo, boundary gazetted 16 December 2011" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
7. "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics CAPE BORDA (nearest station)". Commonwealth of Australia , Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
8. "Search result for "Western River (STRM)" (Record no SA0020569 with the following layers selected - "Suburbs and Localities" and "Place names (gazetteer)"". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
9. "Western River". State Library of South Australia. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
10. "Development Plan, Kangaroo Island Council, Consolidated – 20 February 2014" (PDF). Government of South Australia. pp. 114, 135, 152, 236 and 256–262. Retrieved 8 March 2016.