Island Beach, South Australia

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Island Beach
South Australia
KangarooIslandMap.png
Map of Kangaroo Island
Island Beach is located in South Australia
Island Beach
Island Beach
Coordinates Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Population 319 (shared with other localities in the “State Suburb of Island Beach”) (2011 census)[1][lower-alpha 1]
Postcode(s) 5222[2]
Time zone ACST (UTC+9:30)
 • Summer (DST) ACDT (UTC+10:30)
Location
LGA(s) Kangaroo Island Council[3]
State electorate(s) Finniss[4]
Federal Division(s) Mayo[5]
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall
19.1 °C
66 °F		 11.6 °C
53 °F		 488.9 mm
19.2 in
Localities around Island Beach:
Nepean Bay Nepean Bay Nepean Bay
Sapphiretown Island Beach Brown Beach
Pelican Lagoon Pelican Lagoon Dudley West
Footnotes Location[2]
Climate[6]
Adjoining localities[3]

Island Beach is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia overlooking Eastern Cove in Nepean Bay on the north-west coast of the Dudley Peninsula on Kangaroo Island about Lua error in Module:Convert at line 272: attempt to index local 'cat' (a nil value). from the Adelaide city centre and about Lua error in Module:Convert at line 272: attempt to index local 'cat' (a nil value). from Penneshaw.[2][3]

John Stewart Browne subdivided Island Beach in 1961 into 254 allotments, with average block sizes exceeding Lua error in Module:Convert at line 272: attempt to index local 'cat' (a nil value).. Development stalled for a number of years, due largely to a reluctance of the local council to construct roads through the estate, which under planning regulations of the time were not the responsibility of the developer.[citation needed]

In the late 1970s a separate land subdivision occurred to the south of the original estate. Known locally as Carter's Estate, these allotments were more traditionally under Lua error in Module:Convert at line 272: attempt to index local 'cat' (a nil value). in size. Throughout the late 1980s and beyond, development accelerated with substantial seafront residences being erected, and land values beginning to rise.[citation needed]

Facilities at Island Beach include a general store and fuel station.There is limited access to the beach for boat launching and retrieval.[7]

Island Beach is located within the federal division of Mayo, the state electoral district of Finniss and the local government area of the Kangaroo Island Council.[3][4][5]

References

Notes
  1. ↑ For the 2011 census, the State Suburb of Island Beach covered the full extent of the Dudley Peninsula with the exception of Penneshaw - refer Dudley Peninsula#Demographics for more information
Citations
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  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  6. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  7. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.


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