Erskine, South Australia

Erskine
Erskine
Coordinates: 32°40′24″S 138°50′20″E / 32.6732°S 138.838923°E / -32.6732; 138.838923[1]
CountryAustralia
StateSouth Australia
RegionYorke and Mid North[1]
LGA
Location
Established16 December 1999[2]
Government
 • State electorate
 • Federal division
Population
 • Total4 (SAL 2021)[6]
Time zoneUTC+9:30 (ACST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+10:30 (ACST)
Postcode
5422[7]
CountyDalhousie[1]
Mean max temp21.9 °C (71.4 °F)[8]
Mean min temp7.3 °C (45.1 °F)[8]
Annual rainfall366.2 mm (14.42 in)[8]
Suburbs around Erskine
Yalpara Yalpara Minburra Plain
Orroroo Erskine Cavenagh
Dawson
Minvalara Minvalara Dawson

Erskine is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located about 250 kilometres (160 mi) north of the state capital of Adelaide and about 22 kilometres (14 mi) north-east of the municipal seat in Orroroo.[1][7]

Its boundaries were created on 16 December 1999 for the “long established name” and includes the site of the now-ceased Government Town of Dawlish.[2] Its name is derived from the cadastral unit of the Hundred of Erskine which it shares with the locality of Orroroo and which was named after William West-Erskine, a former member of the South Australian Parliament.[1][9]

Land use within the locality is ’primary production’ and is concerned with “agricultural production and the grazing of stock on relatively large holdings.”[10] Some land in its south has been gazetted as a protected area known as the Black Rock Conservation Park.[1]

Erskine is located within the federal division of Grey, the state electoral district of Stuart and the local government area of the District Council of Orroroo Carrieton.[4][1][3]

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References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h "Search results for 'Erskine, LOCB' with the following datasets being selected - 'Suburbs and Localities', 'Counties', 'Local Government Areas', 'SA Government Regions' and 'Gazetteer'". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  2. ^ a b "GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT 1991, Notice to Assign Boundaries and Names to Places" (PDF), The South Australian Government Gazette: 3429, 16 December 1999, retrieved 27 December 2017
  3. ^ a b "District of Stuart Background Profile (2014-2018 boundaries)". Electoral Commission SA. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  4. ^ a b "Federal electoral division of Grey" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  5. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Erskine (SA) (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. 
  6. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Erskine (SA) (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. 
  7. ^ a b "Postcode for Erskine, South Australia". Postcodes Australia. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  8. ^ a b c "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics Summary statistics YONGALA (nearest weather station)". Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  9. ^ "Search results for 'Hundred of Erskine, Hd' with the following datasets being selected - 'Suburbs and Localities', "Hundreds' and 'Regions' and 'Gazetteer'". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  10. ^ "Development Plan - Orroroo Carrieton Council, Consolidated – 22 November 2012" (PDF). Government of South Australia. pp. 105 and 127. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 March 2018. Retrieved 27 December 2017.