American Beach, South Australia
American Beach is a locality in South Australia on the north coast of the Dudley Peninsula on Kangaroo Island, overlooking Nepean Bay, about 115 kilometres (71 miles) south-west of Adelaide.[2][3]
| American Beach South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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  American Beach | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°46′08″S 137°52′49″E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 6 (2016 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 2002[2] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 5222[3] | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | ACST (UTC+9:30) | ||||||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | ACST (UTC+10:30) | ||||||||||||||
| Location | |||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Kangaroo Island Council[2] | ||||||||||||||
| Region | Fleurieu and Kangaroo Island[4] | ||||||||||||||
| County | Carnarvon[2] | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Mawson[5] | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Mayo[6] | ||||||||||||||
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| Footnotes | Coordinates[2] Locations[3] Climate[7] Adjoining localities[2] | ||||||||||||||
The name is derived from the nearby beach of the same name. The locality is zoned for conservation purposes with the view of providing limited built development intended principally for tourism uses, which has a minimal impact and where provided, complements the environment of the locality.[2][8]
The gazetted locality boundaries were created in March 2002. As of 2015, it consists of a strip of land located between the coastline with Nepean Bay and the Hog Bay Road. It is “not to be confused with the former American Beach Estate subdivision” which was also gazetted in 2002 as Baudin Beach.[2]
The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that American Beach had a population of 6 people.[1]
American Beach is located within the federal division of Mayo, the state electoral district of Mawson and the local government area of the Kangaroo Island Council.[2][5][6]
References
- Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "State Suburb of American Beach". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 6 March 2018.
- "Search result for "American Beach(Locality Bounded)" (Record no SA0058055) with the following layers selected - "Suburbs and Localities" and "Local Government Areas"". Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
- "Postcode for American Beach, South Australia". postcodes-australia.com. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
- "Fleurieu and Kangaroo Island SA Government region" (PDF). The Government of South Australia. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
- Mawson (Map). Electoral District Boundaries Commission. 2016. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
- "Federal electoral division of Mayo, boundary gazetted 16 December 2011" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
- "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics CAPE WILLOUGHBY (nearest station)". Commonwealth of Australia , Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
- "Development Plan, Kangaroo Island Council" (PDF). Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. pp. 114, 115, 305 and 386. Retrieved 8 March 2016.