Gidgealpa, South Australia
| Gidgealpa South Australia | |||||||||||||
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  Gidgealpa | |||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 28°01′44″S 140°14′13″E / 28.029°S 140.237°ECoordinates: 28°01′44″S 140°14′13″E / 28.029°S 140.237°E | ||||||||||||
| Population | no data available (2016)[1] | ||||||||||||
| Established | 2013[2] | ||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 5731[2] | ||||||||||||
| Time zone | ACST (UTC+9:30) | ||||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | ACST (UTC+10:30) | ||||||||||||
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| LGA(s) | unincorporated area [2][3] | ||||||||||||
| Region | Far North[4] | ||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Stuart[5] | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Grey[6] | ||||||||||||
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| Footnotes |
Location[2] Coordinates[2] Climate[7] Adjoining localities[2] | ||||||||||||
Gidgealpa is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located about 780 kilometres (480 mi) north-east of the capital city of Adelaide and about 58 kilometres (36 mi) south-west of the town of Innamincka.[2]
The locality was established on 26 April 2013 in respect to “the long established local name.” Its name is derived from the former pastoral lease.[8][2]
The locality includes the company town of Moomba and the Moomba Airport. The Strzelecki Track passes through the locality.[2] The principal land uses within the locality are primary production and conservation with the former being associated with the exploration for and the production of petroleum, and the latter concerning the Coongie Lakes Ramsar site which is located on the north-west side of the locality.[2][3]
Gidgealpa is located within the federal Division of Grey, the state electoral district of Stuart, the unincorporated area of South Australia and the state’s Far North region.[5][6][4][3]
References
- ↑ No population data available until the 2016 census
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Search result for "Gidgealpa (LOCB)" (Record no SA0067064) with the following layers selected - "Suburbs and Localities", "Place names (gazetteer)" and "Road Labels"". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
- 1 2 3 "Development Plan, Land Not Within a Council Area Eyre, Far North, Riverland and Whyalla – 18 October 2012" (PDF). Government of South Australia. 2012. pp. 110, 231–234 and 267. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
- 1 2 "Far North SA government region" (PDF). The Government of South Australia. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
- 1 2 "District of Stuart Background Profile". Electoral Commission SA. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
- 1 2 "Federal electoral division of Grey, boundary gazetted 16 December 2011" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
- ↑ "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics Moomba Airport (nearest weather station)". Commonwealth of Australia , Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
- ↑ Proposed Locality Boundaries for Pastoral Areas (PDF) (Map). Government of South Australia. 31 October 2012. Rack Plan 951. Retrieved 5 September 2015.