Mount Arden

For other uses, see Mount Arden (disambiguation).

Mount Arden is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located about 308 kilometres (191 mi) north of the state capital of Adelaide and about 27 kilometres (17 mi) north of the municipal seat in Port Augusta.^[1]

Mount Arden South Australia
Mount Arden
Coordinates	32°15′25″S 137°42′00″E[1]
Established	26 April 2013[2]
Postcode(s)	5713[1]
Time zone	ACST (UTC+9:30)
• Summer (DST)	ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location	308 km (191 mi) N of Adelaide 27 km (17 mi) N of Port Augusta
LGA(s)	City of Port Augusta[1] Pastoral Unincorporated Area[1]
Region	Far North[1]
County	Manchester[1] Newcastle[1]
State electorate(s)	Giles[3]
Federal division(s)	Grey[4]
Mean max temp[5] Mean min temp[5] Annual rainfall[5] 26.3 °C 79 °F 12.1 °C 54 °F 221.5 mm 8.7 in
Suburbs around Mount Arden: Kootaberra Kootaberra Wilkatana Station Yarrah Kootaberra Carriewerloo Mount Arden Yarrah Emeroo Carriewerloo Carriewerloo Emeroo
Footnotes	Adjoining localities[1]

Mount Arden's boundaries were created on 26 April 2013 and given the “local established name” which is derived from the pastoral station of the same name. Its boundaries align approximately with those of the pastoral station.^[6][1][2]

The area is an arid plain between the Flinders Ranges and the highway and south of Lake Torrens, and exhibits some salt flats.

Mount Arden is located within the federal division of Grey, the state electoral district of Giles, and the local government areas of the City of Port Augusta and the Pastoral Unincorporated Area of South Australia.^[4][3][1]

References

1. "Search results for 'Mount Arden, LOCB' with the following datasets being selected - 'Suburbs and Localities', 'Counties', 'Hundreds', 'Local Government Areas', 'SA Government Regions', and 'Gazetteer'". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
2. Conlon, Patrick (26 April 2013), "GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT 1991 Notice to Create Boundaries of Places and Alter Boundaries of Place" (PDF), The South Australian Government Gazette: 1170, retrieved 2 June 2019, DO HEREBY alter the boundaries of and assign names to places as shown on Rack Plan 951
3. "District of Giles Background Profile". Electoral Commission SA. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
4. "Federal electoral division of Grey" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
5. "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics Port Augusta Aero (nearest weather station)". Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
6. Proposed Locality Boundaries for Pastoral Areas (PDF) (Map). Government of South Australia. 31 October 2012. Rack Plan 951. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 February 2018. Retrieved 1 June 2019.