Pelican Lagoon, South Australia

This article is about the locality in South Australia. For the associated seawater lagoon, see Pelican Lagoon.

Pelican Lagoon is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on the south coast of Dudley Peninsula on Kangaroo Island overlooking the body of water known in Australia as the Southern Ocean and by international authorities as the Great Australian Bight. It is located about 123 kilometres (76 miles) south of the state capital of Adelaide and about 17 kilometres (11 miles) south-west of Penneshaw.^[2][3][8][9]

Pelican Lagoon South Australia
View of Pelican Lagoon
Pelican Lagoon
Coordinates	35.832580°S 137.815260°E / -35.832580; 137.815260
Population	319 (shared with other localities in the “State Suburb of Island Beach”) (2011 census)[1][lower-alpha 1]
Established	2002[2]
Postcode(s)	5222[3]
Time zone	ACST (UTC+9:30)
• Summer (DST)	ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location	123 km (76 mi) south of Adelaide 17 km (11 mi) southwest of Penneshaw
LGA(s)	Kangaroo Island Council[2]
Region	Fleurieu and Kangaroo Island[4]
County	County of Carnarvon[2]
State electorate(s)	Mawson[5]
Federal division(s)	Mayo[6]
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall 19.1 °C 66 °F 11.6 °C 53 °F 488.9 mm 19.2 in
Suburbs around Pelican Lagoon: American River (body of water) Sapphiretown Island Beach Brown Beach Pelican Lagoon Muston Haines Pelican Lagoon Dudley West Ocean Ocean Ocean
Footnotes	Coordinates[2] Locations[3] Climate[7] Adjoining localities[2]

The locality’s boundaries were created in March 2002 for the “long established name” which is derived from Pelican Lagoon, the seawater lagoon which adjoins the locality to the west.^[2]

As of 2014, Pelican Lagoon consisted of land at the western end of Dudley Peninsula which adjoins the seawater lagoon of Pelican Lagoon on its north, east and west sides including the isthmus to the south that connects the peninsula to the west part of Kangaroo Island and which adjoins the island’s southern coastline.^[2] Land within the locality is zoned for agriculture, conservation including the Pelican Lagoon Conservation Park and residential use.^[10]

The locality includes a threshing floor which is listed on the South Australian Heritage Register.^[11]

Pelican Lagoon 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

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

1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Island Beach". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
2. "Search result for "Pelican Lagoon (Locality Bounded)" (Record no SA0058061) with the following layers selected - "Suburbs and Localities" and "Counties"". Government of South Australia. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
3. "Postcode for Pelican Lagoon, South Australia". postcodes-australia.com. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
4. "Fleurieu and Kangaroo Island SA Government region" (PDF). The Government of South Australia. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
5. Mawson (Map). Electoral District Boundaries Commission. 2016. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
6. "Federal electoral division of Mayo, boundary gazetted 16 December 2011" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
7. "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics KINGSCOTE (nearest station)". Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
8. "Limits of Oceans and Seas, 3rd edition" (PDF) (PDF). International Hydrographic Organization. 1953. pp. 35–36. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 October 2011. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
9. "AHS – AA609582" (PDF) (PDF). The Australian Hydrographic Service. 5 July 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 May 2013. Retrieved 30 May 2013.
10. "Development Plan, Kangaroo Island Council, Consolidated – 20 February 2014" (PDF). Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure (DPTI). pp. 290–331. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
11. "Threshing Floor, Pelican Lagoon Conservation Park (sic)]]". South Australian Heritage Register. Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources. Retrieved 27 May 2016.