Clay Wells, South Australia

Clay Wells is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located in the state's south-east within the Limestone Coast region about 300 kilometres (190 mi) south east of the state capital of Adelaide, and about 39 kilometres (24 mi) south-east and about 35 kilometres (22 mi) north-west respectively of the municipal seats of Robe and Millicent.^[1][4]

Clay Wells South Australia
Clay Wells
Coordinates	37°19′03″S 140°09′22″E[1]
Population	31 (SAL 2021)[2]
Established	18 December 1997[3]
Postcode(s)	5280[4]
Time zone	ACST (UTC+9:30)
• Summer (DST)	ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location	300 km (186 mi) SE of Adelaide 39 km (24 mi) SE of Robe 35 km (22 mi) NW of Millicent
LGA(s)	District Council of Robe[1] Wattle Range Council[1] Naracoorte Lucindale Council[1][lower-alpha 1]
Region	Limestone Coast[1]
County	Robe[1] Grey[1]
State electorate(s)	MacKillop[5]
Federal division(s)	Barker[6]
Mean max temp[7] Mean min temp[7] Annual rainfall[7] 19.6 °C 67 °F 9.6 °C 49 °F 608.5 mm 24 in
Suburbs around Clay Wells: Bray Bray Greenways Fox Fox Bray Clay Wells Furner Magarey Magarey Thornlea Kangaroo Inn Furner Kangaroo Inn
Footnotes	Locations[4][1] Adjoining localities [1]

Boundaries for the locality were created for “the long established name” on 18 December 1997 for the portion within the Wattle Range Council while the portions in the District Council of Lucindale and District Council of Robe were respectively added in 1998 and 1999.^[1][3][8]

The land use within the locality is ‘primary production’. A protected area known as the Reedy Creek Conservation Park is located in the watercourse of Reedy Creek which passes through the locality and forms part of its eastern boundary.^[9]

Clay Wells is located within the federal division of Barker, the state electoral district of MacKillop and the local government areas of the District Council of Robe, the Wattle Range Council and the Naracoorte Lucindale Council.^[6][5][1]

References

Notes

1. Land within the Naracoorte Lucindale Council consists of part of the watercourse of Reedy Creek.^[1]

Citations

1. "Search results for 'Clay Wells, LOCB' with the following datasets being selected – 'NPW and Conservation Properties', 'Suburbs and Localities', 'Government Towns', 'Counties', 'Local Government Areas', 'SA Government Regions', 'Railways' and 'Gazetteer'". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
2. Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Clay Wells (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. 
3. "GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT 1991, Notice to Assign Boundaries and Names to Places" (PDF), The South Australian Government Gazette: 1655, 18 December 1997, retrieved 17 May 2018
4. "Postcode for Clay Wells, South Australia". Postcodes Australia. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
5. "District of MacKillop (map)". Electoral Commission SA. Retrieved 17 May 2018.^{[permanent dead link]}
6. "Federal electoral division of Barker" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
7. "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics ROBE AIRFIELD (nearest weather station)". Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
8. "GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT 1991 Notice to Assign Boundaries and Names to Places (in the District Council of Lucindale)" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australia. 3 December 1998. p. 1711. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
9. "Search results for 'Clay Wells, LOCB' with the following datasets being selected – 'NPW and Conservation Properties', 'Suburbs and Localities', 'Gazetteer' and 'Land Development Plan Zone Categories'". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 17 May 2018.