Gerard, South Australia

This article is about the locality in South Australia. For the associated aboriginal local government area, see Gerard Community Council.

Gerard is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located in the Riverland on the northern side of the Murray River about 182 kilometres (113 miles) north-east of the state capital of Adelaide and about 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) northwest of Loxton.^[4]

Gerard South Australia
Gerard
Coordinates	34°22′37″S 140°28′40″E[1]
Population	660 (shared with other localities in the ‘State Suburb of Loveday’) (2011 census)[2]
Established	12 August 1999[3]
Postcode(s)	5343[4]
Time zone	ACST (UTC+9:30)
• Summer (DST)	ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location	182 km (113 mi) north-east of Adelaide 12 km (7 mi) north-west of Loxton
LGA(s)	Pastoral Unincorporated Area[1]
County	Hamley[1]
State electorate(s)	Chaffey[5]
Federal division(s)	Barker[6]
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall 23.9 °C 75 °F 9.0 °C 48 °F 259.5 mm 10.2 in
Suburbs around Gerard: Spectacle Lake Spectacle Lake Winkie Spectacle Lake Gerard Katarapko Pyap Pyap Katarapko
Footnotes	Location[4] Climate [7] Adjoining localities[1]

Its boundaries were created on 12 August 1999.^[3]

As of 2012, the land use within Gerard is divided between conservation and agriculture with the former being concerned with the floodplain.^[8] The title for land within Gerard held by the Aboriginal Lands Trust who has leased it to the Gerard Community Council.^[9]

Gerard is located within the federal division of Barker, the state electoral district of Chaffey and the Pastoral Unincorporated Area of South Australia.^[1][5][6]

See also

• Gerard (disambiguation)