Bowhill, South Australia

Bowhill is a locality in South Australia. A settlement is located inside a bend on the left (eastern/southern) bank of the Murray River between Mannum and Swan Reach. It is predominantly shacks built facing the river bank. The settlement is in the Mid Murray Council area, but most of the locality is located away from the river and within the District Council of Karoonda East Murray, including the Lowan Conservation Park.

Bowhill South Australia
Bowhill
Coordinates	35°01′10″S 139°41′41″E[1]
Population	127 (SAL 2021)[2]
Established	11 November 1999 (locality)[3]
Postcode(s)	5238[4]
Time zone	ACST (UTC+9:30)
• Summer (DST)	ACDT (UTC+10:30)
LGA(s)	Mid Murray Council District Council of Karoonda East Murray
Region	Murray and Mallee[1]
County	Buccleuch[1] Russell[1]
State electorate(s)	Hammond[5]
Federal division(s)	Barker[6]
Mean max temp[7] Mean min temp[7] Annual rainfall[7] 23.6 °C 74 °F 9.3 °C 49 °F 343.0 mm 13.5 in
Suburbs around Bowhill: Caurnamont Purnong Claypans Claypans Caurnamont Younghusband Ettrick Bowhill Perponda Karoonda Ettrick Wynarka Karoonda
Footnotes	Adjoining localities[1]

Bowhill is located in the local government area of District Council of Karoonda East Murray, the state electoral district of Hammond and the federal Division of Barker.^[6][5][1]

The nearest crossings of the Murray River are the Mannum ferry 30 kilometres (19 mi) downstream and the Purnong ferry 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) by road upstream.

There was a Bowhill East school opened in 1940 but now closed in the eastern part of what is now included in Bowhill.^[1] The dominant industries in the district are cereal grain and sheep farming.

See also

• Lowan Conservation Park

References

1. "Search results for 'Bowhill, LOCB' with the following datasets being selected - 'Suburbs and Localities', 'Government Towns', 'Counties', 'Local Government Areas', 'SA Government Regions' and 'Gazetteer'". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
2. Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Bowhill (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. 
3. Kentish, P.M. (11 November 1999). "GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT 1991 Notice to Assign Boundaries to Places (in the District Council of Karoonda East Murray)" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. South Australian Government. p. 2321. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
4. "Postcode for Bowhill, South Australia". Postcodes Australia. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
5. "District of Hammond (map)". Electoral Commission SA. Retrieved 26 May 2024.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
6. "Federal electoral division of Barker, boundary gazetted 16 December 2011" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
7. "Summary (climate) statistics KAROONDA (nearest weather station)". Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 4 May 2018.