Willoughby, South Australia

Willoughby is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located at the eastern end of Dudley Peninsula on Kangaroo Island overlooking Backstairs Passage to the north and overlooking the body of water known in Australia as the Southern Ocean and by international authorities as the Great Australian Bight to the south. It is located about 111 kilometres (69 miles) south of the state capital of Adelaide and about 18 kilometres (11 miles) east of Penneshaw.^{[3][4][9][10]}

Willoughby South Australia
Cape Willoughby Lighthouse
Willoughby
Coordinates	35.831410°S 138.098680°E / -35.831410; 138.098680
Population	11 (SAL 2016)[1][2]
Established	1999[3]
Postcode(s)	5222[4]
Time zone	ACST (UTC+9:30)
• Summer (DST)	ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location	111 km (69 mi) south of Adelaide 18 km (11 mi) east of Penneshaw
LGA(s)	Kangaroo Island Council[3]
Region	Fleurieu and Kangaroo Island[5]
County	County of Carnarvon[3]
State electorate(s)	Mawson[6]
Federal division(s)	Mayo[7]
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall 18.1 °C 65 °F 12.8 °C 55 °F 538.4 mm 21.2 in
Localities around Willoughby: Antechamber Bay Backstairs Passage Backstairs Passage Antechamber Bay Dudley East Porky Flat Willoughby Ocean Porky Flat Ocean Ocean
Footnotes	Coordinates[3] Locations[4] Climate[8] Adjoining localities[3]

Its boundaries were created in August 1999 while its name was derived from Cape Willoughby, the headland at the eastern end of the Dudley Peninsula.^[3]

The main land uses within the locality are agriculture and conservation. The latter land use includes the Cape Willoughby Conservation Park, the eastern part of the Lesueur Conservation Park and other land adjoining the coastline which has additional statutory constraints to “conserve the natural features of the coast.”^[11][3][12]

The locality includes the following two places which are listed on the South Australian Heritage Register - Cape Willoughby Lighthouse (tower only), and the ‘Freshfields’ farmhouse and the graves of Nathaniel Thomas and his wife, both pre-colonial settlers.^[13][14]

Willoughby is located within the federal division of Mayo, the state electoral district of Mawson and the local government area of the Kangaroo Island Council.^[3][6][7]

See also

• Willoughby (disambiguation)
• Pink Bay