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.^[2][3][8][9]

Willoughby South Australia
Cape Willoughby Lighthouse
Willoughby
Coordinates	35.831410°S 138.098680°E / -35.831410; 138.098680
Population	319 (shared with other localities in the “State Suburb of Island Beach”) (2011 census)[1][a]
Established	1999[2]
Postcode(s)	5222[3]
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[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 18.1 °C 65 °F 12.8 °C 55 °F 538.4 mm 21.2 in
Suburbs around Willoughby: Antechamber Bay Backstairs Passage Backstairs Passage Antechamber Bay Dudley East Porky Flat Willoughby Ocean Porky Flat Ocean Ocean
Footnotes	Coordinates[2] Locations[3] Climate[7] Adjoining localities[2]

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.^[2]

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.”^[10][2][11]

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.^[12][13]

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.^[2][5][6]

See also

• Willoughby (disambiguation)
• Pink Bay

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 20 April 2016.
2. "Search result for "Willoughby (Locality Bounded)" (Record no SA0058054) with the following layers selected - "Suburbs and Localities", "Counties" and "Place names (gazetteer)"". Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
3. "Postcode for Willoughby, South Australia". postcodes-australia.com. Retrieved 27 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 CAPE WILLOUGHBY (nearest station)". Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
8. "Limits of Oceans and Seas, 3rd edition" (PDF) (PDF). International Hydrographic Organization. 1953. pp. 35–36. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
9. "AHS – AA609582" (PDF) (PDF). The Australian Hydrographic Service. 5 July 2012. Retrieved 30 May 2013.
10. "Development Plan, Kangaroo Island Council" (PDF). Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. pp. 114–117, 135, 152–153, 179 and 307–310. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
11. "Protected Areas of South Australia September (Map) 2015 Edition" (PDF). Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources (DEWNR). 30 July 2015. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
12. "Cape Willoughby Lighthouse Tower (excluding modern lantern)". South Australian Heritage Register. Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
13. "Farmhouse ('Freshfields') and Graves". South Australian Heritage Register. Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources. Retrieved 28 May 2016.