Wisanger, South Australia

Wisanger is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on the north coast of Kangaroo Island overlooking Investigator Strait to the north and the Bay of Shoals to the east about 129 kilometres (80 miles) south-west of the state capital of Adelaide and about 16 kilometres (9.9 miles) west of the municipal seat of Kingscote.^[2][3]

Wisanger South Australia
Wisanger
Coordinates	35.620990°S 137.467640°E / -35.620990; 137.467640
Population	2034 (shared with other localities in the “State Suburb of Kingscote”) (2011 census)[1][lower-alpha 1]
Established	2002[2]
Postcode(s)	5223 [3]
Time zone	ACST (UTC+9:30)
• Summer (DST)	ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location	129 km (80 mi) south-west of Adelaide 16 km (10 mi) west of Kingscote
LGA(s)	Kangaroo Island Council[2]
Region	Fleurieu and Kangaroo Island[4]
County	Carnarvon[2]
State electorate(s)	Mawson[5]
Federal division(s)	Mayo[6]
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall 21.0 °C 70 °F 8.9 °C 48 °F 444.0 mm 17.5 in
Suburbs around Wisanger: Investigator Strait Investigator Strait Emu Bay Emu Bay Cassini Wisanger Bay of Shoals Bay of Shoals (body of water) Kingscote Cassini Menzies Cygnet River
Footnotes	Coordinates[2] Locations[3] Climate[7] Adjoining localities[2]

Its boundaries were created in March 2002 for the “long established name” which is reported as being given by a “Henry Partridge, who took up land there, after 'Wisanger Manor' near Stroud, Gloucestershire once owned by his forebears.”^[2][8]

The locality includes the former Wisanger School which is listed on the South Australian Heritage Register.^[9]

Wisanger is located within the federal division of Mayo, the state electoral district of Mawson and the local government area of the Kangaroo Island Council.^[6][5][2]

References

Notes

1. For the 2011 census, the “State Suburb of Kingscote” consisted of the localities of Bay of Shoals, Emu Bay, Kingscote, North Cape and Wisanger.

Citations

1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Kingscote". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
2. "Search result for " Bay of Shoals (Locality Bounded)" (Record no SA0023601 with the following layers selected - "Suburbs and Localities", "Counties" and "Place names (gazetteer)"". Property Location Browser. Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
3. "Postcode for Wisanger, South Australia". postcodes-australia.com. Retrieved 5 June 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 Kingscote Aero (nearest station)". Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
8. "Wisanger, Nomenclature". State Library of South Australia. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
9. "Former Wisanger School". South Australian Heritage Register. Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources. Retrieved 2 June 2016.