Lower Light, South Australia

Lower Light
South Australia
Lower Light Hotel
Lower Light is located in South Australia
Lower Light
Lower Light
Coordinates34°31′57″S 138°26′13″E / 34.53250°S 138.43694°E / -34.53250; 138.43694
Population203 (SAL 2021)[1]
Postcode(s)5501[2]
Location46 km (29 mi) N of Adelaide[2]
LGA(s)Adelaide Plains Council
State electorate(s)Narungga[3] >
Federal division(s)Grey
Localities around Lower Light:
Thompson Beach Dublin Mallala
Gulf St Vincent Lower Light Korunye
Gulf St Vincent Middle Beach Two Wells
FootnotesAdjoining localities[4]

Lower Light is a township adjacent to Port Wakefield Road in South Australia's lower Mid North.[5] The township of Port Prime was surveyed on the coast of Gulf St Vincent in 1880, but little remains of that town now, and it is included as part of the bounded locality of Lower Light.[6]

Lower Light is named for the lower Light River estuary into Gulf St Vincent directly south of the settlement.[4]

Lower Light has also been the location of parachuting/skydiving operations since 1962,[7] which operate from the George Quigley Airfield, located a short distance north of the township.

See also

References

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Lower Light (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ a b "Lower Light, South Australia". Postcodes Australia. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
  3. ^ Narungga (Map). Electoral District Boundaries Commission. 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
  4. ^ a b "Property Location Browser, search result for 'Lower Light, LOCB' with layers selected for "Suburbs and Localities" and "Government Towns"". Retrieved 30 November 2015.
  5. ^ "Placename Details: Lower Light". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. 27 November 2013. SA0041512. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
  6. ^ "Placename Details: Port Prime". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. 12 May 2011. SA0040695. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
  7. ^ "HOME". SASPC. Retrieved 14 April 2022.


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