Stun'Sail Boom, South Australia

This article is about the locality in South Australia. For the associated river, see Stun Sail Boom River.

Stun'Sail Boom
South Australia
Stun'Sail Boom is located in South Australia
Stun'Sail Boom
Stun'Sail Boom
Coordinates36°00′37″S 137°01′40″E / 36.010360°S 137.027840°E / -36.010360; 137.027840
Population407 (shared with other localities within the “State Suburb of Vivonne Bay”) (2011 census)[2][a]
Established2002[1]
Postcode(s)5223[3]
Time zoneACST (UTC+9:30)
 • Summer (DST)ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location
LGA(s)Kangaroo Island Council[1]
RegionFleurieu and Kangaroo Island[4]
CountyCounty of Carnarvon[1]
State electorate(s)Mawson[5]
Federal division(s)Mayo[6]
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall
22.1 °C
72 °F		 11.5 °C
53 °F		 534.0 mm
21 in
Suburbs around Stun'Sail Boom:
Karatta Karatta
Vivonne Bay		 Vivonne Bay
Karatta Stun'Sail Boom Vivonne Bay
Ocean Ocean Ocean
FootnotesCoordinates[1]
Locations[3][1]
Climate[7]
Adjoining localities[1]

Stun’Sail Boom is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on the south coast of Kangaroo Island overlooking the body of water known in Australia as the Southern Ocean and by international authorities as the Great Australian Bight.[8][9] It is located about 186 kilometres (116 miles) southwest of the state capital of Adelaide and about 68 kilometres (42 miles) southwest of the municipal seat of Kingscote.[1][3]

Its boundaries were created in May 2002 for the “long established name” which is derived from the river located within its boundaries.[1]

The land use within the locality consists of agriculture and conservation.[10]

The locality includes the Tilka Huts, Shed and Graves Site which is listed on the South Australian Heritage Register[11]

Stun’Sail Boom is located within the federal division of Mayo, the state electoral district of Mawson and the local government area of the Kangaroo Island Council.[1][5][6]

References

Notes
  1. ^ For the 2011 census, the ‘State Suburb of Vivonne Bay’ consisted of the localities of Cape Borda, De Mole River, Duncan, Flinders Chase, Gosse, Karatta, Middle River, Newland, Stun’Sail Boom, Vivonne Bay and Western River.
Citations
  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Search result for "Stun'Sail Boom (Locality Bounded)" (Record no SA0058381) with the following layers selected - "Suburbs and Localities", "Counties" and "Place names (gazetteer)"". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
  2. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Vivonne Bay". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 8 March 2016. Edit this at Wikidata
  3. ^ a b c "Postcode for Stun'Sail Boom, South Australia". postcodes-australia.com. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
  4. ^ "Fleurieu and Kangaroo Island SA Government region" (PDF). The Government of South Australia. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
  5. ^ a b Mawson (Map). Electoral District Boundaries Commission. 2016. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
  6. ^ a b "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 BORDA (nearest station)". Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 8 March 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, Consolidated – 20 February 2014" (PDF). Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. pp. 135, 152 and 315–318. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
  11. ^ "Tilka Huts, Shed and Graves Site". South Australian Heritage Register. Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources. Retrieved 2 June 2016.


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