Donovans, South Australia

Donovans
South Australia
Big Tree, ca. 1932
Donovans is located in South Australia
Donovans
Donovans
Coordinates38°00′43″S 140°57′36″E / 38.012°S 140.96°E / -38.012; 140.96
Population111 (SAL 2021)[1]
Established1947 (town)
31 October 1996 (locality)[2][3]
Postcode(s)5291[4]
Location
LGA(s)District Council of Grant[2]
RegionLimestone Coast[5]
CountyCounty of Grey[2]
State electorate(s)Mount Gambier[6]
Federal division(s)Barker[7]
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall
19.0 °C
66 °F		 8.2 °C
47 °F		 708.4 mm
27.9 in
Localities around Donovans:
Caroline Caroline Munbannar
Wye Donovans Nelson
Wye Wye Nelson
FootnotesCoordinates[2]
Locations[4]
Climate[8]
Adjoining localities[2][9]

Donovans is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located in the state's south-east on the Glenelg River adjoining the border with the state of Victoria. It is about 403 kilometres (250 miles) south-east of the state capital of Adelaide and 26 kilometres (16 miles) south-east of the centre of the city of Mount Gambier.[4]

The name was approved in 1942 by the Nomenclature Committee for a private sub-division in the cadastral unit of the Hundred of Caroline.[2] The sub-division was approved at some time during the 1940s with one source stating that it occurred in 1943 while another states the year of approval was 1947.[10][11] Prior to the subdivision it was known as 'Donovan's Landing'.[11] Boundaries were created on 31 October 1996 for the "long established name" which was derived from the name of the sub-division rather from the name 'Donovan's Landing'.[3][2]

Donovans consists of land adjoining the border with the state of Victoria which includes a loop of the Glenelg River. A settlement is located on the west side of the river while the land on the east side of the river has been declared as the protected area known as the Lower Glenelg River Conservation Park.[2]

It was described in 1926 by the newspaper, The Register, as follows:[11]

With his customary zeal our guide secured a number of motor vehicles to convey us to a point on the Glenelg River called Donovan's... The scenery in the vicinity of this river is very fine. The cliffs in many places rise sheer out of the water to a considerable height and at other spots the trees and foliage complete a charming spectacle. The owner of the property has a motor launch [and] the stuffed carcass of the original 'Tantanoola Tiger', which caused a great stir in these parts some years ago and was shot by Mr. Tom Donovan, was on show and was an object of much curiosity...

The majority land use within the locality is agriculture which includes the above-mentioned conservation park while the settlement is zoned for residential use.[2][12]

Donovans is located within the federal Division of Barker, the state electoral district of Mount Gambier and the local government area of the District Council of Grant.[2][6][7]

References

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Donovans (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Search result for "Donovans (Locality Bounded)" (Record no SA0002706) with the following layers being selected – "Suburbs and Localities", "Hundreds" and "Road Labels"". Property Location Browser. Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
  3. ^ a b Kentish, P.M. (31 October 1996), "GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT 1991, Notice to Assign Boundaries and Names to Places" (PDF), The South Australian Government Gazette: 1517, retrieved 19 April 2018
  4. ^ a b c "Postcode for Donovans, South Australia". postcodes-australia.com. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
  5. ^ "Limestone Coast SA Government region" (PDF). The Government of South Australia. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  6. ^ a b "District of Mount Gambier Background Profile". Electoral Commission SA. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
  7. ^ a b "Federal electoral division of Barker" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
  8. ^ "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics Mount Gambier Aero (nearest weather station)". Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  9. ^ "Glenelg Shire town and rural districts names and boundaries" (PDF). Locality names and boundary maps. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, State Government of Victoria, Australia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2016. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
  10. ^ "Port MacDonnell Council November Meeting". The Border Watch. Vol. 83, no. 9158. South Australia. 4 November 1943. p. 3. Retrieved 7 September 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  11. ^ a b c "Donovans, nomenclature". State Library of South Australia. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
  12. ^ "Development Plan, Grant Council, Consolidated – 11 February 2016" (PDF). [Government of South Australia. pp. 138, 180, 238–241 and 307–308. Retrieved 29 April 2016.