Thornlea, South Australia

Suburb of Wattle Range Council, South Australia
37°25′21″S 140°11′04″E / 37.422457°S 140.184491°E / -37.422457; 140.184491[1]Population46 (SAL 2021)[2]Established18 December 1997[3]Postcode(s)5280[4]Time zoneACST (UTC+9:30) • Summer (DST)ACST (UTC+10:30)Location
  • 309 km (192 mi) SE of Adelaide
  • 25 km (16 mi) NW of Millicent
LGA(s)Wattle Range Council[1]RegionLimestone Coast[1]CountyGrey[1]State electorate(s)MacKillop[5]Federal division(s)Barker[6]
Mean max temp[7] Mean min temp[7] Annual rainfall[7]
19.6 °C
67 °F		 9.5 °C
49 °F		 603.6 mm
23.8 in
Suburbs around Thornlea:
Clay Wells Clay Wells
Kangaroo Inn		 Kangaroo Inn
Furner
Magarey Thornlea Furner
Hatherleigh
Rendelsham Rendelsham Hatherleigh
FootnotesLocations[4][1]
Adjoining localities [1]

Thornlea is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located in the state's south-east within the Limestone Coast region about 309 kilometres (192 mi) south east of the state capital of Adelaide and about 25 kilometres (16 mi) north-west of the municipal seat of Millicent.[1][4]

Boundaries for the locality were created on 18 December 1997.[1][3]

The land use in the locality is ‘primary production’.[1][8] A protected area known as the Belt Hill Conservation Park is located in the locality's south-east corner on the boundary with Hatherleigh.[9]

Thornlea is located within the federal division of Barker, the state electoral district of MacKillop and the local government area of the Wattle Range Council.[6][5][1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Search results for 'Thornlea, LOCB' with the following datasets being selected - 'Suburbs and Localities', 'Counties', 'Local Government Areas', 'SA Government Regions', 'Land Development Plan Zone Categories' and 'Gazetteer'". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
  2. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Thornlea (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. Edit this at Wikidata
  3. ^ a b "GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT 1991, Notice to Assign Boundaries and Names to Places" (PDF), The South Australian Government Gazette: 1655, 18 December 1997, retrieved 30 December 2017
  4. ^ a b c "Postcode for Thornlea, South Australia". Postcodes Australia. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
  5. ^ a b "District of MacKillop Background Profile". Electoral Commission SA. Archived from the original on 29 December 2017. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  6. ^ a b "Federal electoral division of Barker" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  7. ^ a b c "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics ROBE AIRFIELD (nearest weather station)". Commonwealth of Australia , Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
  8. ^ "Development Plan - Wattle Range Council Consolidated – 7 February 2013" (PDF). Government of South Australia. pp. 131, 205 and 207–210. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
  9. ^ "Search results for 'Belt Hill Conservation Park' with the following datasets selected – 'Suburbs and Localities', 'NPW and Conservation Properties', 'Hundreds', 'Roads' and 'Gazetteer'". Location SA Map Viewer. South Australian Government. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
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