Haines, South Australia

Haines 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 129 kilometres (80 miles) south-west of the state capital of Adelaide and about 17 kilometres (11 miles) south of the municipal seat of Kingscote.[2][3]

Haines
South Australia
Haines
Coordinates35.810660°S 137.647710°E / -35.810660; 137.647710
Population560 (shared with other localities in the “State Suburb of Nepean Bay”) (2011 census)[1][lower-alpha 1]
Established2002[2]
Postcode(s)5223 [3]
Time zoneACST (UTC+9:30)
 • Summer (DST)ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location
LGA(s)Kangaroo Island Council[2]
RegionFleurieu and Kangaroo Island[4]
CountyCarnarvon[2]
State electorate(s)Mawson[5]
Federal Division(s)Mayo[6]
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall
20.9 °C
70 °F		 9.0 °C
48 °F		 454.8 mm
17.9 in
Suburbs around Haines:
Cygnet River Nepean Bay
Ballast Head		 Ballast Head
MacGillivray Haines Ballast Head
Muston
Pelican Lagoon
Ocean
MacGillivray D’Estrees Bay
Ocean		 Ocean
FootnotesCoordinates[2]
Locations[3]
Climate[7]
Adjoining localities[2]

Its boundaries were created in March 2002 for the “long established name” which was derived from the cadastral unit of the Hundred of Haines.[2][10]

The principal land use in the locality is primary production with land along the coastline and land occupied by the Beyeria Conservation Park being both zoned for conservation purposes.[11][2]

Haines 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]

See also

References
Notes
  1. For the 2011 census, the ‘State Suburb of Nepean Bay’ consisted of the localities of Ballast Head, Birchmore, D’estrees Bay, Haines, Kohinoor, MacGillivray, Muston, Nepean Bay, Seal Bay and Seddon.
Citations
  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Vivonne Bay". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
  2. "Search result for "Haines (Locality Bounded)" (Record no SA0058080 with the following layers selected - "Suburbs and Localities", "Place names (gazetteer)", "Road Labels" and "Development Plan Layers"". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
  3. "Postcode for Haines, South Australia (Postcode)". postcodes-australia.com. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
  4. "Limestone Coast 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 18 January 2017.
  8. "Limits of Oceans and Seas, 3rd edition" (PDF) (PDF). International Hydrographic Organization. 1953. pp. 35–36. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 October 2011. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
  9. "AHS – AA609582" (PDF) (PDF). The Australian Hydrographic Service. 5 July 2012. Retrieved 30 May 2013.
  10. Kirkpatrick, A.A. (16 May 2002). "GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT 1991, Notice to Assign Boundaries and Names to Places" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australia. 2002: 1887. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
  11. "Development Plan, Kangaroo Island Council, Consolidated – 20 February 2014" (PDF). Government of South Australia. pp. 114, 135, 152, 235 and 272–277. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
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