Mullaquana, South Australia

Mullaquana is a suburb in the Australian state of South Australia located immediately adjoining the southern side of the city of Whyalla in the north east corner of Eyre Peninsula. The locality is bounded by Lincoln Highway to its northern side, the suburb of Whyalla to the east and by and the Spencer Gulf coastline to the south east.[8]

Mullaquana South Australia
The Whyalla Airport is located in Mullaquana
Mullaquana
Coordinates	33°03′37″S 137°31′40″E[1]
Population	248 (2016 census)[2]
Established	2000[1]
Postcode(s)	5601[1]
Elevation	9 m (30 ft)airport[3]
Time zone	ACST (UTC+9:30)
• Summer (DST)	ACST (UTC+10:30)
LGA(s)	City of Whyalla unincorporated area[1][4]
Region	Eyre Western[1]
County	York[1]
State electorate(s)	Giles[5]
Federal Division(s)	Grey[6]
Mean max temp[3] Mean min temp[3] Annual rainfall[3] 23.8 °C 75 °F 11.5 °C 53 °F 263.4 mm 10.4 in
Suburbs around Mullaquana: Middleback Range Whyalla Norrie Whyalla Stuart Whyalla Playford Whyalla (suburb) Middleback Range Mullaquana Spencer Gulf Middleback Range Middleback Range Spencer Gulf
Footnotes	Adjoining suburbs[7][8]

Its boundaries were established in June 2000 and revised again in 2011. Its name is derived from Mullaquana Road which is located within the locality and was selected instead of “Eight Mile Creek” in order to avoid confusion with a locality in the south east of South Australia.[1][8][9]

Mullaquana is located within the federal Division of Grey, the state electoral district of Giles and with the portion on western side of Horseshoe Road being within the boundary of local government area of the City of Whyalla and the portion on the eastern side being within the unincorporated areas of South Australia.[4][5][6][8]

The land within the City of Whyalla jurisdiction contains the Whyalla Airport and areas zoned for both commercial activity and residential use. The land within the unincorporated area is one of two such parcels of land associated with the city of Whyalla which is considered by the Government of South Australia as being “strategically important to the state” due to their role in the production cycle of steel.[4][10]

See also

• List of cities and towns in South Australia

References

1. "Search results for 'Mullaquana, LOCB' with the following datasets selected - 'Suburbs and localities', 'Counties', 'Government Towns', 'Local Government Areas', 'SA Government Regions' and 'Gazetteer'". Location SA Map Viewer. South Australian Government. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
2. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Mullaquana (state suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
3. "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics Whyalla Aero (nearest weather station)". Commonwealth of Australia , Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
4. "Development Plan, Land Not Within a Council Area Eyre, Far North, Riverland and Whyalla Consolidated – 18 October 2012". Department of Planning Transport and Infrastructure. 2012. pp. 16 & 349. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
5. "District of Giles Background Profile". ELECTORAL COMMISSION SA. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
6. "Federal electoral division of Grey, boundary gazetted 16 December 2011" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
7. Cultana and Adjoining Locality Boundries [sic] (PDF) (Map). Department for Planning, Transport and Infrastructure, Government of South Australia. Rack Plan 1074. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
8. City of Whyalla - Additional Locality Boundaries (PDF) (Map). Department for Planning, Transport and Infrastructure, Government of South Australia. Rack Plan 1017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 March 2012. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
9. Kentish, Peter (29 September 2011). "Notice to Discontinue the Name and Assign a Name and a Boundary to a Place and to Alter the boundary of Places" (PDF). Department for Planning, Transport and Infrastructure, Government of South Australia. DTEI.2010/12582/01. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
10. "Development Plan, Whyalla Council, Consolidated – 19 February 2015". Department of Planning Transport and Infrastructure. 2015. pp. 207, 208 & 289. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 5 September 2015.