Ngarkat, South Australia

Ngarkat is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located in the south-east of the state at the border with the state of Victoria in both the Murray Mallee and the Limestone Coast regions about 227 kilometres (141 miles) south east of the state capital of Adelaide.[1][3]

Ngarkat South Australia
Ngarkat
Coordinates	35°37′37″S 140°38′05″E[1]
Population	0 (2016 census)[2]
Established	1999
Postcode(s)	5302[3]
Time zone	ACST (UTC+9:30)
• Summer (DST)	ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location	227 km (141 mi) south-east of Adelaide 75 km (47 mi) north of Bordertown 50 km (31 mi) south-west of Pinnaroo
LGA(s)	Coorong District Council Tatiara District Council Southern Mallee District Council[1]
Region	Limestone Coast Murray Mallee[1]
County	Buckingham Chandos "outside of counties"[1]
State electorate(s)	Chaffey[4] MacKillop[5]
Federal Division(s)	Barker[6]
Mean max temp[7] Mean min temp[7] Annual rainfall[7] 23.4 °C 74 °F 8.8 °C 48 °F 310.3 mm 12.2 in
Suburbs around Ngarkat: Lameroo Parrakie Lameroo Parilla Pinnaroo Victoria Parrakie Tintinara Ngarkat Victoria Coombe Coombe Makin McCallum Shaugh Victoria
Footnotes	Locations[3][1] Adjoining localities[1]

Its boundaries were created firstly in August 1999 for the part in the Southern Mallee District Council followed by the part in the Tatiara District Council during March 2000 and finally by the part in the Coorong District Council during August 2000. Its name is derived from the Ngarkat Conservation Park.[1]

The principal land use within the locality is conservation with the majority of the land being located in the Ngarkat Conservation Park with the exception of a parcel of land between the Ngarkat Highway and the Victorian border within the Tatiara District Council.[1][8][9][10]

The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Ngarkat had a population of zero.[2]

Ngarkat is located within the federal Division of Barker, the state electoral districts of Chaffey and Mackillop, and the local government areas of the Coorong District Council, the Tatiara District Council and the Southern Mallee District Council.[6][4][5][1]

See also

• Mount Rescue Conservation Park
• Mount Shaugh Conservation Park

References

1. "Search results for 'Ngarkat, LOCB' with the following datasets being selected - 'Suburbs and Localities', 'Counties', 'Local Government Areas', 'SA Government Regions' and 'Gazetteer'". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
2. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Ngarkat". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
3. "Postcode for Ngarkat, South Australia". postcodes-australia.com. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
4. "District of Chaffey Background Profile". ELECTORAL COMMISSION SA. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
5. "District of MacKillop Background Profile". Electoral Commission SA. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
6. "Federal electoral division of Barker" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
7. "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics LAMEROO (AUSTIN PLAINS) (nearest station)". Commonwealth of Australia , Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
8. Development Plan - The Coorong District Council Consolidated – 18 December 2014 (PDF). Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. 2014. pp. 223, 225, 403 &405.
9. Development Plan - Southern Mallee District Council, Consolidated – 25 October 2012 (PDF). Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. 2012. pp. 5, 6, 77 & 81.
10. Development Plan - Tatiara Council, Consolidated – 24 October 2013 (PDF). Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. 2013. pp. 205 & 212–217.