Sunlands, South Australia

Sunlands is a locality on the left bank of the Murray River, 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) west of Waikerie, South Australia. The Waikerie Golf and Country Club course is in Sunlands.[6]

Sunlands
South Australia
Sunlands
Coordinates34°08′11″S 139°52′41″E[1]
Population376 (2016 census)[2]
Established28 September 2000[1]
Postcode(s)5322
Time zoneACST (UTC+9:30)
 • Summer (DST)ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location
LGA(s)District Council of Loxton Waikerie[1]
CountyAlbert[1]
State electorate(s)Chaffey[3]
Federal Division(s)Barker[4]
Mean max temp[5] Mean min temp[5] Annual rainfall[5]
25.3 °C
78 °F		 9.3 °C
49 °F		 281.5 mm
11.1 in
Localities around Sunlands:
Cadell Qualco Qualco
Cadell
Stockyard Plain		 Sunlands Taylorville
Stockyard Plain Stockyard Plain
Ramco Heights		 Ramco
FootnotesAdjoining localities[1]

The current boundaries of Sunlands were set in September 2000 for the long established name. They include the Sunlands South and Sunlands North irrigation areas.[1] Most of the irrigated areas of Sunlands are planted with citrus orchards.

Qualco lies on the inside of a bend in the river. Sunlands has a short river frontage at the upstream (eastern) end of Qualco, downstream of Ramco. Sunlands extends almost to the river at the northern end of Qualco, bounded by the Cadell Valley Road, in the vicinity of the area known as Oxford Landing.

Oxford Landing Estates is a major wine producer in the area.[7]

The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Sunlands had a population of 376 people.[2]

Sunlands is located within the federal division of Barker, the state Electoral district of Chaffey and the local government area of the District Council of Loxton Waikerie.[4][3][1]

See also

References
  1. "Search result for Sunlands, LOCB' with the following datasets selected - 'Local Government areas', 'SA Government Regions', 'Counties', 'Postcode', 'Suburbs and Localities', 'Land Development Plan Zone Categories' and 'Gazetteer'". Retrieved 25 March 2018.
  2. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Sunlands". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
  3. "District of Chaffey Background Profile". Electoral Commission SA. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
  4. "Federal electoral division of Barker, boundary gazetted 16 December 2011" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
  5. "Summary (climate) statistics GLUEPOT RESERVE (GLUEPOT) (nearest weather station)". Commonwealth of Australia , Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
  7. "Real Place - Oxford Landing Oxford Landing · Real people, real place, real history, real wine". www.oxfordlanding.com. Retrieved 22 July 2017.


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