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Garden Island, South Australia

Coordinates: 34°48′26″S 138°32′04″E / 34.807170°S 138.534450°E / -34.807170; 138.534450
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Garden Island
South Australia
Aerial view looking WSW of part of the Port River estuary with Garden Island being located in the top right hand corner adjacent to Torrens Island
Garden Island is located in South Australia
Garden Island
Garden Island
Coordinates34°48′26″S 138°32′04″E / 34.807170°S 138.534450°E / -34.807170; 138.534450
Population4 (SAL 2021)[2]
Established2009[1]
Postcode(s)5960[1]
Time zoneACST (UTC+9:30)
 • Summer (DST)ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location15 km (9 mi) north-west of Adelaide city centre
LGA(s)unincorporated area[1]
RegionWestern Adelaide[3]
CountyAdelaide[1]
State electorate(s)Port Adelaide[4]
Federal division(s)Hindmarsh[5]
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall
22.4 °C
72 °F
11.2 °C
52 °F
451.1 mm
17.8 in
Suburbs around Garden Island:
Torrens Island Torrens Island Barker Inlet
Torrens Island Garden Island Barker Inlet
Port Adelaide Gillman
Dry Creek
Dry Creek
FootnotesCoordinates[1]
Climate[6]
Adjoining suburbs[1]

Garden Island is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located in the Adelaide metropolitan area within the estuary of the Port Adelaide River about 15 kilometres (9.3 miles) north-west of the Adelaide city centre.[1][7]

Its boundaries which were created in August 2009 include “the whole of the geographical feature of Garden Island” and parts of the following water bodies that adjoin the shoreline of the ‘geographic feature’ - Angas Inlet to the north, the North Arm to the south and Eastern Passage to the east.[1][8]

Garden Island is located within the federal division of Port Adelaide and the state electoral district of Port Adelaide[5][4] Since at least 2009, Garden Island has not been located within a local government area.[1]

As of 2014, the majority of the land within the locality is zoned as "MFP" which refers to the Multifunction Polis, a proposed development with the Adelaide metropolitan area to create “an international and national centre for co-operative research and innovation in science, technology, environmental management, education and the arts.”[7] The Garden Island Yacht Club and Angus Inlet Boat Club have private facilities on Garden Island. Public facilities include a boat ramp, a fishing jetty, car parking and a public toilet block. The boat ramp is used to launch and retrieve powered and unpowered recreational watercraft.[9]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Search result for "Garden Island (Locality Bounded)" (Record no SA0047978) with the following layers selected - "Suburbs and Localities" and "Local Government Areas"". Property Location Browser. Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
  2. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Garden Island (SA) (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. Edit this at Wikidata
  3. ^ "Western Adelaide SA Government region" (PDF). The Government of South Australia. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  4. ^ a b "Electoral district profiles - Port Adelaide (2018-2022 boundaries)". Electoral Commission SA. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
  5. ^ a b "Profile of the electoral division of Hindmarsh (SA)". Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
  6. ^ "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics PARAFIELD AIRPORT (nearest station)". Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
  7. ^ a b Land Not Within a Council Area (Metropolitan) Consolidated – 25 September 2014 (PDF). Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure (DPTI). 2014. pp. 21–22, 58–60 & 73.
  8. ^ Boating Industry Association of South Australia (BIA); South Australia. Department for Environment and Heritage (2005), South Australia's waters an atlas & guide, Boating Industry Association of South Australia, p. 194, ISBN 978-1-86254-680-6
  9. ^ "Garden Island Boat Ramp". Waterways Guide. Retrieved 25 January 2017.