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Willoughby, South Australia

Willoughby
South Australia
Australia kangaroo island cape willoughby.jpg
Cape Willoughby Lighthouse
Willoughby is located in South Australia
Willoughby
Willoughby
Coordinates 35°49′53″S 138°05′55″E / 35.831410°S 138.098680°E / -35.831410; 138.098680Coordinates: 35°49′53″S 138°05′55″E / 35.831410°S 138.098680°E / -35.831410; 138.098680
Population 319 (shared with other localities in the “State Suburb of Island Beach”) (2011 census)
Established 1999
Postcode(s) 5222
Time zone ACST (UTC+9:30)
 • Summer (DST) ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location
LGA(s) Kangaroo Island Council
Region Fleurieu and Kangaroo Island
County County of Carnarvon
State electorate(s) Finniss
Federal Division(s) Mayo
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall
18.1 °C
65 °F
12.8 °C
55 °F
538.4 mm
21.2 in
Suburbs around Willoughby:
Antechamber Bay Backstairs Passage Backstairs Passage
Antechamber Bay
Dudley East
Porky Flat
Willoughby Ocean
Porky Flat Ocean Ocean
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Willoughby is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located at the eastern end of Dudley Peninsula on Kangaroo Island overlooking Backstairs Passage to the north and overlooking the body of water known in Australia as the Southern Ocean and by international authorities as the Great Australian Bight to the south. It is located about 111 kilometres (69 miles) south of the state capital of Adelaide and about 18 kilometres (11 miles) east of Penneshaw.

Its boundaries were created in August 1999 while its name was derived from Cape Willoughby, the headland at the eastern end of the Dudley Peninsula.

The main land uses within the locality are agriculture and conservation. The latter land use includes the Cape Willoughby Conservation Park, the eastern part of the Lesueur Conservation Park and other land adjoining the coastline which has additional statutory constraints to “conserve the natural features of the coast.”

The locality includes the following two places which are listed on the South Australian Heritage Register - Cape Willoughby Lighthouse (tower only), and the ‘Freshfields’ farmhouse and the graves of Nathaniel Thomas and his wife, both pre-colonial settlers.

Willoughby is located within the federal division of Mayo, the state electoral district of Finniss and the local government area of the Kangaroo Island Council.


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