Lincoln National Park, South Australia

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Lincoln National Park
South Australia
Curta Rocks, Port Lincoln National Park - South Australia.jpg
Curta Rocks, South Australia
Lincoln National Park is located in South Australia
Lincoln National Park
Lincoln National Park
Coordinates34°51′34″S 135°53′27″E / 34.85954459°S 135.89081773°E / -34.85954459; 135.89081773Coordinates: 34°51′34″S 135°53′27″E / 34.85954459°S 135.89081773°E / -34.85954459; 135.89081773[1]
Population6 (2016 census)[2][a]
 • Density0.0231/km2 (0.060/sq mi)
Established2003[1]
Postcode(s)5607[3]
Area260 km2 (100.4 sq mi)
Time zoneACST (UTC+9:30)
 • Summer (DST)ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location
LGA(s)District Council of Lower Eyre Peninsula[1]
RegionEyre Western[1]
CountyFlinders[1]
State electorate(s)Flinders[4]
Federal division(s)Grey[5]
Mean max temp[6] Mean min temp[6] Annual rainfall[6]
21.2 °C
70 °F		 11.3 °C
52 °F		 383.2 mm
15.1 in
Suburbs around Lincoln National Park:
Port Lincoln (body of water)
Sleaford Lincoln National Park Spencer Gulf
Great Australian Bight
FootnotesAdjoining localities

Lincoln National Park is a locality located on the Jussieu Peninsula at the southern tip of the Eyre Peninsula in the Australian state of South Australia about 250 kilometres (160 miles) west of the state capital of Adelaide and about 13 kilometres (8.1 miles) south of the city of Port Lincoln.[3]

The boundaries of the locality were created on 30 September 2003 for the “long established name.”[1][7]

The locality covers the full extent of the Jussieu Peninsula east of the eastern boundary of the cadastral unit, the Hundred of Sleaford. The full extent of the locality does align with the full extent of the Hundred of Flinders, a cadastral unit with an area of 260 square kilometres (101 sq mi), and which was proclaimed by Governor Le Hunte in 1903 and which was named after the British navigator, Matthew Flinders.[1][8][9]

The principal land use within the locality is conservation with its full extent being occupied by the following protected areas - the portion of the Lincoln National Park located within the Hundred of Flinders and the Memory Cove Wilderness Protection Area.[10][1]

The locality includes the two following state heritage places - the site of the memorial (known as the ) installed by Flinders in 1802 at Memory Cove in memory of the loss of eight crew from HMS Investigator and the at Stamford Hill.[11][12]

Lincoln National Park is located within the federal Division of Grey, the state electoral district of Flinders and the local government area of the District Council of Lower Eyre Peninsula.[1][5][4]

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  1. ^ For the 2016 census, the State Suburb of Lincoln National Park consisted of the locality of Lincoln National Park and islands off the coast of the Jussieu Peninsula and within the body of water known as Port Lincoln including Boston Island and Thistle Island.

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  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i "Search results for 'Lincoln National Park, LOCB' with the following datasets selected - 'Suburbs and localities', 'Counties', 'Hundreds', 'Local Government Areas', 'SA Government Regions' and 'Gazetteer'". Location SA Map Viewer. South Australian Government. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
  2. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Lincoln National Park". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 29 August 2018. Edit this at Wikidata
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Postcode for Lincoln National Park, South Australia". Postcodes Australia. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b "District of Flinders Background Profile". Electoral Commission SA. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b "Federal electoral division of Grey" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics NORTH SHIELDS (PORT LINCOLN AWS)". Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
  7. ^ Weatherill, J. (16 October 2003), "GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT 1991, Notice to Assign Boundaries and Names to Places" (PDF), The South Australian Government Gazette: 3796, retrieved 16 February 2016
  8. ^ "Search result for "HUNDRED OF FLINDERS" (Record no SA0024419)". Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
  9. ^ Jenkins, J.G. (26 November 1903). "NEW HUNDREDS CONSTITUTED" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australia: 74. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
  10. ^ "Development Plan - Lower Eyre Peninsula (DC) Consolidated – 19 February 2015" (PDF). Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. pp. 95 & 194. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
  11. ^ "Memory Cove Tablet Site, Memory Cove Wilderness Protection Area". South Australian Heritage Register. Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
  12. ^ "Memory Cove Tablet Site, Memory Cove Wilderness Protection Area". South Australian Heritage Register. Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
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