Nangkita
South Australia
Nangkita is located in South Australia
Nangkita
Nangkita
Coordinates35°20′49″S 138°41′06″E / 35.346954°S 138.685099°E / -35.346954; 138.685099[1]
Population204 (2016 census)[2]
Postcode(s)5210
Time zoneACST (UTC+9:30)
 • Summer (DST)ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location
LGA(s)Alexandrina Council[1]
RegionFleurieu and Kangaroo Island[1]
CountyHindmarsh[1]
State electorate(s)Finniss
Federal division(s)Mayo
Localities around Nangkita:
Yundi Yundi
Mount Magnificent		 Mount Magnificent
Ashbourne
Mount Compass Nangkita Ashbourne
Mount Observation
Tooperang
Mount Compass Mount Compass
Tooperang		 Tooperang
FootnotesAdjoining localities[1]

Nangkita is a rural locality on Fleurieu Peninsula in South Australia, south of the capital, Adelaide.

Nangkita was founded as a Village Settlement in the 1890s as a commune in a scheme set up by the South Australian government under Part VII of the Crown Lands Amendment Act 1893,[3] intended to mitigate the effects of the depression then affecting the Colony. The settlement grew a magnificent crop of tobacco, but the potato and onion crops were ravaged by grubs.[4] The commune closed not long after that.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Search results for 'Nangkita, LOCB' with the following datasets selected - 'Suburbs and localities', 'Counties', 'Government Towns', 'Hundreds', 'Local Government Areas', 'SA Government Regions' and 'Gazetteer'". Location SA Map Viewer. South Australian Government. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
  2. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Nangkita (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 16 June 2021. Edit this at Wikidata
  3. ^ "The Crown Lands Amendment Act, 1893 (SA )". Part VII. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
  4. ^ "Nangkita Village Settlement". Weekly Herald. Vol. IV, no. 175. South Australia. 12 February 1898. p. 6. Retrieved 11 August 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ "Untitled". South Australian Register. Vol. LXIII, no. 16, 079. South Australia. 26 May 1898. p. 4. Retrieved 11 August 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
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