Mount Benson, South Australia
| Mount Benson South Australia | |||||||||||||
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  Mount Benson Location in South Australia | |||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 37°2′38″S 139°47′57″E / 37.04389°S 139.79917°ECoordinates: 37°2′38″S 139°47′57″E / 37.04389°S 139.79917°E | ||||||||||||
| Established | 1999[1] | ||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 5275[2] | ||||||||||||
| Time zone | ACST (UTC+9:30) | ||||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | ACST (UTC+10:30) | ||||||||||||
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| LGA(s) | District Council of Robe[1] | ||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | MacKillop[3] | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Barker[4] | ||||||||||||
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Climatic data[5] Adjoining localities[1] | ||||||||||||
Mount Benson is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on the state’s south-east coast overlooking Guichen Bay which is part of the body of water known in Australia as the Southern Ocean and by international authorities as the Great Australian Bight. It is about 269 kilometres (167 mi) south-east of the Adelaide city centre and 112 kilometres (70 mi) north-west of the centre of Mount Gambier.[1][2][6][7]
Boundaries were created in December 1998 for the “long established name” whose ultimate source is a stockman named Benson who was employed by the pastoralist, Charles Bonney, and whose name was given to the hill called Mount Benson by Charles Bonney according to one source while another source indicates that the hill was named by George Grey, the then Governor of South Australia.[1][8][9] A school operated within what is now the locality between the years 1887 and 1970.[9]
The locality contains the hill of the same name and is within the extent of the wine region of the same name. The Southern Ports Highway passes through the locality.[8][1][10]
The majority land use within the locality is agriculture with the land adjoining the coastline being zoned for conservation. The latter includes the protected area known as the Guichen Bay Conservation Park.[1][11]
Mount Benson is located within the federal division of Barker, the state electoral district of MacKillop and the local government area of the District Council of Robe.[4][3][1]
See also
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Search result for " Mount Benson (LOCB)" (Record no SA0035745) with the following layers selected - "Suburbs and Localities", "Place names (gazetteer)" "Road Labels " and "Development Plan Layers"". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 "Mount Benson, South Australia". Postcodes Australia. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
- 1 2 "District of MacKillop Background Profile". Electoral Commission SA. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
- 1 2 "Federal electoral division of Barker" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
- ↑ "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics Cape Jaffa (The Limestone) (nearest weather station)". Commonwealth of Australia , Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
- ↑ "Limits of Oceans and Seas, 3rd edition" (PDF) (PDF). International Hydrographic Organization. 1953. pp. 35–36. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
- ↑ "AHS – AA609582" (PDF) (PDF). The Australian Hydrographic Service. 5 July 2012. Retrieved 30 May 2013.
- 1 2 "Search result for " Mount Benson (Mountain)" (Record no SA0005934) with the following layers selected - "Place names (gazetteer)"". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
- 1 2 "Benson, Mount". Place Names of South Australia. The State Library of South Australia. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
- ↑ Longbottom, Mardi; Maschmedt, David and Pichler, Markus (2011), Unearthing viticulture in the Limestone Coast (PDF), p. 12, ISBN 978-0-646-56744-0, retrieved 5 November 2014
- ↑ "Development Plan, Robe Council, Consolidated – 28 August 2014" (PDF). Government of South Australia. pp. 105, 137 and 190–200. Retrieved 17 July 2016.