South Kilkerran, South Australia

South Kilkerran
South Australia

Stone church building with a cross in front

St John's Lutheran church at South Kilkerran
South Kilkerran
Coordinates 34°26′17″S 137°35′24″E / 34.438°S 137.590°E / -34.438; 137.590Coordinates: 34°26′17″S 137°35′24″E / 34.438°S 137.590°E / -34.438; 137.590
Postcode(s) 5573
Location 9 km (6 mi) SW of Maitland
LGA(s) Yorke Peninsula Council
State electorate(s) Goyder
Federal Division(s) Grey
Localities around South Kilkerran:
Balgowan Maitland Maitland
Point Pearce South Kilkerran Yorke Valley
Port Victoria Urania Urania
Footnotes Adjoining localities[1]

South Kilkerran is a settlement on Yorke Peninsula in the Australian state of South Australia, between Maitland and Port Victoria.[2][3]

South Kilkerran is still the home of St John's Lutheran church.[4] It formerly also had a St Paul's Lutheran church,[5] and both churches had schools associated with them,[6] which are now closed.

South Kilkerran is located within the federal division of Grey, the state electoral district of Goyder and the local government area of the Yorke Peninsula Council.[7][8]

References

  1. ↑ "New Ward Structure 2014". Yorke Peninsula Council. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
  2. ↑ "2905.0 - Statistical Geography: Volume 2 -- Census Geographic Areas, Australia, 2006". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 8 December 2009.
  3. ↑ "Placename Details: South Kilkerran". Land Services, government of South Australia. 17 October 2013. SA0062651. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
  4. ↑ "St John's South Kilkerran". Maitland Lutheran Parish, South Australia. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
  5. ↑ "THE COUNTRY.". The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1889 - 1931). Adelaide, SA: National Library of Australia. 20 February 1917. p. 10. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
  6. ↑ "SOUTH KILKERRAN.". The Observer (Adelaide). Adelaide, SA: National Library of Australia. 14 August 1915. p. 52. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
  7. ↑ "Goyder electorate boundaries as of 2014". ELECTORAL COMMISSION SA. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
  8. ↑ "Federal electoral division of Grey" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
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