Kainton, South Australia

Kainton
South Australia
Kainton
Coordinates 34°7′S 137°54′E / 34.117°S 137.900°E / -34.117; 137.900Coordinates: 34°7′S 137°54′E / 34.117°S 137.900°E / -34.117; 137.900
Postcode(s) 5552
Time zone ACST (UTC+9:30)
 • Summer (DST) ACDT (UTC+10:30)
LGA(s) Yorke Peninsula Council[1]
State electorate(s) Goyder[2]
Federal Division(s) Grey[3]
Localities around Kainton:
Paskeville Melton
Kulpara		 Port Arthur
Sunnyvale Kainton Port Arthur
Gulf St Vincent
Arthurton Clinton Centre
Clinton		 Gulf St Vincent
Footnotes Adjoining localities[1]

Kainton is a small town in the Australian state of South Australia situated about 10 km south of Paskeville in the upper Yorke Peninsula.

The Kainton school closed in 1907, but the "Hundred of Clinton School" was renamed "Kainton School" in 1915.[4]

Kainton is located within the federal Division of Grey, the state electoral district of Goyder and the local government area known as the Yorke Peninsula Council.[5][3][2]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "New Ward Structure 2014". Yorke Peninsula Council. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Goyder electorate boundaries as of 2014". ELECTORAL COMMISSION SA. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
  3. 1 2 "Federal electoral division of Grey" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
  4. ↑ "Manning index of South Australia". State Library of South Australia. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
  5. ↑ "Search result for "KAINTON (LOCB)" (Record no SA0040462)". Department of Planning Transport and Infrastructure. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
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