Tulka, South Australia
Tulka is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on the southern tip of Eyre Peninsula overlooking the western end of the body of water known as Port Lincoln and which is located 259 kilometres (161 miles) west of the state capital of Adelaide and about 10 kilometres (6.2 miles) west of the city of Port Lincoln.[4]
| Tulka South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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Tulka | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°47′43″S 135°47′55″E / 34.79535899°S 135.79856799°E[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 126 (SAL 2016)[2][3] | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 2003[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 5607[4] | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | ACST (UTC+9:30) | ||||||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | ACST (UTC+10:30) | ||||||||||||||
| Location |
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| LGA(s) | District Council of Lower Eyre Peninsula[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Region | Eyre Western[5] | ||||||||||||||
| County | Flinders[5] | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Flinders[6] | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Grey[7] | ||||||||||||||
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| Footnotes | Location[4] Adjoining localities[1] | ||||||||||||||
The boundaries of the locality were created in October 2003 for the “long established name.” The boundary with the locality of Sleaford was altered in both 2006 and 2011.[1][9]
Land use within Tulka includes both agriculture and conservation with the latter being represented by the Lincoln Conservation Park. Land use is subject to statutory control in order to manage the aquifer system existing within Tulka and adjoining localities.[10]
Tulka 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][6][7]
References edit
- ^ a b c d e f "Search result for "TULKA (LOCB)" (Record no SA0009736) with the following layers selected - "Suburbs and Localities"". Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Tulka (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2016.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Tulka (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2016 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ a b c d e "Postcode for Tulka, South Australia". Postcodes Australia. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
- ^ a b "Search results for "Tulka LOCB" with the following datasets selected - 'Suburbs and Localities', 'SA Government Regions' and 'Counties'". Loctation SA Map viewer. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
- ^ a b "District of Flinders Background Profile". Electoral Commission SA. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
- ^ a b "Federal electoral division of Grey" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
- ^ a b c "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics NORTH SHIELDS (PORT LINCOLN AWS)". Commonwealth of Australia , Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
- ^ 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
- ^ "Development Plan - Lower Eyre Peninsula (DC) Consolidated – 19 February 2015" (PDF). Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. pp. 89–92, 194, 219 & 220. Retrieved 23 March 2016.