Tooperang, South Australia

Tooperang
South Australia
Tooperang is located in South Australia
Tooperang
Tooperang
Coordinates35°22′S 138°43′E / 35.37°S 138.71°E / -35.37; 138.71
Population377 (2011 census)[1]
Postcode(s)5255
Location50 km (31 mi) South of Adelaide
LGA(s)Alexandrina Council
RegionFleurieu and Kangaroo Island[2]
CountyCounty of Hindmarsh
State electorate(s)Finniss[3]
Federal division(s)Mayo[4]
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall
19.6 °C
67 °F		 8.0 °C
46 °F		 830 mm
32.7 in
Localities around Tooperang:
Nangkita Ashbourne Mount Observation
Mount Compass Tooperang Finniss
Mount Jagged Mosquito Hill Currency Creek
Footnotes[5]

Tooperang is a small town and locality on Fleurieu Peninsula in the Alexandrina Council, South Australia. It includes the Cox Scrub Conservation Reserve. At the 2011 census, the "suburb" of Tooperang (which also included both Mount Jagged and Mosquito Hill) recorded a population of 377 people.[1]

The Tooperang Hall on Bull Creek Road hosts the Astronomical Society of South Australia (ASSA) on a regular basis where members take advantage of the geography of the region which blocks light spill from metropolitan Adelaide to create ideal conditions for astronomy.[6] The locality of Tooperang extends west from the town along Cleland Gully Road.[5]

Tooperang is located within the federal division of Mayo, the state electoral district of Finniss and the local government area of the Alexandrina Council.[4][3]

References

  1. ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Tooperang (State Suburb)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 12 August 2014. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ "Limestone Coast SA Government region" (PDF). The Government of South Australia. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
  3. ^ a b "District of Finniss Background Profile". Electoral Commission SA. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
  4. ^ a b "Federal electoral division of Mayo, boundary gazetted 16 December 2011" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
  5. ^ a b "Placename Details: Tooperang". Property Location Browser Report. Government of South Australia. 2 May 2007. SA0010308. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
  6. ^ Tooperang Observing Site – Astronomical Society of South Australia