Fisher, South Australia

Fisher is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located about 96 kilometres (60 mi) north-east of the state capital of Adelaide and about 47 kilometres (29 mi) north-east of the municipal seat in Mannum.[1]

This article is about the locality in South Australia. For railway siding in South Australia, see Fisher (railway siding).

Fisher
South Australia
Fisher
Coordinates34°31′48″S 139°32′04″E[1]
Population54 (shared) (2016 census)[2][lower-alpha 1]
Established27 March 2003[3]
Postcode(s)5354[1]
Time zoneACST (UTC+9:30)
 • Summer (DST)ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location
LGA(s)Mid Murray Council[1]
RegionMurray and Mallee[1]
CountyEyre[1]
State electorate(s)Chaffey[4]
Federal Division(s)Barker[5]
Mean max temp[6] Mean min temp[6] Annual rainfall[6]
21.6 °C
71 °F		 9.2 °C
49 °F		 474.2 mm
18.7 in
Suburbs around Fisher:
Sandleton Blanchetown Paisley
Sedan Fisher Paisley
Swan Reach
Sedan Swan Reach Swan Reach
FootnotesAdjoining localities[1]

Fisher consists of land in the northern part of the cadastral unit of the Hundred of Fisher with a smaller portion extending to the north into the hundred of Skurray. The portion within the Hundred of Fisher is bounded to the north and to the west by the boundaries of the hundred, to the south by the Stott Highway and to the east in two parts - the centre-line of the channel of the Murray River in the north and the Murraylands Road in the south.[1]

The locality’s name is derived from the Hundred of Fisher. Its boundaries were created on 27 March 2003 for the "local established name".[1][3]

The majority of the land use within the locality is "primary production" while some land in its south-west corner being zoned for “rural living”.[7] Land in its north-east corner, i.e. sections 196 and 197 in the Hundred of Fisher, forms part of the private protected area known as the Yookamurra Sanctuary.[8][9]

The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Fisher and part of the adjoining locality of Swan Reach shared a population of 54 people.[2]

Fisher is located within the federal division of Barker, the state electoral district of Chaffey and the local government area of the Mid Murray Council.[5][1][4]

References

Notes
  1. For the 2016 census, the State Suburb of Fisher consisted of the locality of Fisher and the portion of the locality of Swan Reach located between Murraylands Road and the centre-line of the channel of the Murray River.

Citations
  1. "Search results for 'Fisher, LOCB' with the following datasets selected - 'Suburbs and localities', 'Counties', 'Hundreds', 'Local Government Areas', 'SA Government Regions' and 'Gazetteer'". Location SA Map Viewer. South Australian Government. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
  2. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Fisher (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
  3. Weatherill, Jay (27 March 2003). "GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT 1991 Notice to Assign Names and Boundaries to Places (in the Mid-Murray Council)" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australia. p. 1184. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
  4. Chaffey (Map). Electoral District Boundaries Commission. 2018. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
  5. "Profile of the electoral division of Barker (SA)". Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
  6. "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics Summary statistics NURIOOTPA PIRSA (nearest weather station)". Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
  7. "Search results for 'Fisher, LOCB' with the following datasets selected - 'Suburbs and localities', 'Gazetteer' and 'Land Development Plan Zone Categories'". Location SA Map Viewer. South Australian Government. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
  8. Lenehan, Susan Mary (27 June 1991). "NATIONAL PARKS AND WILDLIFE ACT, 1972 Declaration of Sanctuary" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australia. p. 2014. Retrieved 13 November 2019. Sanctuary no. 20, The Schedule, Yookamurra Sanctuary, Hundred of Fisher, Area: 1113 hectares
  9. Kotz, Dorothy (20 May 1999). "NATIONAL PARKS AND WILDLIFE ACT, 1972 Declaration of Extension to Yookamurra Sanctuary" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australia. p. 2634. Retrieved 13 November 2019. Sanctuary no. 75, The Schedule Extension to Yookamurra Sanctuary, Hundred of Fisher Section 196, Hundred of Bagot Section 244, 250,251; Area 1538 hectares
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