Nora Creina, South Australia

Nora Creina is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on the state’s south-east coast overlooking the body of water known in Australia as the Southern Ocean and by international authorities as the Great Australian Bight. It is about 99 kilometres (62 miles) to the north-west of the city of Mount Gambier and about 290 kilometres (180 miles) south-east of the state capital of Adelaide.[1][4][9][10]

Nora Creina
South Australia
Nora Creina
Coordinates37°19′37″S 139°51′03″E[1]
Population36 (2016 census)[2][lower-alpha 1]
Established18 December 1997[1][3]
Postcode(s)5276[4]
Time zoneACST (UTC+9:30)
 • Summer (DST)ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location
LGA(s)District Council of Robe
Wattle Range Council[1]
RegionLimestone Coast[5]
CountyGrey[1]
State electorate(s)MacKillop[6]
Federal Division(s)Barker [7]
Mean max temp[8] Mean min temp[8] Annual rainfall[8]
19.6 °C
67 °F		 9.5 °C
49 °F		 581.4 mm
22.9 in
Suburbs around Nora Creina:
Ocean Robe Bray
Ocean Nora Creina Bray
Ocean Ocean Bray
Beachport
Footnotes
Location[4]
Adjoining localities[1]

Nora Creina was originally the name given to a shack site. Its boundaries were established in 1997 and 1999 respectively for the portions within the Wattle Range Council and the District Council of Robe and include both the Nora Creina Shack Site and Little Dip Shack Area. The locality was given “the long established name” which is presumably derived from Nora Creina Bay which is located within the locality and which was named after the ship wreck Nora Creina SA0006883) with the following layers selected - "Suburbs and Localities" and "Place names (gazetteer)" |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161012010923/http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/ |work=Property Location Browser |publisher=Government of South Australia |accessdate=16 July 2016}}</ref>[11]

Nora Creina occupies land along the coastline between the southern shore of Lake Robe in the north and in part by Lake George Road in the south. It is bounded to the east in the north by Lake Eliza and in south by the Southern Ports Highway in the south. It includes the full extent of Lake St Clair.[1][12]

Land use within the locality consists of agriculture with a strip of land along the coastline being zoned for conservation which includes the protected area known as the Little Dip Conservation Park at its northern end and land on the east side of Lake St Clair which includes the protected area known as the Lake St Clair Conservation Park. A settlement is located to the south-east of the coastline of Nora Creina Bay within the jurisdiction of the District Council of Robe.[13][14][1][15]

The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Nora Creina shared a population of 36 people with the portion of the locality of Bray located within the Wattle Range Council.[2]

Nora Creina is located within the federal Division of Barker, the state electoral district of MacKillop and the local government areas of the District Council of Robe and the Wattle Range Council.[7][6][1]

References
Notes
  1. For the 2016 census, the ‘State Suburb of Nora Creina’ consisted of the locality of Nora Creina and the portion of the locality of Bray located within the Wattle Range Council.[2][1]
Citations
  1. "Search results for 'Nora Creina, LOCB' with the following datasets being selected - 'Suburbs and Localities', 'Government Towns', 'Counties', 'Local Government Areas', 'SA Government Regions', 'Railways' and 'Gazetteer'". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  2. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Nora Creina". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  3. Kotz, Dorothy (18 December 1997). "GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT 1991 Notice to Assign Names and Boundaries to Places" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australia. p. 1655. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
  4. "Postcode for Nora Creina, South Australia". postcodes-australia.com. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
  5. "Limestone Coast SA Government region" (PDF). The Government of South Australia. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  6. "District of MacKillop Background Profile". Electoral Commission SA. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  7. "Federal electoral division of Barker" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
  8. "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics Robe Airfield (nearest station)". Commonwealth of Australia , Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
  9. "Limits of Oceans and Seas, 3rd edition" (PDF) (PDF). International Hydrographic Organization. 1953. pp. 35–36. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 October 2011. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  10. "AHS – AA609582" (PDF) (PDF). The Australian Hydrographic Service. 5 July 2012. Retrieved 30 May 2013.
  11. "Search result for " Nora Creina Bay (Bay)" (Record no SA0035744) with the following layers selected - "Suburbs and Localities" and "Place names (gazetteer)"". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  12. Boating Industry Association of South Australia (BIA); South Australia. Department for Environment and Heritage (2005), South Australia's waters an atlas & guide, Boating Industry Association of South Australia, p. 180, ISBN 978-1-86254-680-6
  13. Development Plan - Wattle Range Council, Consolidated – 7 February 2013 (PDF). Government of South Australia. pp. 107, 131, 205 and 211–214.
  14. "Development Plan, Robe Council, Consolidated – 28 August 2014" (PDF). Government of South Australia. pp. 105, 137, 158, 189, 211–213 and 239–240. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
  15. "Search result for "Lake St Clair Conservation Park" (Record no SA0065641) with the following layers selected - "Suburbs and Localities" and "Place names (gazetteer)"". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
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