Sherwood, South Australia

Sherwood is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located about 222 kilometres (138 mi) south-east of the state capital of Adelaide and about 30 kilometres (19 mi) north-west of the municipal seat of Bordertown.[1][4]

For other uses, see Sherwood.

Sherwood
South Australia
Sherwood
Coordinates36.088390°S 140.610370°E / -36.088390; 140.610370[1]
Population97 (2016 census)[2]
Established16 March 2000[3]
Postcode(s)5267[4]
Time zoneACST (UTC+9:30)
 • Summer (DST)ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location
LGA(s)Tatiara District Council[1]
RegionLimestone Coast[5]
CountyMacDonnell[1]
State electorate(s)MacKillop[6]
Federal Division(s)Barker[7]
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall
22.3 °C
72 °F		 9.1 °C
48 °F		 460.9 mm
18.1 in
Suburbs around Sherwood:
Coombe Coombe
Makin
McCallum		 Shaugh
Keith Sherwood Senior
Lowan Vale
Keith Brimbago
Wirrega
Lowan Vale		 Lowan Vale
FootnotesCoordinates[1]
Locations[4][1]
Climate[8]
Adjoining localities[1]

Boundaries for the locality were created on 16 March 2000 for the “long established name.”[1][3]

Sherwood is served by Emu Flat Road which passes through the locality from the Ngarkat Highway in the east where the highway forms the locality’s eastern boundary to Keith in the west where the road terminates in the Keith town centre.[1]

The principal land use in the locality is primary production. A parcel of land at its eastern boundary has protected area status as the Hardings Springs Conservation Reserve.[9][1]

The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Sherwood had a population of 97 people.[2]

Sherwood is located within the federal division of Barker, the state electoral district of MacKillop and the local government area of the Tatiara District Council.[7][6][1]

References
  1. "Search result for "Sherwood (Locality Bounded)" (Record no SA0044778 with the following layers selected - "Suburbs and Localities", "County", "Hundred", "Place names (gazetteer)", "Road Labels" and "Development Plan Layers"". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  2. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Sherwood". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
  3. Lawson, Robert (16 March 2000). "GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT 1991 Notice to Assign Names and Boundaries to Places (in the District Council of Tatiara)" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. South Australian Government. p. 1434. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
  4. "Postcode for Sherwood, South Australia". Retrieved 18 March 2017.
  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. "Summary (climate) Summary statistics KEITH (nearest weather station)". Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
  9. "Development Plan, Tatiara Council, Consolidated - 24 October 2013" (PDF). Government of South Australia. pp. 120–121, 134–135 and 205, 206. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
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