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Fox, South Australia

Coordinates: 37°13′10″S 140°20′08″E / 37.219411°S 140.335476°E / -37.219411; 140.335476
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Fox
South Australia
Fox is located in South Australia
Fox
Fox
Coordinates37°13′10″S 140°20′08″E / 37.219411°S 140.335476°E / -37.219411; 140.335476[1]
Population49 (SAL 2021)[2]
Established3 December 1998[1][3]
Postcode(s)5272[1]
Time zoneACST (UTC+9:30)
 • Summer (DST)ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location
LGA(s)Naracoorte Lucindale Council[1]
RegionLimestone Coast[1]
CountyRobe[1]
State electorate(s)MacKillop[4]
Federal division(s)Barker[5]
Mean max temp[6] Mean min temp[6] Annual rainfall[6]
21.2 °C
70 °F
8.4 °C
47 °F
603.5 mm
23.8 in
Suburbs around Fox:
Conmurra Conmurra
Lucindale
Lucindale
Conmurra
Greenways
Fox Coles
Clay Wells Clay Wells
Furner
Short
FootnotesLocations[1]
Adjoining localities[1]

Fox is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located in the state's south-east within the Limestone Coast region about 298 kilometres (185 mi) south east of the state capital of Adelaide and about 45 kilometres (28 mi) south-west of the municipal seat of Naracoorte.[1]

Boundaries for the locality were created and was given the name of Fox on 3 December 1998. The name is derived from the cadastral unit of the Hundred of Fox in which the locality is located.[1] The hundred itself was named after Arthur Aloysius Fox who served one term in the South Australian House of Assembly.[7]

Fox is located within the federal division of Barker, the state electoral district of MacKillop and the local government area of the Naracoorte Lucindale Council.[5][4][1]

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Search results for 'Fox, LOCB' with the following datasets being selected – 'Suburbs and Localities', 'Government Towns', 'Counties', 'Local Government Areas', 'SA Government Regions', 'Gazetteer' and 'Roads'". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  2. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Fox (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. Edit this at Wikidata
  3. ^ "GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT 1991 Notice to Assign Boundaries and Names to Places (in the District Council of Lucindale)" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australia. 3 December 1998. p. 1711. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
  4. ^ a b "District of MacKillop (map)". Electoral Commission SA. Retrieved 17 May 2018.[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ a b "Federal electoral division of Barker" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  6. ^ a b c "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics LUCINDALE POST OFFICE (nearest weather station)". Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  7. ^ Manning, Geoffrey. "South Australian Names - F" (PDF). Manning Index of South Australian History. State Library of South Australia. Retrieved 18 May 2018.