Corny Point, South Australia
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Postcode(s)5575[5]
| Corny Point South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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 The General Store at Corny Point | |||||||||||||||
  Corny Point | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°55′32″S 137°04′53″E / 34.925528°S 137.081428°E[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 120 (SAL 2021)[2] | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1881[3] 27 May 1999 (locality)[4] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 5575[5] | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | ACST (UTC+9:30) | ||||||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | ACST (UTC+10:30) | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Yorke Peninsula Council | ||||||||||||||
| Region | Yorke and Mid North[6][1] | ||||||||||||||
| County | Fergusson[1] | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Narungga[7] | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Grey[8] | ||||||||||||||
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| Footnotes | Adjoining localities[1] | ||||||||||||||
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Corny Point is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located about 7.5 kilometres (4.7 miles) to the east of the north-western tip of the Yorke Peninsula.[1][9] It was named after the nearby headland, Corny Point.[1] The first pastoral lease was taken up in 1846 by James Coutts.[10][11]
Corny Point is located within the federal division of Grey, the state electoral district of Narungga and the local government area of the Yorke Peninsula Council.[1][7][8]
