Erskine, South Australia
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| Erskine South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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  Erskine | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 32°40′24″S 138°50′20″E / 32.6732°S 138.838923°E[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 4 (SAL 2021)[2] | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 16 December 1999[3] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 5422[4] | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | ACST (UTC+9:30) | ||||||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | ACST (UTC+10:30) | ||||||||||||||
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| LGA(s) | District Council of Orroroo Carrieton[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Region | Yorke and Mid North[1] | ||||||||||||||
| County | Dalhousie[1] | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Stuart[5] | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Grey[6] | ||||||||||||||
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Erskine is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located about 250 kilometres (160 mi) north of the state capital of Adelaide and about 22 kilometres (14 mi) north-east of the municipal seat in Orroroo.[1][4]
Its boundaries were created on 16 December 1999 for the “long established name” and includes the site of the now-ceased Government Town of Dawlish.[3] Its name is derived from the cadastral unit of the Hundred of Erskine which it shares with the locality of Orroroo and which was named after William West-Erskine, a former member of the South Australian Parliament.[1][8]
Land use within the locality is ’primary production’ and is concerned with “agricultural production and the grazing of stock on relatively large holdings.”[9] Some land in its south has been gazetted as a protected area known as the Black Rock Conservation Park.[1]
Erskine is located within the federal division of Grey, the state electoral district of Stuart and the local government area of the District Council of Orroroo Carrieton.[6][1][5]
