Field, South Australia
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  Field | |||||||||||||
| Coordinates: 35°49′26″S 139°39′50″E / 35.823832°S 139.663873°E[1] | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | South Australia | ||||||||||||
| Region | Murray and Mallee[1] | ||||||||||||
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| Established | 24 August 2000[2] | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 83 (SAL 2021)[5] | ||||||||||||
| Time zone | UTC+9:30 (ACST) | ||||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+10:30 (ACST) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 5265[6] | ||||||||||||
| County | Buccleuch Cardwell Russell[1] | ||||||||||||
| Mean max temp | 20.8 °C (69.4 °F)[7] | ||||||||||||
| Mean min temp | 10.3 °C (50.5 °F)[7] | ||||||||||||
| Annual rainfall | 469.2 mm (18.47 in)[7] | ||||||||||||
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Field is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located in the state's south-east about 139 kilometres (86 mi) south-east of the state capital of Adelaide and about 61 kilometres (38 mi) south-east of the municipal seat in Tailem Bend.[1][6]
Its boundaries were created on 24 August 2000.[2] Its name is derived from the cadastral unit of the Hundred of Field.[1]
The majority land use within Field is ’primary production’ and is concerned with “agricultural production.” Some land in its south-east corner which is occupied by the Mount Boothby Conservation Park is zoned for ‘conservation’.[8][1]
Field is located within the federal division of Barker, the state electoral district of MacKillop and the local government area of the Coorong District Council.[4][1][3]
