Fox, South Australia
Suburb of Naracoorte Lucindale Council, South Australia
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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]
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| Coordinates: 37°13′10″S 140°20′08″E[1] | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | South Australia | ||||||||||||
| Region | Limestone Coast[1] | ||||||||||||
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| Established | 3 December 1998[1][2] | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 49 (SAL 2021)[5] | ||||||||||||
| Time zone | UTC+9:30 (ACST) | ||||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+10:30 (ACST) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 5272[1] | ||||||||||||
| County | Robe[1] | ||||||||||||
| Mean max temp | 21.2 °C (70.2 °F)[6] | ||||||||||||
| Mean min temp | 8.4 °C (47.1 °F)[6] | ||||||||||||
| Annual rainfall | 603.5 mm (23.76 in)[6] | ||||||||||||
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| Locations[1] Adjoining localities[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.[4][3][1]
