Menzies, South Australia
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  Menzies | |||||||||||||
| Coordinates: 35°41′45″S 137°26′02″E / 35.695710°S 137.433970°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | South Australia | ||||||||||||
| Region | Fleurieu and Kangaroo Island[1] | ||||||||||||
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| Established | 2002[2] | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 83 (SAL 2021)[5] | ||||||||||||
| Time zone | UTC+9:30 (ACST) | ||||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+10:30 (ACST) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 5223[6] | ||||||||||||
| County | Carnarvon[2] | ||||||||||||
| Mean max temp | 21.0 °C (69.8 °F) | ||||||||||||
| Mean min temp | 9.0 °C (48.2 °F) | ||||||||||||
| Annual rainfall | 444.0 mm (17.48 in) | ||||||||||||
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| Coordinates[2] Locations[6][2] Climate[7] Adjoining localities[2] | |||||||||||||
Menzies is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on Kangaroo Island about 136 kilometres (85 miles) south-west of the state capital of Adelaide and about 19 kilometres (12 miles) west of the municipal seat of Kingscote.[2][6]
Its boundaries were created in May 2002 for the “long established name” which was derived from the cadastral unit of the Hundred of Menzies.[2]
The principal land use in the locality is primary production.[8][2]
Menzies is located within the federal division of Mayo, the state electoral district of Mawson and the local government area of the Kangaroo Island Council.[4][3][2]
