Poltalloch, South Australia
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| Poltalloch South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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 Lighthouse on Point Malcolm at the south-west end of Poltalloch | |||||||||||||||
  Poltalloch | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°31′38″S 139°19′10″E / 35.527320°S 139.319360°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 41 (SAL 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 2002[2] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 5259[3] | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | ACST (UTC+9:30) | ||||||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | ACST (UTC+10:30) | ||||||||||||||
| Location | 87 km (54 mi) south-east of Adelaide | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Coorong District Council[2] | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Hammond[4] | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Barker[5] | ||||||||||||||
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| Footnotes | Distances[3][2] Coordinates[2] Climate[6] Adjoining localities[2] | ||||||||||||||
Poltalloch is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on land between the water bodies of Lake Alexandrina and Lake Albert about 87 kilometres (54 miles) south-east of the state capital of Adelaide.[3][2]
Poltalloch began as a private sub-division in the cadastral unit of the Hundred of Malcolm. Its boundaries were created in August 2000 in respect to “the long established name.”[2]
Poltalloch is bounded by Lake Alexandrina to the north, by Lake Albert to the south-west and by the Princes Highway to the south-east.[2] A road named the Poltalloch Road runs between the Princes Highway in the north along the coastline with Lake Alexandrina to Point Malcolm in the south-west where a ferry service operates to provide access to Narrung.[2][7] The principal land use within the locality is agriculture with a strip of land on the coastlines with both lakes being zoned for conservation purposes.[8]
The locality includes the following places listed on the South Australian Heritage Register - Point Malcolm Lighthouse, Poltalloch Homestead and Poltalloch Station Complex.[9][10][11]
Poltalloch is located within the federal division of Barker, the state electoral district of Hammond and the local government area of the Coorong District Council.[5][4][2]
