Spectacle Lake, South Australia

Spectacle Lake is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located in the Riverland on the northern side of the Murray River about 180 kilometres (110 miles) north-east of the Adelaide city centre and about 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) northwest of Loxton.^[3] Its boundaries were created in August 1999 along with the selection of its name which was derived from the Spectacle Lakes, a lake system which is situated within the locality on the floodplain of the Murray River. In 2014, a portion of Spectacle Lake was removed and added to the adjoining locality of Loveday to ensure the full extent of Nynes Island is within Loveday.^[4][8] As of 2012, the land use within Spectacle Lake was divided between conservation and agriculture with the former being concerned with the floodplain.^[9] Spectacle Lake is located within the federal division of Barker, the state electoral district of Chaffey and the unincorporated area of South Australia.^[4][5][6]

Spectacle Lake South Australia
Spectacle Lake
Coordinates	34.364690°S 140.434390°E / -34.364690; 140.434390
Population	660 (shared with other localities in the ‘State Suburb of Loveday’) (2011 census)[1]
Established	12 August 1999[2]
Postcode(s)	5345[3]
Time zone	ACST (UTC+9:30)
• Summer (DST)	ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location	180 km (112 mi) north-east of Adelaide city centre 16 km (10 mi) north-west of Loxton
LGA(s)	Unincorporated area[4]
County	Hamley[4]
State electorate(s)	Chaffey[5]
Federal division(s)	Barker[6]
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall 23.9 °C 75 °F 9.0 °C 48 °F 259.5 mm 10.2 in
Suburbs around Spectacle Lake: New Residence Loveday Winkie New Residence Spectacle Lake Gerard New Residence New Residence Pyap Pyap
Footnotes	Location[3] Coordinates[4] Climate [7] Adjoining localities[4]

See also

• Spectacle Lake (disambiguation)

References

1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Loveday". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
2. Lawson, Robert (12 August 1999). "GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT 1991 Notice to Assign Names and Boundaries to Places" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australia. p. 765. Retrieved 31 March 2019. DO HEREBY assign the names OVERLAND CORNER, COBDOGLA, LOVEDAY, BARMERA, WINKIE, KATARAPKO, MONASH, GLOSSOP, BERRI, GERARD and SPECTACLE LAKE to those areas within The Berri Barmera Council (sic)
3. "Spectacle Lake Postcode". postcodes-australia.com. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
4. "Search result for "Spectacle Lake (Locality Bounded)" (Record no SA0040507) with the following layers being selected - "Suburbs and Localities" and "Place names (gazetteer)"". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
5. "District of Chaffey Background Profile". ELECTORAL COMMISSION SA. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
6. "Federal electoral division of Barker, boundary gazetted 16 December 2011" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
7. "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics LOXTON RESEARCH CENTRE (nearest station)". Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
8. Burdett, Michael (8 May 2014). "GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT 1991 Notice to Alter Boundaries of Places" (PDF). South Australian Government Gazette. The Government of South Australia: 1587. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
9. "Development Plan, Land Not Within a Council Area Eyre, Far North, Riverland and Whyalla – 18 October 2012" (PDF). Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. 2012. pp. 15, 294–302 289. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 16 September 2015.