Coles, South Australia

Coles is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located in the state's south-east within the Limestone Coast region about 316 kilometres (196 mi) south east of the state capital of Adelaide and about 39 kilometres (24 mi) south-west of the municipal seat of Naracoorte.^[4]

Coles South Australia
Coles
Coordinates	37°12′45″S 140°27′39″E[1]
Population	35 (SAL 2021)[2]
Established	3 December 1998[1][3]
Postcode(s)	5272[4]
Time zone	ACST (UTC+9:30)
• Summer (DST)	ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location	316 km (196 mi) SE of Adelaide 39 km (24 mi) SW of Naracoorte
LGA(s)	Naracoorte Lucindale Council[1]
Region	Limestone Coast[1]
County	Robe[1]
State electorate(s)	MacKillop[5]
Federal division(s)	Barker[6]
Mean max temp[7] Mean min temp[7] Annual rainfall[7] 21.2 °C 70 °F 8.4 °C 47 °F 603.5 mm 23.8 in
Suburbs around Coles: Lucindale Lucindale Spence Spence Fox Coles Spence Bool Lagoon Maaoupe Furner Short Wattle Range East
Footnotes	Locations[4] Adjoining localities[1]

Boundaries for the locality were created and was given the name of Coles on 3 December 1998. The name is derived from the cadastral unit of the Hundred of Coles in which the locality is located.^[1] The hundred itself was named after Jenkin Coles who was a member of the South Australian House of Assembly from 1875 to 1911.^[8]

Coles is located within the federal division of Barker, the state electoral district of MacKillop and the local government area of the Naracoorte Lucindale Council.^[6][5][1]

In January 2022 a bushfire burning within the locality resulted in the death of a CFS volunteer Louise Hincks.^[9]