| Mundoo Island South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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  Mundoo Island | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°32′53″S138°55′57″E / 35.547965°S 138.932528°E /-35.547965; 138.932528[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 0 (SAL2021)[2] | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 31 August 2000[3] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 5214[4] | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | ACST (UTC+9:30) | ||||||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | ACST (UTC+10:30) | ||||||||||||||
| Location | |||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Alexandrina Council[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Region | Fleurieu and Kangaroo Island[1] | ||||||||||||||
| County | Hindmarsh[1] | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Finniss[5] | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Mayo[6] | ||||||||||||||
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| Footnotes | Location[1][4] Adjoining localities[1] | ||||||||||||||
Mundoo Island is a locality in the Australian state ofSouth Australia located on Mundoo Island and some adjoining water at the southern end ofLake Alexandrina about 87 kilometres (54 mi) south-east of the state capital ofAdelaide.[4][1]
Its boundaries were created on 31 August 2000 for the "long established name", which is derived from the island and ultimately from an Aboriginal wordmundo, which means "mud" or "filth".[8][3] In 2014, a portion of land was excluded from the locality and "added to Hindmarsh Island to ensure the whole ofHindmarsh Island is within the rural locality ofHindmarsh Island”.[1]
The locality consists of Mundoo Island and a portion of the following waterways adjoining the island: the channel known as the Lower Murray (or the Goolwa) in the north; Boundary Creek to the east and the south-east; the Coorong Channel in the south; the Mundoo Channel in the south-west; and Holmes Creek to the west and the north-west.[1][9]
The land within the locality is occupied by the privately owned Mundoo Island Station which has been operation since 1843.[10] Access to the locality from the mainland is a road that crosses fromGoolwa to the Hindmarsh Island via theHindmarsh Island Bridge and then onto Mundoo Island via theMundoo Barrage.[9]
While the sole land use zoning within the locality isconservation, the land has been used for grazing since 1843, and theGovernment of South Australia recognises that "farming activities are the predominant uses in the zone and will continue".[11][10]
Mundoo Island is located within the federaldivision of Mayo, the stateelectoral district of Finniss, and the local government area of theAlexandrina Council.[6][1][5]
