Myponga | |||||||||||||
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  Myponga | |||||||||||||
| Coordinates:35°24′20″S138°28′11″E / 35.405483°S 138.46985°E /-35.405483; 138.46985[2] | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | South Australia | ||||||||||||
| Region | Fleurieu and Kangaroo Island[1] | ||||||||||||
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| Established | 1858 (sub-division) 5 August 1999 (locality)[2] | ||||||||||||
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| Elevation (weather station)[9] | 216 m (709 ft) | ||||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||||
| • Totals | 393 (urban centre) (2016 census)[7] 744 (2016 census)[8] | ||||||||||||
| Time zone | UTC+9:30 (ACST) | ||||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+10:30 (ACST) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 5202[3] | ||||||||||||
| County | Hindmarsh[2] | ||||||||||||
| Mean max temp | 19.4 °C (66.9 °F)[9] | ||||||||||||
| Mean min temp | 7.5 °C (45.5 °F)[9] | ||||||||||||
| Annual rainfall | 756.3 mm (29.78 in)[9] | ||||||||||||
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Myponga is asettlement inSouth Australia. At the2016 census, the locality had a population of 744, of whom 393 lived in its town centre.[8][7] Myponga is located within the federaldivision of Mayo, the stateelectoral district of Mawson, and the local government area of theDistrict Council of Yankalilla.[5][4][2]
BeforeBritish colonisation of South Australia, theKaurna people occupied the land from theAdelaide plains and southwards down western side of theFleurieu Peninsula, including Myponga. TheKaurna name for the area was Maitpungga.[10]Geoff Manning reports that "according to H.C. Talbot it is derived from the Aboriginal wordmiappunga – 'divorced wife'", andNorman Tindale concluded that it probably meant "vegetable food place, from [mai] and [pangkara], a term applied to swamps & lagoons". However linguistRob Amery of theUniversity of Adelaide and Kaurna educatorJack Buckskin concluded that it was just a name and does not have a literal translation.[11]
One of the first pioneer families to settle the area, was the family of Con Polden and Mary Windsor (c.1840) along with their children fromWiltshire in South West England.[citation needed] Myponga began as a settlement as a series of land purchases on section 521 of the cadastral unit of theHundred of Myponga in 1858. In 1939, asub-division was laid out on part of Section 521. Boundaries for the locality were created on 5 August 1999 for the "long established name."[2]
On 31 January 1971, Myponga was home to theMyponga Open Air Festival, whereDaddy Cool andBlack Sabbath played. It was Black Sabbath's first live performance in Australia. The reported attendance was 15,000 people.[12]
Myponga has been the site of an official weather station since 1914.[13]
| Climate data for Myponga, South Australia | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 26.9 (80.4) | 25.8 (78.4) | 23.9 (75.0) | 20.4 (68.7) | 16.1 (61.0) | 14.0 (57.2) | 12.6 (54.7) | 13.5 (56.3) | 15.9 (60.6) | 18.6 (65.5) | 21.7 (71.1) | 23.6 (74.5) | 19.4 (66.9) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 11.6 (52.9) | 11.8 (53.2) | 9.8 (49.6) | 7.5 (45.5) | 6.4 (43.5) | 4.6 (40.3) | 4.3 (39.7) | 4.6 (40.3) | 5.3 (41.5) | 6.6 (43.9) | 8.2 (46.8) | 9.8 (49.6) | 7.5 (45.5) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 23.6 (0.93) | 27.4 (1.08) | 24.3 (0.96) | 55.4 (2.18) | 93.4 (3.68) | 112.3 (4.42) | 115.9 (4.56) | 97.3 (3.83) | 83.4 (3.28) | 58.5 (2.30) | 38.0 (1.50) | 31.4 (1.24) | 756.3 (29.78) |
| Average rainy days | 2.8 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 7 | 10.8 | 12.1 | 13.5 | 12.9 | 10.2 | 8.1 | 5.5 | 4.3 | 93.6 |
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