| Custon South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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  Custon | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 36°26′15″S140°55′16″E / 36.43753974°S 140.92105556°E /-36.43753974; 140.92105556[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 20 (2016 census)[2] | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 8 December 1881 (town) 16 March 2000 (locality)[3][4] | ||||||||||||||
| Abolished | 1 July 1993 (town)[5] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 5270[6] | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | ACST (UTC+9:30) | ||||||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | ACST (UTC+10:30) | ||||||||||||||
| Location |
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| LGA(s) | Tatiara District Council[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Region | Limestone Coast[7] | ||||||||||||||
| County | Buckingham[1] | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | MacKillop[8] | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Barker[9] | ||||||||||||||
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| Footnotes | Coordinates[1] Locations[1][6] Climatic data[10] Adjoining Localities[1][11] | ||||||||||||||
Custon is a locality in the Australian state ofSouth Australia located in the state's south-east within theLimestone Coast region about 267 kilometres (166 miles) south east of the state capital ofAdelaide, about 19.5 kilometres (12.1 miles) south-east of the municipal seat ofBordertown and adjoining the border with theState of Victoria.[1][7][6]
Custon began as a government town which was surveyed in September 1881 and was proclaimed on 8 December 1881. It was named after the Reverend Percy Cust who married Lucy Caroline Jervois, the second daughter ofWilliam Jervois, the thenGovernor of South Australia. In 1961, a portion of the government town was ceased and was subsequently declared as ceasing to exist in 1993. In 2000, boundaries were declared for the locality which includes the extent of the ceased government town and which was given the “long established name.”[1][3][12][5][4]
TheMount Gambier railway line which closed on 12 April 1995 passes through the locality from north to south with the former railway station with the name of Custon being located to the immediate south in the locality of Wolseley.[1][13]
The majority land use within the locality is primary production. The locality includes land proclaimed forconservation purposes as theCuston Conservation Park.[1][14]
The2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Custon had a population of 20 people.[2]
Custon is located within the federaldivision of Barker, the stateelectoral district of MacKillop and the local government area of theTatiara District Council.[1][8][9]
