Fox, South Australia

Fox South Australia
Fox
Coordinates	37°13′10″S 140°20′08″E[1]
Population	49 (SAL 2021)[2]
Established	3 December 1998[1][3]
Postcode(s)	5272[1]
Time zone	ACST (UTC+9:30)
• Summer (DST)	ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location	298 km (185 mi) SE of Adelaide 45 km (28 mi) SW of Naracoorte
LGA(s)	Naracoorte Lucindale Council[1]
Region	Limestone Coast[1]
County	Robe[1]
State electorate(s)	MacKillop[4]
Federal division(s)	Barker[5]
Mean max temp[6] Mean min temp[6] Annual rainfall[6] 21.2 °C 70 °F 8.4 °C 47 °F 603.5 mm 23.8 in
Suburbs around Fox: Conmurra Conmurra Lucindale Lucindale Conmurra Greenways Fox Coles Clay Wells Clay Wells Furner Short
Footnotes	Locations[1] Adjoining localities[1]

Fox is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located in the state's south-east within the Limestone Coast region about 298 kilometres (185 mi) south east of the state capital of Adelaide and about 45 kilometres (28 mi) south-west of the municipal seat of Naracoorte.^[1]

Boundaries for the locality were created and was given the name of Fox on 3 December 1998. The name is derived from the cadastral unit of the Hundred of Fox in which the locality is located.^[1] The hundred itself was named after Arthur Aloysius Fox who served one term in the South Australian House of Assembly.^[7]

Fox is located within the federal division of Barker, the state electoral district of MacKillop and the local government area of the Naracoorte Lucindale Council.^[5][4][1]

See also

• Fox (disambiguation)

References

1. "Search results for 'Fox, LOCB' with the following datasets being selected – 'Suburbs and Localities', 'Government Towns', 'Counties', 'Local Government Areas', 'SA Government Regions', 'Gazetteer' and 'Roads'". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
2. Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Fox (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. 
3. "GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT 1991 Notice to Assign Boundaries and Names to Places (in the District Council of Lucindale)" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australia. 3 December 1998. p. 1711. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
4. "District of MacKillop (map)". Electoral Commission SA. Retrieved 17 May 2018.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
5. "Federal electoral division of Barker" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
6. "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics LUCINDALE POST OFFICE (nearest weather station)". Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
7. Manning, Geoffrey. "South Australian Names - F" (PDF). Manning Index of South Australian History. State Library of South Australia. Retrieved 18 May 2018.