Thornlea, South Australia

For other uses, see Thornlea.

Thornlea South Australia
Thornlea
Coordinates	37°25′21″S 140°11′04″E[1]
Population	46 (SAL 2021)[2]
Established	18 December 1997[3]
Postcode(s)	5280[4]
Time zone	ACST (UTC+9:30)
• Summer (DST)	ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location	309 km (192 mi) SE of Adelaide 25 km (16 mi) NW of Millicent
LGA(s)	Wattle Range Council[1]
Region	Limestone Coast[1]
County	Grey[1]
State electorate(s)	MacKillop[5]
Federal division(s)	Barker[6]
Mean max temp[7] Mean min temp[7] Annual rainfall[7] 19.6 °C 67 °F 9.5 °C 49 °F 603.6 mm 23.8 in
Suburbs around Thornlea: Clay Wells Clay Wells Kangaroo Inn Kangaroo Inn Furner Magarey Thornlea Furner Hatherleigh Rendelsham Rendelsham Hatherleigh
Footnotes	Locations[4][1] Adjoining localities [1]

Thornlea is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located in the state's south-east within the Limestone Coast region about 309 kilometres (192 mi) south east of the state capital of Adelaide and about 25 kilometres (16 mi) north-west of the municipal seat of Millicent.^[1][4]

Boundaries for the locality were created on 18 December 1997.^[1][3]

The land use in the locality is ‘primary production’.^[1][8] A protected area known as the Belt Hill Conservation Park is located in the locality's south-east corner on the boundary with Hatherleigh.^[9]

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

References

1. "Search results for 'Thornlea, LOCB' with the following datasets being selected - 'Suburbs and Localities', 'Counties', 'Local Government Areas', 'SA Government Regions', 'Land Development Plan Zone Categories' and 'Gazetteer'". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
2. Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Thornlea (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. 
3. "GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT 1991, Notice to Assign Boundaries and Names to Places" (PDF), The South Australian Government Gazette: 1655, 18 December 1997, retrieved 30 December 2017
4. "Postcode for Thornlea, South Australia". Postcodes Australia. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
5. "District of MacKillop Background Profile". Electoral Commission SA. Archived from the original on 29 December 2017. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
6. "Federal electoral division of Barker" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
7. "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics ROBE AIRFIELD (nearest weather station)". Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
8. "Development Plan - Wattle Range Council Consolidated – 7 February 2013" (PDF). Government of South Australia. pp. 131, 205 and 207–210. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
9. "Search results for 'Belt Hill Conservation Park' with the following datasets selected – 'Suburbs and Localities', 'NPW and Conservation Properties', 'Hundreds', 'Roads' and 'Gazetteer'". Location SA Map Viewer. South Australian Government. Retrieved 21 February 2018.