Kingston SE

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Kingston SE
South Australia
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Kingston SE
Coordinates 36°49′S139°51′E / 36.817°S 139.850°E / -36.817; 139.850 [1]
Population1,637 (UCL 2021) [2]
Established1861 (town)
3 December 1998 (locality) [1] [3]
Postcode(s) 5275 [4]
Time zone ACST (UTC+9:30)
 • Summer (DST) ACDT (UTC+10:30)
Location
LGA(s) Kingston District Council [1]
State electorate(s) MacKillop [5]
Federal division(s) Barker [6]
Mean max temp [7] Mean min temp [7] Annual rainfall [7]
19.3 °C
67 °F		10.4 °C
51 °F		494.1 mm
19.5 in
Localities around Kingston SE:
Lacepede Bay West Range Blackford
Lacepede Bay
Rosetown
Lacepede Bay 		Kingston SE Blackford
Reedy Creek
Lacepede Bay Wyomi
Sandy Grove
Wangolina
Reedy Creek 		Reedy Creek
FootnotesLocations [4]
Adjoining Localities [1]

Kingston SE (Kingston South East to distinguish it from Kingston on Murray), formerly Kingston, is a town in the Australian state of South Australia located in the state's south-east coastline on the shores of Lacepede Bay. It is located about 240 kilometres (150 miles) southeast of the state capital of Adelaide and 138 kilometres (86 miles) north-west of the centre of the city of Mount Gambier.

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At the 2021 census, Kingston SE had a population of 1,637.

History

Aboriginal Australian people lived in the area for tens of thousands of years before the colonisation of South Australia. The place, known to the Tanganekald and Meintangk peoples as Tangalun, was at the border of the traditional lands of these two peoples. [8]

Kingston, South Australia was established in the 1800s by Archibald Cooke, his brother James Cooke, [a] and James' wife Mary Macpherson Cooke, [9] and named Kingston in 1851. [8]

Much later a Sir George Strickland Kingston, a South Australian politician, surveyor and architect was chosen, for the coincidence of his name, to open the Kingston Post Office on 9 February 1869. [9] The extension on its name is to distinguish Kingston in the South East (of South Australia) from another "Kingston" in the state which is now officially named "Kingston on Murray". The extension was added in July 1940. [10]

The present-day town of Kingston SE includes the original Kingston, as well as the towns of Port Caroline and Maria Creek. [11] The latter was so named after the Maria, which wrecked near Kingston in 1840. The 26 survivors were massacred by local Aboriginal people, after which a punitive expedition under Major O'Halloran hanged two Aboriginal people, and an unknown number of others were also killed, according to Aboriginal oral history. [8]

The town was connected to Naracoorte by a 1,070 mm railway known as the Kingston-Naracoorte railway in 1876, providing a port for the grain and wool grown away from the coast. The rails were converted to broad gauge 1,600 mm with a new station built on the edge of town in 1959. The railway closed on 28 November 1987 then was dismantled on 15 September 1991. [12]

Media

The region was formerly serviced by two newspapers: the Kingston Weekly, the newspaper of The Kingston Traders' Association, was issued between 22 March 1946 and 30 March 1951. Later, the South-East Kingston Leader was started in Kingston, and was published from 1962 until 21 November 2001 when it was renamed Coastal Leader . It is now[ when? ] owned by Australian Community Media.[ citation needed ]

Today

At the 2021 census, Kingston SE had a population of 1,637. [13]

The main industries are fishing, wine-making, sheep and cattle farming and recreation, the district having a large influx of tourists during holiday periods throughout the year.

The northern entrance to the town is dominated by the Big Lobster, named "Larry" by people in Kingston. [14]

The town has an Australian rules football team competing in the Kowree-Naracoorte-Tatiara Football League. [15]

Kingston SE is home to the Cape Jaffa Lighthouse, which was moved to its current location from its former location on Margaret Brock Reef, and now operates as a museum. The museum also houses a lifeboat from MS Oliva which washed ashore after two years adrift.

Climate

Kingston SE has a warm-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen: Csb), with warm, dry summers and mild, drizzly winters. Average maxima vary from 24.8 °C (76.6 °F) in January to 14.1 °C (57.4 °F) in July and average minima fluctuate between 13.8 °C (56.8 °F) in January and 7.7 °C (45.9 °F) in July. Mean average annual precipitation is somewhat low: 494.1 mm (19.45 in), spread between 156.1 precipitation days. Extreme temperatures have ranged from 41.8 °C (107.2 °F) on 24 January 2021 to −0.7 °C (30.7 °F) on 15 June 2011. [16] Climate data was taken from the nearest weather station at Cape Jaffa.

Climate data for Kingston SE (36º58'12"S, 139º43'12"E, 17 m AMSL) (1991-2020 normals and extremes)
MonthJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecYear
Record high °C (°F)41.8
(107.2)		40.8
(105.4)		38.4
(101.1)		33.1
(91.6)		27.2
(81.0)		22.4
(72.3)		19.5
(67.1)		23.3
(73.9)		27.6
(81.7)		34.0
(93.2)		38.4
(101.1)		40.3
(104.5)		41.8
(107.2)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)24.8
(76.6)		24.4
(75.9)		22.7
(72.9)		20.0
(68.0)		16.9
(62.4)		14.8
(58.6)		14.1
(57.4)		14.6
(58.3)		16.2
(61.2)		18.7
(65.7)		21.3
(70.3)		22.9
(73.2)		19.3
(66.7)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)13.8
(56.8)		13.6
(56.5)		12.6
(54.7)		10.8
(51.4)		9.4
(48.9)		8.0
(46.4)		7.7
(45.9)		7.9
(46.2)		8.6
(47.5)		9.3
(48.7)		10.7
(51.3)		12.3
(54.1)		10.4
(50.7)
Record low °C (°F)6.5
(43.7)		6.3
(43.3)		5.2
(41.4)		1.3
(34.3)		0.0
(32.0)		−0.7
(30.7)		0.1
(32.2)		0.2
(32.4)		1.0
(33.8)		2.6
(36.7)		3.4
(38.1)		4.7
(40.5)		−0.7
(30.7)
Average precipitation mm (inches)17.8
(0.70)		16.8
(0.66)		20.2
(0.80)		31.8
(1.25)		54.3
(2.14)		69.8
(2.75)		79.9
(3.15)		70.1
(2.76)		48.8
(1.92)		32.4
(1.28)		26.7
(1.05)		22.6
(0.89)		494.1
(19.45)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.2 mm)5.54.68.512.817.519.020.621.116.712.88.98.1156.1
Average afternoon relative humidity (%)55575862717677747263585565
Average dew point °C (°F)11.7
(53.1)		12.2
(54.0)		11.3
(52.3)		10.3
(50.5)		10.2
(50.4)		9.2
(48.6)		9.0
(48.2)		8.6
(47.5)		9.4
(48.9)		9.1
(48.4)		10.1
(50.2)		10.5
(50.9)		10.1
(50.2)
Source: Bureau of Meteorology (1991-2024 normals and extremes) [7]

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