Established 1999 Time zone ACST (UTC+9:30) Postal code 5571 | Postcode(s) 5571 Founded 1999 Federal division Division of Grey | |
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Population 470 (shared with other localities within the “State Suburb of Price”) (2011 census) Location 88 km (55 mi) north-west of Adelaide city centre
14 km (9 mi) south of Ardrossan LGA(s) Yorke Peninsula Council | ||
Sandilands is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on the east coast of Yorke Peninsula immediately adjoining Gulf St Vincent about 88 kilometres (55 mi) north-west of the Adelaide city centre and about 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) south of Ardrossan.
Map of Sandilands SA 5571, Australia
Its boundaries which were created in May 1999 for the “long established name.” The locality’s name is derived from Robert Hamilton Sandilands (1841-1923) who lived there during the 1880s.
As of 2014, the majority land use within the locality is “primary production.”
Sandilands is located within the federal division of Grey, the state electoral district of Goyder and the local government area of the Yorke Peninsula Council.
References
Sandilands, South Australia Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA