world.wikisort.org - Australia

Nangkita is a rural locality on Fleurieu Peninsula in South Australia, south of the capital, Adelaide.

Nangkita South Australia
Nangkita
Coordinates	35°20′49″S 138°41′06″E[1]
Population	204 (2016 census)[2]
Postcode(s)	5210
Time zone	ACST (UTC+9:30)
• Summer (DST)	ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location	60 km (37 mi) south of Adelaide 8 km (5 mi) east of Mount Compass 22 km (14 mi) northwest of Goolwa, South Australia
LGA(s)	Alexandrina Council[1]
Region	Fleurieu and Kangaroo Island[1]
County	Hindmarsh[1]
State electorate(s)	Finniss
Federal division(s)	Mayo
Localities around Nangkita: Yundi Yundi Mount Magnificent Mount Magnificent Ashbourne Mount Compass Nangkita Ashbourne Mount Observation Tooperang Mount Compass Mount Compass Tooperang Tooperang
Footnotes	Adjoining localities[1]

Nangkita was founded as a Village Settlement in the 1890s as a commune in a scheme set up by the South Australian government under Part VII of the Crown Lands Amendment Act 1893,[3] intended to mitigate the effects of the depression then affecting the Colony. The settlement grew a magnificent crop of tobacco, but the potato and onion crops were ravaged by grubs.[4] The commune closed not long after that.[5]

See also

• Cox Scrub Conservation Park

References

---