German Creek South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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Coordinates | 37°49′42″S 140°28′56″E / 37.828270°S 140.482310°E | ||||||||||||||
Population | 25 ( SAL 2021) [1] | ||||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 5291 [2] | ||||||||||||||
LGA(s) | District Council of Grant [2] | ||||||||||||||
Region | Limestone Coast [3] | ||||||||||||||
County | County of Grey [4] | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | Mount Gambier [5] | ||||||||||||||
Federal division(s) | Barker [6] | ||||||||||||||
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Footnotes | Coordinates
[4] Adjoining localities [4] |
German Creek is a rural locality in south-eastern South Australia, situated in the District Council of Grant. [2] The boundaries were formalised in October 1995 for the long established name. The postcode was originally 5280, but was altered to 5291 in 2004. [4] It was reportedly named for a German who was shepherding in the area. [7]
The German Creek area was offered to the government for closer settlement purposes in 1911; however, while the government purchased the nearby Moorak estate, it declined to purchase land at German Creek, and the area was privately subdivided. [8] [9]
It was renamed Benara Creek in 1918, one of many German-themed named places in South Australia to be renamed during World War I; however, it reverted to its original name in 1986. It still to this day still remains "German Creek" [10] [7]
German Creek is located within the federal division of Barker, the state electoral district of Mount Gambier and the local government area of the District Council of Grant. [6] [5] [4] The principal land use at German Creek is primary production. [4]
The Coola Shearing Shed has been listed as a state heritage place on the South Australian Heritage Register. [11]
German Creek has a Warm-Summer Mediterranean climate abbreviated csb on the Köppen-Scale.
Climate data for German Creek | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 26.0 (78.8) |
26.0 (78.8) |
24.6 (76.3) |
20.8 (69.4) |
17.0 (62.6) |
14.0 (57.2) |
14.0 (57.2) |
15.0 (59.0) |
17.0 (62.6) |
19.0 (66.2) |
22.0 (71.6) |
24.0 (75.2) |
20.0 (67.9) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 10.0 (50.0) |
11.0 (51.8) |
10.0 (50.0) |
8.0 (46.4) |
7.0 (44.6) |
5.0 (41.0) |
5.0 (41.0) |
5.0 (41.0) |
6.0 (42.8) |
6.0 (42.8) |
8.0 (46.4) |
9.0 (48.2) |
7.5 (45.5) |
Average rainfall mm (inches) | 27.4 (1.08) |
21.4 (0.84) |
34.4 (1.35) |
46.4 (1.83) |
64.2 (2.53) |
86.4 (3.40) |
95.3 (3.75) |
96.0 (3.78) |
69.2 (2.72) |
52.8 (2.08) |
38.9 (1.53) |
37.2 (1.46) |
669.6 (26.35) |
Average rainy days | 4 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 95 |
Source: NOAA. [12] |