Fox, South Australia
Fox is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located in the state's south-east within the Limestone Coast region about 298 kilometres (185 mi) south east of the state capital of Adelaide and about 45 kilometres (28 mi) south-west of the municipal seat of Naracoorte.
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Coordinates | 37°13′10″S 140°20′08″E | ||||||||||||||
Population | 49 (SAL 2021) | ||||||||||||||
Established | 3 December 1998 | ||||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 5272 | ||||||||||||||
Time zone | ACST (UTC+9:30) | ||||||||||||||
• Summer (DST) | ACST (UTC+10:30) | ||||||||||||||
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LGA(s) | Naracoorte Lucindale Council | ||||||||||||||
Region | Limestone Coast | ||||||||||||||
County | Robe | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | MacKillop | ||||||||||||||
Federal division(s) | Barker | ||||||||||||||
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Footnotes | Locations Adjoining localities |
Boundaries for the locality were created and was given the name of Fox on 3 December 1998. The name is derived from the cadastral unit of the Hundred of Fox in which the locality is located. The hundred itself was named after Arthur Aloysius Fox who served one term in the South Australian House of Assembly.
Fox is located within the federal division of Barker, the state electoral district of MacKillop and the local government area of the Naracoorte Lucindale Council.