Keith, South Australia
Keith is a town and a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located in the state's south-east about 225 kilometres (140 mi) from the state capital of Adelaide at the junction of the Dukes Highway and the Riddoch Highway. It is sometimes referred to as the 'lucerne capital of Australia' due to the high number of lucerne growers in the region.
| Keith South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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Hender Street in 2022 | |||||||||||||||
Keith | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 36°05′57″S 140°21′15″E | ||||||||||||||
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| Established | 5 September 1889 (town) 16 March 2000 (locality) | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 5267 | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 31 m (102 ft) | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | ACST (UTC+9:30) | ||||||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | ACST (UTC+10:30) | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Tatiara District Council | ||||||||||||||
| Region | Limestone Coast | ||||||||||||||
| County | MacDonnell | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | MacKillop | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Barker | ||||||||||||||
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| Footnotes | Adjoining localities | ||||||||||||||
The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Keith had a population of 1355 people of which 1076 lived in the town centre.
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