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| Cowell South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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.jpg) Main Street, Cowell | |||||||||||||||
  Cowell | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°41′0″S 136°55′0″E / 33.68333°S 136.91667°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 1,004 (UCL 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 28 October 1880 (town) 23 December 1998 (locality)[2] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 5602[3] | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 3 m (10 ft) | ||||||||||||||
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| LGA(s) | District Council of Franklin Harbour[2] | ||||||||||||||
| Region | Eyre Western[4] | ||||||||||||||
| County | Jervois[2] | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Giles | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Grey[5] | ||||||||||||||
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| Footnotes | Distances[3][2] Coordinates[2] Climate[6] Adjoining localities[2] | ||||||||||||||
Cowell is a coastal town on Franklin Harbor on the eastern side of the Eyre Peninsula, in South Australia on the Lincoln Highway 111 km south of the major town of Whyalla. It is 493 km by road from Adelaide.[7]
Franklin Harbor is a natural harbour 49 km2 in area with a channel to the sea just 100 metres wide.
The town of Cowell is the major population centre of the District Council of Franklin Harbour, and the centre of an agricultural district, farming wheat and sheep. The district covers an area of 3,283 square kilometres. Fishing, and more recently, oyster farming has also been an important industry.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Cowell (urban centre and locality)". Australian Census 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f "Search results for 'Cowell, LOCB' with the following datasets selected - 'Suburbs and localities', 'Government Towns', 'Counties', 'SA Government Regions', 'Local Government Areas' and 'Gazetteeer'". Location SA Map Viewer. South Australian Government. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
- ^ a b "Cowell, South Australia (Postcode)". postcodes-australia.com. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
- ^ "Eyre Western SA Government region" (PDF). The Government of South Australia. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
- ^ "Federal electoral division of Grey" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
- ^ "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics CLEVE AERODROME (nearest weather station)". Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
- ^ "Google Maps".
