{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2016}} {{Use Australian English|date= March 2016}} {{Infobox Australian place | type = other | name = De Mole River | state = SA | use_lga_map = yes | image = | caption = | est = 2002<ref name=PLB>{{cite web |title=Search result for "De Mole River (Locality Bounded)" (Record no SA0027114) with the following layers selected - "Suburbs and Localities" and "Local Government Areas" and "Hundreds" | url = http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/ |publisher=[[Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure]] |access-date=8 March 2016 |archive-date=12 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161012010923/http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/ | url-status = dead }}</ref> | postcode = 5223<ref name=postcode>{{cite web|title= De Mole River, South Australia (Postcode) |url= http://www.postcodes-australia.com/areas/sa/kangaroo+island/de+mole+river |publisher= postcodes-australia.com |access-date=9 March 2016}}</ref> | elevation = | elevation_footnotes = | timezone = [[UTC9:30|ACST]] | utc = +9:30 | timezone-dst = [[UTC10:30|ACST]] | utc-dst = +10:30 | dist1 = 186 | dir1 = south-west | location1 = [[Adelaide city centre|Adelaide]] | dist2 = | dir2 = | location2= | lga = Kangaroo Island Council | region = [[Fleurieu and Kangaroo Island]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Fleurieu and Kangaroo Island SA Government region|url= http://www.sa.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0012/21612/Fleurieu_Kangaroo_Island_SA_Government_region.pdf |publisher=The Government of South Australia|access-date=9 September 2016}}</ref> | county = [[County of Carnarvon (South Australia)|Carnarvon]]<ref name=PLB/> | stategov = [[Electoral district of Mawson|Mawson]]<ref name=EDBC>{{cite map |url=http://edbc.sa.gov.au/redistributions/2016/2016-electoral-district-maps/mawson-map-2016-pdf/download.html |title=Mawson |publisher=Electoral District Boundaries Commission |date=2016 |access-date=2 March 2018}}</ref> | fedgov = [[Division of Mayo|Mayo]]<ref name=AEC>{{cite web|title=Federal electoral division of Mayo, boundary gazetted 16 December 2011|url=http://www.aec.gov.au/profiles/sa/files/2011/2011-aec-a4-map-sa-mayo.pdf |publisher=Australian Electoral Commission|access-date=2 August 2015}}</ref> | maxtemp = 22.1 | mintemp = 11.5 | rainfall = 534.0 | coordinates = {{coord|35.728980|S|136.804650|E|display=inline,title}} | near-n = ''[[Investigator Strait]]'' | near-ne = | near-e = [[Western River, South Australia|Western River]]<br/>[[Gosse, South Australia|Gosse]] | near-se = [[Gosse, South Australia|Gosse]] | near-s = [[Gosse, South Australia|Gosse]] | near-sw = [[Cape Borda, South Australia|Cape Borda]] | near-w = [[Cape Borda, South Australia|Cape Borda]] | near-nw = | footnotes = Distances<ref name=postcode/><br/>Coordinates<ref name=PLB/><br/> Climate<ref>{{cite web|title=Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics CAPE BORDA (nearest station) |url= http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/cw_022823.shtml |publisher=Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology|access-date=8 March 2016}}</ref><br/>Adjoining localities<ref name=PLB/> }} '''De Mole River ''' is a locality in the Australian state of [[South Australia]] located on the north coast of [[Kangaroo Island]] overlooking [[Investigator Strait]] about {{convert|175|km|abbr=off}} south-west of the state capital of [[Adelaide city centre|Adelaide]].<ref name=postcode/> The locality's boundaries were created in May 2002 for the "long established name" which is reported to be derived from the [[stream]] located within its boundaries.<ref name=PLB/><ref>{{cite web|author1=Department for Environment and Heritage|author2=Kangaroo Island Natural Resources Management Region|title=Kangaroo Island Natural Resources Management Region - Estuaries Information Package|url=http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/files/sharedassets/public/marine_parks/mp-gen-estuariesinfopack-kangisland.pdf|publisher=Department for Environment and Heritage|access-date=11 March 2016|page=5|date=2007}}</ref> The name is of unknown origin, but was established by 1855,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article49310242 |title=Kangaroo Island |newspaper=[[South Australian Register]] |volume=XIX |issue=2671 |location=South Australia |date=17 April 1855 |accessdate=5 October 2025 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> several years before the survey by [[Captain Douglas]] and [[George de Mole]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article158116625 |title=Resurvey of Kangaroo Island |newspaper=[[Adelaide Observer]] |volume=XV |issue=837 |location=South Australia |date=17 October 1857 |accessdate=7 October 2025 |page=1 (Supplement) |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> Nevertheless [[Rodney Cockburn]] asserts that it has a "similar derivation" to [[Point De Mole]], [[Streaky Bay]], named by Captain Douglas in 1858.<ref>{{cite book|author=Rodney Cockburn |title=South Australia: What's in a Name? |publisher=Axiom |year=1990 |isbn=095925191X}}</ref>
The principal land use within the locality is conservation and some agriculture, with uncleared land and land adjoining the coastline having additional statutory constraints to 'conserve natural flora and fauna' and "conserve the natural features of the coast".<ref name =DP>{{cite web|title=Development Plan, Kangaroo Island Council|url=http://www.dpti.sa.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0009/249975/Kangaroo_Island_Council_Development_Plan.pdf |publisher=[[Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure]] |access-date=8 March 2016|pages=117, 159–160 and 267–269}}</ref><ref name=PLB/>
De Mole River is located within the federal [[division of Mayo]], the state [[electoral district of Mawson]] and the local government area of the [[Kangaroo Island Council]].<ref name=AEC/><ref name=EDBC/><ref name=PLB/>
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{{Kangaroo Island Council localities |state=collapsed}}
[[Category:Towns on Kangaroo Island]]