{{Other uses|Willson (disambiguation){{!}} Willson }} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2016}} {{Use Australian English|date= May 2016}} {{Infobox Australian place |type=town | name = Willson River | state = SA | use_lga_map = yes | image = | caption = | est = 2002<ref name=PLB>{{cite web |title=Search result for "Willson River (Locality Bounded)" (Record no SA0058064) with the following layers selected - "Suburbs and Localities", "Counties" and "Place names (gazetteer)" |url=http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/ |publisher=[[Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure]] |access-date=27 May 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 = 5222<ref name=postcode>{{cite web|title= Postcode for Willson River, South Australia |url= http://www.postcodes-australia.com/areas/sa/adelaide/willson+river |publisher= postcodes-australia.com |access-date=27 May 2016}}</ref> | elevation = | elevation_footnotes = | timezone = [[UTC9:30|ACST]] | utc = +9:30 | timezone-dst = [[UTC10:30|ACST]] | utc-dst = +10:30 | dist1 = 120 | dir1 = south | location1 = [[Adelaide city centre|Adelaide]] | dist2 = 15 | dir2 = south | location2= [[Penneshaw, South Australia|Penneshaw]] | 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 = 18.1 | mintemp = 12.8 | rainfall = 538.4 | coordinates = {{coord|35.846690|S|137.937850|E|display=inline,title}} | near-n = [[Dudley East, South Australia|Dudley East]] | near-ne = Dudley East | near-e = [[Porky Flat, South Australia|Porky Flat]] | near-se = ''Ocean'' | near-s = ''Ocean'' | near-sw = ''Ocean'' | near-w = [[Dudley West, South Australia|Dudley West]] | near-nw = Dudley West | footnotes = Coordinates<ref name=PLB/><br/>Locations<ref name=postcode/><br/> Climate<ref>{{cite web|title=Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics Cape Willoughby (nearest station) |url= http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/cw_022803.shtml |publisher=Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology|access-date=4 May 2016}}</ref><br/>Adjoining localities<ref name=PLB/> }} '''Willson River''' is a locality in the Australian state of [[South Australia]] located on the [[Dudley Peninsula]] on [[Kangaroo Island]] overlooking the body of water known in [[Australia]] as the [[Southern Ocean]] and by international authorities as the [[Great Australian Bight]]. It is located about {{convert|120|km|abbr=off}} south of the state capital of [[Adelaide city centre|Adelaide]] and about {{convert|15|km|abbr=off}} south-west of the town centre of [[Penneshaw, South Australia|Penneshaw]].<ref name=PLB/><ref name=postcode/><ref name=iho>{{cite web|url=https://iho.int/uploads/user/pubs/standards/s-23/S-23_Ed3_1953_EN.pdf|type=PDF|pages=35–36|title=Limits of Oceans and Seas, 3rd edition|year=1953|publisher=International Hydrographic Organization|access-date=29 December 2020 }}</ref><ref name=ahs>{{cite web|url=http://www.hydro.gov.au/factsheets/WFS_Names_and_Limits_of_Oceans_and_Seas_Around_Australia.pdf|title=AHS – AA609582|publisher=The Australian Hydrographic Service|date=5 July 2012|access-date=30 May 2013|type=PDF|archive-date=13 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180313130704/http://www.hydro.gov.au/factsheets/WFS_Names_and_Limits_of_Oceans_and_Seas_Around_Australia.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Its boundaries were created in March 2002 while its name was derived from the Willson River, a [[river]] which flows through the locality and which itself was named in 1885 after the Willson family who have resided in what is now the locality prior to 1885 and as recently as 1996.<ref name=PLB/><ref name=river>{{cite web |title=Search result for "Willson River (River)" (Record no SA0022129 with the following layers selected - “Suburbs and Localities” and “Place names (gazetteer)” |url=http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/ |work=Property Location Browser |publisher=Government of South Australia |access-date=28 March 2017 |archive-date=12 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161012010923/http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
The main land uses within the locality are [[agriculture]] and [[conservation (ethic)|conservation]]. The former land use includes an area of privately owned land having protected status due to being subject to [[Protected areas of South Australia#Native vegetation heritage agreements|native vegetation heritage agreements]] while the latter use includes land adjoining the coastline which has additional statutory constraints to “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=114–117, 135, 152–153, 179 and 302–306}}</ref><ref name=PLB/><ref name=PA2015>{{cite web|title=Protected Areas of South Australia September (Map) 2015 Edition|url=http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/files/bf6977cb-f1f9-4700-9b5f-a35500fda94f/protected-areas-of-south-australia-map.pdf |publisher=Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources (DEWNR) |date=30 July 2015 |access-date=15 April 2015}}</ref>
Willson 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=PLB/><ref name=EDBC/><ref name=AEC/>
==References== ;Notes {{notelist}} ;Citations {{reflist}} {{Kangaroo Island Council localities |state=collapsed}}
[[Category:Towns on Kangaroo Island]] [[Category:Dudley Peninsula]]
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