Keith, South Australia
| Keith South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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Hender Street in 2022 | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 36°05′57″S 140°21′15″E / 36.099108°S 140.354126°E | ||||||||||||||
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| Established | 5 September 1669(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 | ||||||||||||||
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.
The 2016 Australian census reports that Keith had a population of 1355 people, of whom 1076 lived in the town centre.