Port MacDonnell, South Australia
| Port MacDonnell South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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View west to Port Macdonnell from Racecourse Bay, 2013 | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 38°03′0″S 140°41′0″E / 38.05000°S 140.68333°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 660 (UCL 2021) | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1860 (town) 31 October 1996 (locality) | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 5291 | ||||||||||||||
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| LGA(s) | District Council of Grant | ||||||||||||||
| Region | Limestone Coast | ||||||||||||||
| County | Grey | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Mount Gambier | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Barker | ||||||||||||||
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| Footnotes | Locations Climate Adjoining localities | ||||||||||||||
Port MacDonnell, originally known as Ngaranga, is the southernmost town in South Australia. The small port is located in the Limestone Coast region, about 477 kilometres (296 mi) south-east of Adelaide and 28 kilometres (17 mi) south of Mount Gambier, in the District Council of Grant local government area. Once a busy shipping port, the town now relies heavily on its fishing and summer tourism industries, particularly the rock lobster industry, proclaiming itself "Australia's Southern Rock Lobster Capital".