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Stansbury
South Australiatown
Stansbury
Total population
480
Demographic figures from Australian Bureau of Statistics. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Facts from Wikidata (CC0).
Overview
Stansbury is a small town, located in the southern east coast of Yorke Peninsula, South Australia. It is located 25 kilometres (16 mi) south of Minlaton and 22 kilometres (14 mi) east of Yorketown. It faces the Gulf St Vincent across Oyster Bay, where shellfish were originally harvested in the 19th century. The town has also been a port used in the export of wheat and barley to Adelaide.
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History
The town was originally known as Oyster Bay, although it was officially proclaimed Stansbury in 1873 by Governor Anthony Musgrave, in honour of a friend. In 2009, Stansbury was voted as South Australia's tidiest town.
Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).
Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
Climate
10-year averages from ERA5 reanalysis (Open-Meteo).
Air quality
Walkability
Amenities nearby
Wildlife & biodiversity
Most-observed species
- Red WattlebirdAnthochaera carunculata (Shaw, 1790) · Aves206
- Silver GullChroicocephalus novaehollandiae (Stephens, 1826) · Aves198
- Australian MagpieGymnorhina tibicen (Latham, 1802) · Aves196
- GalahEolophus roseicapilla (Vieillot, 1817) · Aves193
- Willie-wagtailRhipidura leucophrys (Latham, 1802) · Aves190
- European StarlingSturnus vulgaris Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves187
- House SparrowPasser domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves171
- Crested PigeonOcyphaps lophotes (Temminck, 1822) · Aves156
Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).
Earthquake history
Most recent
- M 4 — 2022-03-053 km SW of Mount Barker, Australia
- M 3.3 — 2011-10-183 km ESE of Hawthorndene, Australia
- M 3.8 — 2010-04-162 km N of Macclesfield, Australia
- M 2.8 — 2007-07-0826 km SW of Normanville, Australia
- M 2.9 — 2004-11-2518 km W of Kingscote, Australia
- M 2.7 — 2003-09-2211 km SSE of Normanville, Australia
Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).
Photos
Sights & places nearby
Notable people from here
Nearby places in South Australia
- Wool Bay5.9 mi away · pop. 106
- Port Vincent10 mi away · pop. 494
- Edithburgh12.6 mi away · pop. 497
- Yorketown12.9 mi away · pop. 667
- Minlaton14.6 mi away · pop. 759
- Curramulka15.3 mi away · pop. 156
- James Well29.8 mi away · pop. 54
- Ardrossan34.3 mi away · pop. 1,188
- Middle Beach41 mi away
- St Kilda43.9 mi away · pop. 77
- Adelaide45.9 mi away · pop. 1,245,011
- Rapid Bay48.3 mi away · pop. 16
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
Nearby airports
Public attention
Books about this place
Recent natural events nearby
Ground air-quality sensors
Recently spotted species
Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).
Events
Gallery
Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • Open-Meteo (ERA5 reanalysis)
- • Wikidata
- • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
- • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
- • iNaturalist
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org