Dudley Peninsula
Dudley Peninsula | |
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Cape Willoughby Lightstation. Cape Willoughby, Kangaroo Island | |
Dudley Peninsula | |
| Coordinates: 35°47′50″S 137°55′21″E / 35.79722°S 137.92250°E | |
| Country | Australia |
| State | South Australia |
| Population | |
| • Total | 595 (2011 census) |
| Mean max temp | 18.1 °C (64.6 °F) |
| Mean min temp | 12.8 °C (55.0 °F) |
| Annual rainfall | 537.3 mm (21.15 in) |
| Climate data | |
Dudley Peninsula (known as Presquila Gallissoniere and as the MacDonnell Peninsula from 1857 to 1986) is the peninsula forming the eastern end of Kangaroo Island in the Australian state of South Australia. It was inhabited by Aboriginal Australians as recently as 3,100 years BP but was found to be unoccupied by the first European explorers to visit it in the early 19th century. It was first settled by Europeans as early as the 1830s. As of 2011, it had a population of 595 people.