Port MacDonnell, South Australia
Port MacDonnell | |||||||||||||
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View west to Port Macdonnell from Racecourse Bay, 2013 | |||||||||||||
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| Coordinates: 38°03′0″S 140°41′0″E / 38.05000°S 140.68333°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | South Australia | ||||||||||||
| Region | Limestone Coast | ||||||||||||
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| Established | 1860 (town) 31 October 1996 (locality) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 660 (UCL 2021) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 5291 | ||||||||||||
| County | Grey | ||||||||||||
| Mean max temp | 19.0 °C (66.2 °F) | ||||||||||||
| Mean min temp | 8.2 °C (46.8 °F) | ||||||||||||
| Annual rainfall | 708.4 mm (27.89 in) | ||||||||||||
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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".