Wisanger, South Australia

Wisanger
Wisanger
Coordinates: 35°37′16″S 137°28′04″E / 35.620990°S 137.467640°E / -35.620990; 137.467640
CountryAustralia
StateSouth Australia
RegionFleurieu and Kangaroo Island
LGA
Location
Established2002
Government
 • State electorate
 • Federal division
Population
 • Total140 (SAL 2021)
Time zoneUTC+9:30 (ACST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+10:30 (ACST)
Postcode
5223
CountyCarnarvon
Mean max temp21.0 °C (69.8 °F)
Mean min temp8.9 °C (48.0 °F)
Annual rainfall444.0 mm (17.48 in)
Localities around Wisanger
Investigator Strait Investigator Strait
Emu Bay
Emu Bay
Cassini Wisanger Bay of Shoals
Bay of Shoals (body of water)
Kingscote
Cassini Menzies Cygnet River
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Climate
Adjoining localities

Wisanger is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on the north coast of Kangaroo Island overlooking Investigator Strait to the north and the Bay of Shoals to the east about 129 kilometres (80 miles) south-west of the state capital of Adelaide and about 16 kilometres (9.9 miles) west of the municipal seat of Kingscote.

Its boundaries were created in March 2002 for the “long established name” which is reported as being given by a “Henry Partridge, who took up land there, after 'Wisanger Manor' near Stroud, Gloucestershire once owned by his forebears.”

The locality includes the former Wisanger School which is listed on the South Australian Heritage Register.

Wisanger is located within the federal division of Mayo, the state electoral district of Mawson and the local government area of the Kangaroo Island Council.