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| Loxton South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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Main street
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  Loxton
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| Coordinates | 34°27′14″S 140°34′01″E / 34.453852°S 140.566862°E / -34.453852; 140.566862[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 3,947 (UCL 2021)[2] | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 532/km2 (1,380/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 5333[3] | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | ACST (UTC+9:30) | ||||||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | ACST (UTC+10:30) | ||||||||||||||
| Location | |||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | District Council of Loxton Waikerie[1] | ||||||||||||||
| County | Alfred[1] | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Chaffey[4] | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Barker[5] | ||||||||||||||
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| Footnotes | Adjoining localities[1] | ||||||||||||||
Loxton is a town on the south bank of the River Murray in the Riverland region of South Australia. It is located on the lands of the Erawirung people[7] who occupied the area before the arrival of Europeans.
It is a service town for the surrounding districts. Loxton's primary productions are agriculture & horticulture. Citrus fruit, wine grapes, almonds, and stone fruit trees are prevalent. Loxton is also the main town for the northern part of the Murray Mallee which is a dryland farming and grain cropping area.[citation needed] Loxton High School provides secondary education for the area.
Loxton has a pioneer settlement museum (known as the Loxton Historical Village), preserving the heritage of the mallee region. It is also famous for the "Loxton Lights Up" Christmas Festival in December each year, and the annual 120m Loxton Gift handicap sprint race held in late February. The town hosts the second round of the Australian HPV Super Series in May annually.[citation needed]
Loxton is the seat of the local government area of the District Council of Loxton Waikerie. It is in the South Australian House of Assembly electoral district of Chaffey and the Australian House of Representatives division of Barker.[citation needed]
The town is home to a variety of service clubs, most notably the Apex Club, Rotary Club, and Lions Club.[citation needed]
Historically, Loxton has been home to several newspapers. These include:
Channels from the following television networks are available in Loxton:
The first form of regular transport to Loxton was paddle steamers on the Murray River. The Loxton railway line, completed in 1914,[12] connected Alawoona and Tailem BendtoAdelaide. Loxton today is connected by road to the Sturt Highway, which passes nearby at Kingston On Murray and is the northern terminus of the Karoonda Highway and eastern terminus of the Stott Highway. The railway now terminates at the Tookayerta grain terminal 7 kilometres (4 miles) south of the town, but does not carry passengers, and is anticipated to close completely in 2015.[13][needs update]
Loxton is a town with many farms and fruit crops. The joint programme of salt interception schemes to help keep salt out of the River Murray, costing an estimated $60 million, commenced in 2001. This programme was expected to deliver 61 EC at Morgan by December 2007. The partner Governments of New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia and the Commonwealth have agreed that joint salt interception schemes must both be economically and technically feasible.[citation needed]
The Loxton Gift athletics carnival offers the most prize money in South Australia apart from the Bay Sheffield held at Glenelg. The program includes races from 70m to 1000m and is the final major South Australian lead-up event to the Stawell Gift held at Easter.[citation needed]
Since 2014, the streets of the town have been shut off in May for the running of the Loxton Pedal Prix, which is a round of the Australian HPV Super Series. The track incorporates the major central roundabout and the surrounding main streets. It includes two long 600m straights, one uphill and one downhill. The event has proved popular with locals, riders and spectators alike, and is now a mainstay on the Australian HPV Super Series calendar. In 2018 it will be round 2 of the series.[citation needed]
Loxton has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:
Loxton experiences a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen climate classification: BSk), Trewartha: BSak); with warm, dry summers; mild dry springs and autumns; and mild, relatively dry winters.
| Climate data for Loxton Research Centre, South Australia, Australia (1984-present normals and extremes); 30 m AMSL | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 45.7 (114.3) |
47.1 (116.8) |
41.5 (106.7) |
39.4 (102.9) |
29.6 (85.3) |
25.7 (78.3) |
27.3 (81.1) |
31.0 (87.8) |
35.4 (95.7) |
40.1 (104.2) |
43.6 (110.5) |
47.3 (117.1) |
47.3 (117.1) |
| Mean maximum °C (°F) | 39.6 (103.3) |
38.5 (101.3) |
35.3 (95.5) |
30.0 (86.0) |
24.3 (75.7) |
19.4 (66.9) |
19.1 (66.4) |
22.2 (72.0) |
27.1 (80.8) |
31.9 (89.4) |
35.4 (95.7) |
37.2 (99.0) |
39.6 (103.3) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 32.2 (90.0) |
31.4 (88.5) |
28.4 (83.1) |
24.0 (75.2) |
19.6 (67.3) |
16.4 (61.5) |
16.0 (60.8) |
17.6 (63.7) |
20.9 (69.6) |
24.5 (76.1) |
27.7 (81.9) |
30.1 (86.2) |
24.1 (75.3) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 23.6 (74.5) |
23.0 (73.4) |
20.4 (68.7) |
16.4 (61.5) |
13.0 (55.4) |
10.5 (50.9) |
10.0 (50.0) |
11.0 (51.8) |
13.7 (56.7) |
16.5 (61.7) |
19.5 (67.1) |
21.7 (71.1) |
16.6 (61.9) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 14.9 (58.8) |
14.6 (58.3) |
12.3 (54.1) |
8.7 (47.7) |
6.4 (43.5) |
4.6 (40.3) |
3.9 (39.0) |
4.5 (40.1) |
6.4 (43.5) |
8.5 (47.3) |
11.3 (52.3) |
13.2 (55.8) |
9.1 (48.4) |
| Mean minimum °C (°F) | 10.1 (50.2) |
10.1 (50.2) |
7.6 (45.7) |
4.2 (39.6) |
1.3 (34.3) |
−0.5 (31.1) |
−0.7 (30.7) |
−0.5 (31.1) |
1.5 (34.7) |
3.9 (39.0) |
6.4 (43.5) |
8.7 (47.7) |
−0.7 (30.7) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 4.8 (40.6) |
6.1 (43.0) |
3.2 (37.8) |
−1.3 (29.7) |
−3.5 (25.7) |
−5.4 (22.3) |
−4.6 (23.7) |
−4.6 (23.7) |
−3.2 (26.2) |
0.4 (32.7) |
2.7 (36.9) |
4.4 (39.9) |
−5.4 (22.3) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 18.2 (0.72) |
18.0 (0.71) |
11.5 (0.45) |
18.3 (0.72) |
23.4 (0.92) |
24.2 (0.95) |
26.4 (1.04) |
26.3 (1.04) |
27.4 (1.08) |
23.8 (0.94) |
22.8 (0.90) |
23.0 (0.91) |
263.3 (10.38) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 2.4 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 2.7 | 3.9 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 5.7 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 3.1 | 44.8 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 40.5 | 43.5 | 47.0 | 51.0 | 62.0 | 69.5 | 68.0 | 59.5 | 51.5 | 43.0 | 42.0 | 40.5 | 51.5 |
| Average dew point °C (°F) | 8.7 (47.7) |
9.3 (48.7) |
8.6 (47.5) |
7.5 (45.5) |
7.4 (45.3) |
6.4 (43.5) |
6.0 (42.8) |
4.8 (40.6) |
5.3 (41.5) |
4.9 (40.8) |
6.5 (43.7) |
7.6 (45.7) |
6.9 (44.4) |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 322.4 | 285.3 | 288.3 | 243.0 | 195.3 | 156.0 | 179.8 | 220.1 | 234.0 | 275.9 | 282.0 | 303.8 | 2,985.9 |
| Mean daily sunshine hours | 10.4 | 10.1 | 9.3 | 8.1 | 6.3 | 5.2 | 5.8 | 7.1 | 7.8 | 8.9 | 9.4 | 9.8 | 8.2 |
| Source: Australian Bureau of Meteorology (1984-present normals extremes)[19] | |||||||||||||
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