Corny Point, South Australia

{{about|the town in South Australia|the nearby headland|Corny Point (South Australia)}}

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{{Infobox Australian place

| type = town

| name = Corny Point

| state = sa

| image = CornyPointGeneralStore.JPG

| caption = The General Store at Corny Point

| coordinates = {{coord|34.925528|S|137.081428|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| coord_ref = {{cite web|title=Search results for 'Corny Point, LOCB' with the following datasets selected – 'Suburbs and localities', 'Counties', 'Government Towns', 'Hundreds', 'Local Government Areas', 'SA Government Regions' and 'Gazetteer'|url= http://location.sa.gov.au/viewer/?map=roads&x=137.07663&y=-34.94704&z=13&uids=19,2,115,8,11,20,105&pinx=137.082810&piny=-34.924090&pinTitle=Location&pinText=Corny+Point,+Locb |website=Location SA Map Viewer |publisher=South Australian Government |accessdate=18 April 2019}}

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| established = 1881{{cite web|url=http://www.phoenixauctions.com.au/cgi-bin/wsPhoenix.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=SA&filter=*Corny*Point*|title=Post Office List|access-date=26 February 2021}}
27 May 1999 (locality)

| established_footnotes = {{cite web|last1=Kentish|first1=P.M.|title=GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT 1991 Notice to Assign Boundaries and Names to Places (...within the District Council of Yorke Peninsula...) |url=http://governmentgazette.sa.gov.au/sites/default/files/public/documents/gazette/1999/May/1999_068.pdf|website=The South Australian Government Gazette|publisher=South Australian Government|accessdate=17 April 2019 |page=2696|date=27 May 1999}}

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| postcode = 5575{{cite web|url=http://www1.auspost.com.au/postcodes/index.asp?Locality=Corny+Point&sub=1&State=&Postcode=&submit1=Search|title=Australia Post: Postcode Search|accessdate=2009-12-09}}

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| utc = +9:30

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| lga = Yorke Peninsula Council

| region =Yorke and Mid North{{cite web|title= Yorke and Mid North SA Government region|url=https://www.sa.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/12793/Yorke_Mid_North_SA_Government_region.pdf |publisher=The Government of South Australia|accessdate=17 April 2017}}

|county = Fergusson

| stategov = Narungga{{cite map |url=http://edbc.sa.gov.au/redistributions/2016/2016-electoral-district-maps/narungga-map-2016-pdf/download.html |title=Narungga |publisher=Electoral District Boundaries Commission |date=2016 |accessdate=1 March 2018}}

| fedgov = Grey{{cite web|title=Federal electoral division of Grey|url=http://www.aec.gov.au/profiles/sa/files/2011/2011-aec-a4-map-sa-grey.pdf |publisher=Australian Electoral Commission |accessdate=24 July 2015}}

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| near-e = The Pines

| near-se = Warooka

| near-s = White Hut

| near-sw = White Hut

| near-w = Spencer Gulf

| near-nw = Spencer Gulf

| near-n = Spencer Gulf

| near-ne = Spencer Gulf

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File:Corny Point - the supply ship 'Lady Loch' offshore with a loaded dinghy approaching the beach(GN02752D).jpg

Corny Point is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located about {{convert|7.5|km|abbr=off}} to the east of the north-western tip of the Yorke Peninsula.{{Citation | author1=Boating Industry Association of South Australia (BIA) | author2=South Australia. Department for Environment and Heritage | title=South Australia's waters an atlas & guide | publication-date=2005 | publisher=Boating Industry Association of South Australia|page=201| isbn=978-1-86254-680-6 }} It was named after the nearby headland, Corny Point. The first pastoral lease was taken up in 1846 by James Coutts.{{cite web|url=http://www.southaustralia.com/9006057.aspx|title=South Australia – Corny Point|accessdate=2009-12-15|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727033056/http://www.southaustralia.com/9006057.aspx|archivedate=27 July 2011}}{{cite web |url=https://www.samemory.sa.gov.au/site/page.cfm?u=1227 |title=Corny Point |work=SA Memory |publisher=State Library of South Australia |accessdate=21 June 2020}}

Corny Point is located within the federal division of Grey, the state electoral district of Narungga and the local government area of the Yorke Peninsula Council.