Dowlingville, South Australia

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{{Use Australian English|date= February 2016}}

{{Infobox Australian place

| type = town

| name = Dowlingville

| state = SA

| image = DowlingvilleUnitingChurch.JPG

| caption = Dowlingville Uniting (formerly Methodist) Church in 2012

| pop =

| est = 1999{{cite web |title=Search result for "Dowlingville (Locality Bounded)" (Record no SA0020604) with the following layers selected - "suburbs and localities" |url=http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/ |publisher=Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure |access-date=25 February 2016 |archive-date=12 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161012010923/http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/ |url-status=dead }}

| postcode = 5555 {{cite web|title= Dowlingville, South Australia (Postcode) |url= http://www.postcodes-australia.com/areas/sa/adelaide/dowlingville |publisher= postcodes-australia.com |access-date=25 February 2016}}

| elevation =

| elevation_footnotes =

| timezone = ACST

| utc = +9:30

| timezone-dst = ACST

| utc-dst = +10:30

| dist1 = 89

| dir1 = north-west

| location1 = Adelaide

| dist2 =

| dir2 =

| location2=

| 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|access-date=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 |access-date=1 March 2018}}

| fedgov = Grey{{cite web|title=Federal electoral division of Grey|url=https://www.aec.gov.au/Electorates/Redistributions/2017/sa/final-report/files/maps-a4/2018-AEC-sa-A4-Grey-Final.pdf |publisher=Australian Electoral Commission|access-date=15 July 2019}}

| use_lga_map = yes

| maxtemp = 22.6

| mintemp = 10.7

| rainfall = 332.0

| coordinates = {{coord|34.327010|S|137.919250|E|display=inline,title}}

| near-n = Winulta

| near-ne = Price

| near-e = Price
Gulf St Vincent

| near-se = Gulf St Vincent

| near-s = Ardrossan
Tiddy Widdy Beach

| near-sw = Cunningham

| near-w = Petersville

| near-nw = Winulta

| footnotes = Distances
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Climate{{cite web|title=Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics PRICE |url=http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/cw_022015.shtml |publisher=Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology|access-date=25 February 2016}}
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Dowlingville is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on the east coast of Yorke Peninsula immediately adjoining Gulf St Vincent about {{convert|89|km|abbr=off}} north-west of the state capital of Adelaide.

Its boundaries were created in May 1999.{{Citation | last = Kentish | first = P. M. | title = GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT 1991, Notice to Assign Boundaries and Names to Places | journal = The South Australian Government Gazette | issue = 68 | page = 2696 | date = 27 May 1999 | url = http://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/other/sa_gazette/1999/68.pdf | access-date = 14 September 2017 }}

File:DowlingvillePostOfice.JPG

The name of the locality is considered to have been derived from a Mr G.P. Dowling Whittaker who was an early resident.{{cite web|title=Dowlingville |url=http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/manning/pn/d/d4.htm#dowlingville |publisher=State Library of South Australia|access-date=25 February 2016}} In 1904 it was described as{{blockquote |This is essentially a farming district, so that it is not surprising to find only a few houses, one store, a post office (conducted by Mr. Whittaker), a state school (in charge of Mrs. Lewis), and a church. Only a few years ago this country was covered with scrub. Industry and manures have transformed the district considerably.|source=The Register, 3 May 1904{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article56584541 |title=YORKE'S PENINSULA. |newspaper=The Register (Adelaide) |volume=LXIX |issue=17,931 |location=South Australia |date=3 May 1904 |accessdate=31 March 2022 |page=7 |via=National Library of Australia}}}} The locality contains the historic former Dowlingville Post Office, which is listed on the South Australian Heritage Register.{{cite web|title=Dowlingville Post Office|url=http://apps.planning.sa.gov.au/HeritageSearch/HeritageItem.aspx?p_heritageno=16066|publisher=Department of Environment Water and Natural Resources|date=16 March 2000|access-date=25 February 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305155621/http://apps.planning.sa.gov.au/HeritageSearch/HeritageItem.aspx?p_heritageno=16066|archive-date=5 March 2016|df=dmy-all}}

As of 2014, the majority land use within the locality is “primary production.”{{cite web |title=Development Plan - Yorke Peninsula Council |url=http://www.sa.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/17297/Yorke_Peninsula_Council_Development_Plan.pdf |publisher=Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure |access-date=24 July 2015 |pages=336–340 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150604011613/http://www.sa.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/17297/Yorke_Peninsula_Council_Development_Plan.pdf |archive-date=4 June 2015 |df=dmy-all }}

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