Lake Gilles, South Australia

{{about|the locality in South Australia|the associated protected area|Lake Gilles Conservation Park }}

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{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2016}}

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

{{Infobox Australian place

| type = suburb

| name = Lake Gilles

| state = SA

| image = 01 Lake Gilles 05.JPG

| caption = Lake Gilles (water body)

| coordinates = {{coord|32.962333|S|136.734184|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| coord_ref = {{cite web|title=Search results for 'Lake Gilles, LOCB' with the following datasets selected - 'Suburbs and localities', 'Counties', 'Local Government Areas', 'Postcodes', 'SA Government Regions' and 'Gazetteer'|url=http://location.sa.gov.au/viewer/?map=topographic&x=136.82659&y=-32.9047&z=11&uids=19,2,11,18,20,105&pinx=136.735539&piny=-32.960886&pinTitle=Location&pinText=Lake+Gilles,+Locb |website=Location SA Map Viewer|publisher=South Australian Government|access-date=23 February 2020}}

| pop =

| established = 26 April 2013

| established_footnotes =

| postcode = 5611

| elevation =

| elevation_footnotes =

| area = 655.27

| area_footnotes ={{cite web|title=Protected Areas Information System – reserve list (as of 16 July 2015)|url= http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/files/sharedassets/public/park_management/protected-areas-30june2015.pdf |publisher=Department of Environment Water and Natural Resources|accessdate=3 August 2015}}

| timezone = ACST

| utc = +9:30

| timezone-dst = ACST

| utc-dst = +10:30

| dist1 = 278

| dir1 = north-west

| location1 = Adelaide

| dist2 = 35

| dir2 = north-east

| location2= Kimba

| lga = Pastoral Unincorporated Area

| lga2 = District Council of Kimba

| region = Far North

|county = Buxton
Hore-Ruthven

| stategov = Giles{{cite web|title=District of Giles Background Profile|url= http://www.ecsa.sa.gov.au/component/edocman/?task=document.download&id=500&Itemid=0 |publisher=Electoral Commission SA|accessdate=20 August 2015}}

| fedgov = Grey{{cite web|title=Federal electoral division of Grey, boundary gazetted 16 December 2011|url= http://www.aec.gov.au/profiles/sa/files/2011/2011-aec-a4-map-sa-grey.pdf |publisher=Australian Electoral Commission|accessdate=20 August 2015}}

| maxtemp = 23.7

| maxtemp_footnotes = {{cite web|title=Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics Kimba (nearest weather station) |url=http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/cw_018040.shtml |publisher=Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology|accessdate=24 February 2020}}

| mintemp = 10.3

| mintemp_footnotes =

| rainfall = 344.8

| rainfall_footnotes =

| near-n =Uno
Corunna Station

| near-ne =Corunna Station

| near-e = Corunna Station
Gilles Downs
Cooyerdoo

| near-se = Cooyerdoo

| near-s = Barna

| near-sw = Kelly

| near-w = Uno
Moseley

| near-nw = Uno

|footnotes =Location
Adjoining localities

}}

Lake Gilles is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on the Eyre Peninsula about {{convert|278|km|abbr=off}} north west of the state capital of Adelaide and about {{convert|35|km|abbr=off}} to the north-east of the town of Kimba.

Lake Gilles consists of the water body known as Lake Gilles and a parcel of land to the lake's immediate south all of which is within the boundaries of the protected area, the Lake Gilles Conservation Park. Accordingly, the sole land use within the locality is conservation. The section of the Eyre Highway between Kimba in the west and Iron Knob in the east passes through the locality.{{cite web|title=Eastern Eyre Peninsula Parks Management Plan |url=http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/files/sharedassets/public/park_management/eastern-eyre-peninsula-parks-management-plan-gen.pdf |publisher=Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources|date=2014|accessdate=1 September 2015|pages =3 & 4}}

The locality was established on 26 April 2013 in respect to “the long established local name.” Its name is derived from the lake of the same name which is located within the boundaries of the locality.

Lake Gilles is located within the federal Division of Grey, the state electoral district of Giles, the District Council of Kimba, the Pastoral Unincorporated Area of South Australia and the state’s Far North region.{{cite web|title=Development Plan, Land Not Within a Council Area Eyre, Far North, Riverland and Whyalla – 18 October 2012 |url=http://www.sa.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0003/23484/Land_Not_Within_a_Council_Area_Eyre_Far_North_Riverland_and_Whyalla_Development_Plan.pdf |publisher=Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure |date=2012 |accessdate=16 September 2015 |pages=11, 13, 162 & 163 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923004420/http://www.sa.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0003/23484/Land_Not_Within_a_Council_Area_Eyre_Far_North_Riverland_and_Whyalla_Development_Plan.pdf |archivedate=23 September 2015 }}{{cite web|title=Far North SA government region|url=http://www.sa.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0020/6905/Far_North_SA_Government_region.pdf|publisher=The Government of South Australia|accessdate=16 August 2015}}