Mount Compass, South Australia

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{{Use Australian English|date=March 2013}}

{{Infobox Australian place

| type = town

| name = Mount Compass

| state = sa

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| coordinates = {{coord|35.350603|S|138.620298|E|format = dms|display=inline,title}}

| coord_ref = {{cite web|title=Search results for 'Mount Compass, LOCB' with the following datasets selected – 'Suburbs and localities', 'Counties', 'Local Government Areas', 'SA Government Regions' and 'Gazetteer'|url=http://location.sa.gov.au/viewer/?map=roads&x=138.59052&y=-35.42492&z=13&uids=19,2,11,20,105&pinx=138.571380&piny=-35.422560&pinTitle=Location&pinText=Hindmarsh+Tiers,+Locb |website=Location SA Map Viewer|publisher=South Australian Government|access-date=1 October 2019}}

| pop = 1,457

| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2016}}

| pop_footnotes={{Census 2016 AUS | id = SSC40933 | name = Mount Compass (State Suburb) | accessdate = 16 June 2021 | quick = on}}

| established = 1854

| established_footnotes = {{cite web |last1=Sarneckis |first1=Kos |title=GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT 1991 Notice to Assign Names and Boundaries to Places (in the District Council of Yankalilla) |url=http://www6.austlii.edu.au/au/other/sa_gazette/1999/107/657.pdf |publisher=Government of South Australia |access-date=4 March 2019 |page=657 |date=5 August 1999}}

| postcode = 5210{{cite web|title= Postcode for Mount Compass, South Australia) |url= http://www.postcodes-australia.com/areas/sa/adelaide/mount+compass |publisher= postcodes-australia.com |access-date=26 April 2016}}

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| timezone = ACST

| utc = +9:30

| timezone-dst = ACST

| utc-dst = +10:30

| dist1 = 47

| dir1 = South

| location1= Adelaide

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| lga = Alexandrina Council

| lga2= District Council of Yankalilla

| county = Hindmarsh

| region = Fleurieu and Kangaroo Island{{cite web|title= Fleurieu Kangaroo Island SA Government region |url= http://www.sa.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0012/21612/Fleurieu_Kangaroo_Island_SA_Government_region.pdf |publisher=The Government of South Australia|access-date=17 April 2017}}

| stategov = Finniss{{cite map |url=https://www.ecsa.sa.gov.au/electoral-districts/electoral-district-profiles?view=article&id=826:finniss |title=Mawson |publisher=Electoral Commission SA |date=2018 |access-date=1 October 2019}}

| fedgov = Mayo{{cite web|title=Profile of the electoral division of Mayo (SA) |url=https://www.aec.gov.au/profiles/sa/mayo.htm |publisher=Australian Electoral Commission|access-date=26 September 2019}}

| maxtemp = 19.4

| maxtemp_footnotes = {{cite web|title=Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics MYPONGA (nearest station) |url= http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/cw_023738.shtml |publisher=Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology|access-date=26 April 2016}}

| mintemp = 7.5

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| rainfall = 751.3

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| near-n = Willunga Hill
Yundi

| near-ne = Yundi

| near-e = Nangkita
Tooperang

| near-se = Tooperang
Mount Jagged

| near-s = Hindmarsh Tiers
Mount Jagged

| near-sw = Hindmarsh Tiers

| near-w = Myponga

| near-nw = Pages Flat
Myponga

| footnotes = Locations
Adjoining localities

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Mount Compass is a town and locality in the Australian state of South Australia located in the Mount Lofty Ranges, on the A13 south of Adelaide, and north of Victor Harbor. It is a small community, traditionally supported by farming. Both market gardens and dairy have proved lucrative in the area.[http://www.alexandrina.sa.gov.au/site/page.cfm?u=533 Visit Alexandrina – Mount Compass – Tourist Information], Alexandrina Council, Accessed 25 September 2007 At the 2016 census, Mount Compass shared a population of 1,457 with adjoining localities.

Boundaries were created for the portion within the District Council of Yankalilla during August 1999 and for the portion in the Alexandrina Council on 31 August 2000.{{Citation | title = GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT 1991, Notice to Assign Boundaries and Names to Places {within the Alexandrina Council) | journal = The South Australian Government Gazette | page = 948 | date=31 August 2000| url =http://governmentgazette.sa.gov.au/sites/default/files/public/documents/gazette/2000/August/2000_136.pdf |access-date=16 December 2018}} The name is derived from Mount Compass, a nearby mountain, whose name was given in respect to the loss of compass at that place by George Gawler, the second Governor of South Australia in about 1840.{{cite web |title=Search result for "Mount Compass (Mountain)" (Record no. SA0008659) with the following layers selected – "Suburbs and Localities" |url=http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/# |publisher=Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure |access-date=26 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161012010923/http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/ |archive-date=12 October 2016 |url-status=dead }}

There is also a local area school that covers from years R-12 with the focus farm project that is run on the adjacent farm to the school.{{citation needed|date=April 2016}}

The record holder for most games played for the Flinders Crabs who lived in a town adjacent to Willunga is Bharat Roocke, incidentally, named after a second string Indian wicket keeper.

The following two protected areas are located within the southern part of the locality – the Stipiturus Conservation Park and the Hesperilla Conservation Park.

Mount Compass is located within the federal division of Mayo, the state electoral district of Finniss and the local government areas of the Alexandrina Council and the District Council of Yankalilla.