Thornlea, South Australia

{{Other uses| Thornlea (disambiguation){{!}} Thornlea }}

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{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2017}}

{{Use Australian English|date= December 2017}}

{{Infobox Australian place

|type=suburb

| name = Thornlea

| state = SA

| image =

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| coordinates = {{Coord| 37.422457 |S| 140.184491 |E|format=dms|type:city_region:AU-SA|display=inline}}

| coord_ref = {{cite web|title=Search results for 'Thornlea, LOCB' with the following datasets being selected - 'Suburbs and Localities', 'Counties', 'Local Government Areas', 'SA Government Regions', 'Land Development Plan Zone Categories' and 'Gazetteer'|url=http://location.sa.gov.au/viewer/|website=Location SA Map Viewer|publisher=Government of South Australia|access-date=30 December 2017}}

| pushpin_label_position = left

| pop =

| density =

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| established = 18 December 1997

| established_footnotes = {{Citation | title = GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT 1991, Notice to Assign Boundaries and Names to Places | journal = The South Australian Government Gazette | page = 1655 | date=18 December 1997| url =http://www8.austlii.edu.au/au/other/sa_gazette/1997/154/1655.pdf |access-date=30 December 2017}}

| postcode = 5280{{cite web|title= Postcode for Thornlea, South Australia|url= https://postcodes-australia.com/areas/sa/country+south+australia/thornlea |publisher=Postcodes Australia|access-date=30 December 2017}}

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| timezone = ACST

| utc = +9:30

| timezone-dst = ACST

| utc-dst = +10:30

| dist1 = 309

| dir1 = SE

| location1 = Adelaide

| dist2 = 25

| dir2 = NW

| location2= Millicent

| lga = Wattle Range Council

|county = Grey

|region=Limestone Coast

| stategov = MacKillop{{cite web |title=District of MacKillop Background Profile |url=https://www.ecsa.sa.gov.au/electoral-boundaries/state-boundaries?view=article&id=386:mackillop |publisher=Electoral Commission SA |access-date=28 December 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171229112136/https://www.ecsa.sa.gov.au/electoral-boundaries/state-boundaries?view=article&id=386:mackillop |archive-date=29 December 2017 |df=dmy-all }}

| fedgov = Barker{{cite web|title=Federal electoral division of Barker |url=http://www.aec.gov.au/profiles/sa/files/2011/2011-aec-a4-map-sa-barker.pdf |publisher=Australian Electoral Commission|access-date=28 December 2017}}

| maxtemp = 19.6

| maxtemp_footnotes = {{cite web|title=Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics ROBE AIRFIELD (nearest weather station) |url=http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/cw_026100.shtml|publisher=Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology|access-date=30 December 2017}}

| mintemp = 9.5

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| rainfall = 603.6

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| near-n = Clay Wells
Kangaroo Inn

| near-ne = Kangaroo Inn
Furner

| near-e = Furner
Hatherleigh

| near-se = Hatherleigh

| near-s = Rendelsham

| near-sw = Rendelsham

| near-w = Magarey

| near-nw = Clay Wells

| footnotes = Locations
Adjoining localities

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Thornlea is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located in the state's south-east within the Limestone Coast region about {{convert|309|km}} south east of the state capital of Adelaide and about {{convert|25|km}} north-west of the municipal seat of Millicent.

Boundaries for the locality were created on 18 December 1997.

The land use in the locality is ‘primary production’.{{cite web |title=Development Plan - Wattle Range Council Consolidated – 7 February 2013 |url= http://www.dpti.sa.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0010/250021/Wattle_Range_Council_Development_Plan.pdf |publisher=Government of South Australia |access-date=30 December 2017|pages=131, 205 and 207–210}} A protected area known as the Belt Hill Conservation Park is located in the locality's south-east corner on the boundary with Hatherleigh.{{cite web|title= Search results for 'Belt Hill Conservation Park' with the following datasets selected – 'Suburbs and Localities', 'NPW and Conservation Properties', 'Hundreds', 'Roads' and 'Gazetteer' |url= http://location.sa.gov.au/viewer/ |website=Location SA Map Viewer |publisher= South Australian Government |access-date=21 February 2018 }}

Thornlea is located within the federal division of Barker, the state electoral district of MacKillop and the local government area of the Wattle Range Council.