Point Boston is a locality in the Eyre and Western Region of South Australia, situated within the District Council of Lower Eyre Peninsula. It was formally established on 15 October 2009, when it was separated from North Shields; it is named after the geographical feature, which was named by Matthew Flinders in 1802.
The area is subject to a large master-planned residential development, which is overseen by the Point Boston Community Corporation. When completed, it will consist of four grouped settlements held under community title, each with approximately 250 residential lots. The first homeowners were given clearance to move in in December 2013, following prolonged delays associated with the initial developer having gone into receivership in 2010. Point Boston had previously been rezoned for rural 'lifestyle' development in the 1990s, but this had seen little takeup. A section of the locality had previously been used for sand mining; however, the mining lease has expired and the land is now being rehabilitated.
A function centre, The Peninsula, is located on Sullivan Drive. It won the Master Builder Award in South Australia for 2009. Sullivan Drive connects Lincoln Highway with the tip of Point Boston.
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Towns and localities of the District Council of Lower Eyre Peninsula
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| Governance |
| Federal division |
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| Local Government |
- Ceduna DC
- Cleve DC
- Elliston DC
- Franklin Harbour DC
- Kimba DC
- Lower Eyre Peninsula DC
- City of Port Augusta
- City of Port Lincoln
- Streaky Bay DC
- Tumby Bay DC
- City of Whyalla
- Wudinna DC
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| Protected areas |
- Coffin Bay National Park
- Gawler Ranges National Park
- Lake Gilles
- Lincoln National Park
- Memory Cove Wilderness Protection Area
- Munyaroo Conservation Park
- Neptune Islands Conservation Park
- Pinkawillinie Conservation Park
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| Coastal features |
| West coast |
- Anxious Bay
- Calca Peninsula
- Cape Blanche
- Cape Carnot
- Cape Catastrophe
- Cape Finniss
- Cape Radstock
- Cape Wiles
- Coffin Bay Peninsula
- Jussieu Peninsula
- Point Avoid
- Point Labatt
- Point Weyland
- Point Whidbey
- Slade Point
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| East coast |
- Cape Burr
- Cape Donington
- Cape Hardy
- Lipson Cove
- Memory Cove
- Point Lowly
- Yorkey Crossing
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| Islands adjoining Eyre Peninsula coast |
| West coast |
- Avoid Bay Islands
- Baird Bay
- Jones Island
- Unnamed island, Baird Bay
- Cap Island
- Eba Island
- Germein Island
- Grantham Island
- Greenly Island
- Investigator Group
- Liguanea Island
- Neptune Islands
- Nicolas Baudin Island
- Nuyts Archipelago
- Olive Island
- Pigface Island
- Whidbey Isles
- Williams Island
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| East coast |
- Bicker Isles
- Boston Island
- Curlew Island
- Entrance Island
- Hopkins Island
- Lewis Island
- Lipson Island
- Little Island
- Louth Island
- Owen Island
- Sir Joseph Banks Group
- Sleaford Islands
- Smith Island
- Taylor Island
- Thistle Island
- Tumby Island
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| Related and uncategorised |
- The Peninsulas zone (wine)
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