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Tooperang
South Australia
Tooperang is located in South Australia
Tooperang
Tooperang
Location in South Australia
Population 377 (2011 census)
Postcode(s) 5255
Location 50 km (31 mi) South of Adelaide
LGA(s) Alexandrina Council
Region Fleurieu and Kangaroo Island
County County of Hindmarsh
State electorate(s) Finniss
Federal Division(s) Mayo
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall
19.6 °C
67 °F
8.0 °C
46 °F
830 mm
32.7 in
Localities around Tooperang:
Nangkita Ashbourne Mount Observation
Mount Compass Tooperang Finniss
Mount Jagged Mosquito Hill Currency Creek

Tooperang is a small town and locality on Fleurieu Peninsula in the Alexandrina Council, South Australia. It includes the Cox Scrub Conservation Reserve. At the 2011 census, the "suburb" of Tooperang (which also included both Mount Jagged and Mosquito Hill) recorded a population of 377 people.

The Tooperang Hall on Bull Creek Road hosts the Astronomical Society of South Australia (ASSA) on a regular basis where members take advantage of the geography of the region which blocks light spill from metropolitan Adelaide to create ideal conditions for astronomy. The locality of Tooperang extends west from the town along Cleland Gully Road.

Tooperang is located within the federal division of Mayo, the state electoral district of Finniss and the local government area of the Alexandrina Council.

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