OB Flat

OB Flat
South Australia

OB Flat

Coordinates

37°53′19″S 140°46′27″E / 37.8886°S 140.7742°ECoordinates: 37°53′19″S 140°46′27″E / 37.8886°S 140.7742°E

Population

630 (shared with other localities in the ‘State Suburb of Ob Flat”) (2011 census)^[1]

Postcode(s)

5291

LGA(s)

District Council of Grant

Localities around OB Flat:
	Mount Gambier	Square Mile
Moorak	OB Flat	Yahl
Mount Schank		Caveton

OB Flat is a rural locality near Mount Gambier in South Australia.

At the 2011 census, OB Flat shared a population of 630 with an adjoining locality.^[1]

The name for this locality is believed to derive from a herd of cattle bearing the brand "OB" (owned by O. Beswick) which once roamed in the area.^[2]

References

1 2 Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Ob Flat (sic)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
↑ South Australian State Gazetteer Record Number SA0051519

Towns and localities of the District Council of Grant

Allendale East Blackfellows Caves Burrungule Canunda Cape Douglas Caroline Carpenter Rocks Caveton Compton Dismal Swamp Donovans Eight Mile Creek German Creek Glenburnie Kongorong Mil-Lel Mingbool Moorak Mount Schank Nene Valley OB Flat Pelican Point Pleasant Park Port MacDonnell Racecourse Bay Square Mile Suttontown Tarpeena Wandilo Wepar Worrolong Wye Yahl

Limestone Coast, South Australia

Cities

Mount Gambier

Towns and localities

Governance

Federal division	Division of Barker

State electoral districts	Electoral district of MacKillop Electoral district of Mount Gambier

Local Government	City of Mount Gambier District Council of Grant District Council of Robe Kingston District Council Naracoorte Lucindale Council Tatiara District Council Wattle Range Council

Hills, mountains and volcanoes

Caves, sinkholes and freshwater lakes

Islands

Coastal features

Protected areas

National parks	Canunda Coorong (southern end only) Naracoorte Caves

Conservation parks	Aberdour Baudin Rocks Bangham Beachport Belt Hill Big Heath Butchers Gap Calectasia Carpenter Rocks Christmas Rocks Custon Dingley Dell Douglas Point Ewens Ponds Fairview Furner Geegeela Glen Roy Gower Grass Tree Guichen Bay Gum Lagoon Hacks Lagoon Hanson Scrub Jip Jip Kungari Lake Frome Lake Hawdon South Lake St Clair Little Dip Lower Glenelg River Mary Seymour Mount Monster Mount Scott Nene Valley Ngarkat Padthaway Paranki Lagoon Penambol Penguin Island Penola Piccaninnie Ponds Pine Hill Soak Reedy Creek Talapar Tantanoola Caves Telford Scrub Tilley Swamp Vivigani Ardune Woakwine Wolseley Common

Game reserves	Bool Lagoon Bucks Lake Lake Robe Poocher Swamp

Conservation reserves	Desert Camp Bernouilli

Related and uncategorised

Limestone Coast zone (wine)

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