Wool Production for South East For more information about these statistics, and copies of publications, telephone (08) 237 7100 or call at the ABS, Citibank Centre, 41 I u Australian District Councils 1987 -88 ooaso MIL Currie Street, or write to Information Services, ABS, GPO Box 2272, Adelaide 1111 SA 5001. IBureau of UPPER SOUTH EAST Statistics Particulars Unit Lacepede LucindaleNaracoorte Robe Tatiara Dial -a- Statistic (08) 237 7123, for the latest information on the Consumer Price Sheep and lambs shorn '000 808.5 957.9 791.8 336.5 1,490.6 Index, Unemployment and Average Weekly Earnings. Wool clip '000 tonnes 3.6 4.4 3.7 1.6 7.2 VIATEL key' 656 # for selected economic, social and demographic statistics. Average per fleece kg 4.45 4.56 4.65 4.76 4.83 -7 LOWER SOUTH EAST S'l ( .Meningie - A quick guide to the Mount Port Mac - 4130 Coonalpyn Particulars Unit 'Millicent Gambier Penola Donnell STATISTICAL LOCAL AREAS . Tintinara Sheep and lambs shorn'000 530.5 276.8 205.8 436.5 205.9 1400 Wool clip '000 0350 Beachport South East tonnes 2.5 1.3 0.9 2.0 0.9 Keith 7630 Average per fleece kg 4.66 4.54 4.43 4.56 4.23 3360 Lacepede Here is a quick look at agricultural and pastoral activities in the South East Bordertown Statistical Division of South Australia. Most of the information comes from the 3850 Lucindale OPPER SOUTH EAST Australian Bureau of Statistics annual Agricultural Census collected from primary

4200 Millicent 1 producers in the area. 3360 25 The South East Division extends from Tatiara to Port MacDonnell. Bounded on the VITICULTURE 4620 (City) west by the Southern Ocean and on the east by the border with Victoria, it covers Kingston SE SOUTH EAST The major grape -growing areas in the South East are located at Coonawarra and 4690 Mount Gambier (District Council) - 5180 2.1 million hectares (about 2 per cent of the area of the State) and comprises the rJ Naracoorte District Councils of Beachport, Lacepede, Lucindale, Millicent, Mount Gambier, Padthaway -Keppoch. The first vineyard at Coonawarra was established in 1891 by 3850 John Riddoch, anduntil the 1960s the area, while producing some high quality 5180 Naracoorte (District Council) 5110 Naracoorte, Penola, Port MacDonnell, Robe and Tatiara, the Municipality of Robe 6860 Naracoorte, and the City of Mount Gambier. wines, did not expand greatly. 5110 Naracoorte (Municipality) -ir , Penola 5670 Penola 0350 I 5670 F t Beachport 6370 Port MacDonnell Millicent 200I LOWER SOUTH EAST 4690 6860 Robe 462 Area and production of vines l dMount Gambier 7630 Tatiara m.

6370 . 1986 -87 1987 -88 FP -1] Principal varieties Area Prodn Area Prodn Port MacDonnell ha tonnes ha tonnes o 14- F Cabernet Sauvignon 711 4,171 721 4,820 :; -' - vat Grenache 42 987 36 671 [)iK ty , .1 + Pinot Noir 153 1,015 162 1,092 v rr SA;. !.. 'i,,, . -'';`,! A _ Shiraz 595 6,525 597 5,880 f . r i - Chardonnay 326 2,103 356 1,265 ,'4 ` YY +' ,c`kt!`' Crouchen 47 792 38 210 0 Merlot 50 141 55 168 `' ; }_ Rhine Riesling 867 12,203 860 4,490 Australian r '7..»j .. . J :r4-..:74..- r Semillon 30 475 35 223 z"' ? ' áY. .. . , . Bureau of oF .. Traminer 117 1,523 112 645 " - : s,,:;v=: : _. Sr:c.:. 7.` oí.N.±_ f= Other 225 2,621 236 1,115 __ : `.. .C- := . r;`,t . Statistics ; , - -- . y c `}u/ . , I .4 s .,-x` ,~ Total 3,163 32,556 3,208 20,579 . . L y .. r) TOPOGRAPHY AND CLIMATE AGRICULTURE Value of Agricultural Production ($'000) In recent geological time a vast shallow sea covered most of the South East of Particulars 1984 -85 1985 -86 1986 -87 1987 -88 South Australia and part of Victoria. Selected Agricultural Statistics for 1988 Wool 88,472 96,634 115,547 163,069 Cattle and calves for meat 47,473 38,942 55,780 74,562 South South Per This sea has had a marked influence on the topography and soils of the region Sheep and lambs for meat 25,660 22,063 31,764 36,477 Particulars Unit East Australia cent leaving behind a series of low ridges which were the coastal dunes of former Milk 14,336 14,237 14,924 15,038 shores. Originally composed of material similar to that found on modern beaches, Persons employed in Wheat for grain 20,342 15,402 10,912 7,807 these ridges are now consolidated into limestone although still covered by sandy agriculture (a): Pasture and grass seed 8,085 8,871 11,567 10,819 Males matter. Good supplies of underground water can be obtained throughout the region. number 3,879 24,946 15.5 Pasture hay (incl. lucerne) 8,606 8,574 12,750 10,727 Females number 1,938 12,630 15.3 Grapes 9,208 7,408 7,995 7,414 The climate of the region ranges from warm to hot, predominantly dry summers to Rural establishments number 3,560 14,496 24.6 Potatoes 4,499 6,356 7,102 9,141 cool wet winters. The rainfall is greatest over the elevated terrain around Mount Area of establishments hectares 1,693,279 59,958,331 2.8 Pigs 5,769 5,819 7,256 7,949 Burr, Mount Gambier and Kalangadoo. The highest annual average rainfall in the Cattle and calves, total number 423,394 947,238 44.7 Onions 2,966 3,449 5,476 4,302 area is about 830mm near Lake Leake. However, the rainfall decreases fairly Sheep and lambs, total number 5,017,653 17,351,868 28.9 Other 27,748 31,949 30,214 30,074 uniformly to less than 450mm north -east of Keith and Bordertown. For agricultural Pigs, total number 56,426 441,016 12.8 Total 263,165 259,704 311,287 377,109 purposes, rainfall is usually effective over the whole region from the end of April until Sown pastures hectares 1,314,261 3,700,054 35.5 October. Barley, total area hectares 22,281 898,938 24.8 Oats, total area hectares 19,950 210,037 9.5 Principal CropProduction and Livestock Wheat, total area hectares 26,562 1,565,693 1.7 Hay sold tonnes 19,550 98,528 19.8 for South EastDistrict Councils Field peas, total area hectares 6,385 122,061 5.2 Lupins for grain hectares 10,890 27,575 39.5 1987 -88 (a) Lucerne seed hectares 6,990 13,712 51.0 UPPER SOUTH EAST Other pasture and grass seed hectares 7,062 10,745 65.7 Particulars Unit Lacepede LucindaleNaracoorte Robe Tatiara POPULATION Rape seed hectares 4,640 4,789 96.9 Barley for grain tonnes 35 1,030 1,310 196 13,814 Sunflower hectares 713 789 90.4 Wheat for grain tonnes 262 752 9,088 15 31,638 Vegetable seed hectares 697 736 94.7 Lucerne seed kilograms 83,683 - 126,383 -2,344,217 Number of persons and dwellings Potatoes hectares 1,459 .3,911 37.3 Subterranean Grapes hectares 3,208 23,033 13.9 clover seed Kilograms 1,500 1,092,375 - 544,434 1981 Census 1986 Census Silage produced tonnes 17,455 32,329 54.0 Other pasture and Total Total Gross value of agricultural grass seed kilograms 46,987 15,000 507,899 3,000 481,554 Urban centre Persons dwellings Persons dwellings commodities produced $'000 377,109 2,020,979 18.7 Potatoes tonnes - - 336 - 10,450 Mount Gambier 19,880 7,008 20,813 7,687 Net area of forest plantation Dairy cattle and calves number 38 104 910 18 1,537 Millicent 5,255 1,790 5,075 1,878 State Forests (June 1988) hectares 54,224 68,716 78.9 Cattle & calves for meatnumber 52,884 63,838 22,102 26,494 61,799

Naracoorte 4,758 1,750 4,636 1,858 Area planted during 1988 Sheep and lambs, total number 629,883 ; 777,856 690,811 287,7431,211,884 Bordertown 2,138 784 2,318 899 State Forests hectares 2,675 3,036 88.1 Pigs number 22,943 2,024 1,128 182 10,063 Kingston (SE) 1,325 620 1,367 697 (a) 1986 Census of Population and Housing. Penola 1,205 465 1,222 486 LOWER SOUTH EAST Keith 1,147 405 1,189 464 Particulars Mount Port Mac - Nangwarry 758 224 734 224 Unit Beachport Millicent Gambier Penola Donnell Port MacDonnell 682 366 651 390 Barley for grain tonnes 608 2,347 81 2,907 100 Robe 590 458 742 585 Wheat for grain tonnes 265 1,009 2,532 - Mount Burr 572 166 513 163 Lucerne seed kilograms Lucindale 279 103 270 111 Selected Produce Subterranean South East 59,019 21,446 60,251 23,422 clover seed kilograms Upper South East Lower South East South Australia 1,285,033 476,246 1,345,945 524,533 Other pasture and Particulars Unit 1986 -87 1987 -88 1986 -87 1987 -88 grass seed kilograms 6,894 38,129 3,000 8,640 - Carrots hectares 66 92 Potatoes tonnes 140 1,409 10,516 24,153 1,600 Onions hectares 98 113 251 196 Dairy cattle and calves number 304 3,151 8,759 2,344 9,842 Apples hectares 4 3 7 53 Cattle & calves for meat number 49,688 18,776 28,966 44,165 27,304 Nut trees hectares 29 14 9 8 Sheep and lambs, total number 455,723 247,136 172,688 371,941 171,156 Pigs number 3,363 16,030 693 Strawberries hectares 4 - 1 10 - Potatoes hectares 211 347 912 1,112 (a)Livestock numbers at 31 March 1988.