Second Valley, South Australia
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Second Valley is a coastal town on the Fleurieu Peninsula
in South Australia
. At the 2006 census
, Second Valley had a population of 171.
The name is derived from being the next valley north of Rapid Bay, the initial camp on South Australian mainland of Colonel William Light.
Fleurieu Peninsula
The Fleurieu Peninsula is a peninsula located south of Adelaide in South Australia, Australia. It was named after the French explorer and hydrographer Charles Pierre Claret de Fleurieu by the French explorer Nicolas Baudin as he mapped the south coast of Australia in 1802.Towns of interest in the...
in South Australia
South Australia
South Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories.South Australia shares borders with all of the mainland...
. At the 2006 census
Census in Australia
The Australian census is administered once every five years by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The most recent census was conducted on 9 August 2011; the next will be conducted in 2016. Prior to the introduction of regular censuses in 1961, they had also been run in 1901, 1911, 1921, 1933,...
, Second Valley had a population of 171.
The name is derived from being the next valley north of Rapid Bay, the initial camp on South Australian mainland of Colonel William Light.