Lake Gilles South Australia Map
Explore Lake Gilles, South Australia, Australia, with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Lake Gilles, SA map and move it around to re-centre it. You can change between standard map view and satellite map view by clicking the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. You can use the zoom buttons on the lower right side of the map to zoom in or out to street-level detail. You will find live weather, local and world news below.
Interactive Map of Lake Gilles, South Australia
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| Locality | Lake Gilles |
| State | South Australia (SA) |
| Local Government Area | Pastoral Unincorporated Area |
| Country | Australia |
| Timezone | Australian Central Time (ACST/ACDT) |
| Remoteness | Remote Australia |
| Latitude | -32.89568 |
| Longitude | 136.74644 |
| Area | 661.2 km² |
| Postcode | 5611 |
| Area Code | 08 |
| Distance to Adelaide | 284 km northwest |
About Lake Gilles, South Australia
Lake Gilles is a locality in the Pastoral Unincorporated Area local government area of South Australia, Australia. The locality covers an area of 661.2 km². It lies approximately 284 km northwest of Adelaide. Lake Gilles is located at 32.8957°S, 136.7464°E. It observes Australian Central Time (ACST/ACDT). Postcode: 5611. The Australian Bureau of Statistics classifies the area as Remote Australia.
Lake Gilles lies under a sky that often stretches to an impossibly vast blue, a canvas for the slow drift of clouds. It lies 264.5 km north-west of Gawler, SA (from Gawler, SA: bearing 315°T), and is situated 41.0 km north-east of Kimba. The land here rolls with a quiet resilience, a mosaic of sparse, hardy vegetation and the pale gleam of saltbush that can shimmer like scattered diamonds under the midday sun. The air itself carries a dry, clean scent, a whisper of the ancient earth and the distant whisper of the ocean. Red earth, the colour of dried blood, crumbles underfoot, a constant reminder of the deep geological time that shaped this place. The silence here is not an absence of sound, but a presence, punctuated by the sharp cry of a bird of prey circling high above or the rustle of unseen creatures in the low scrub.
This country around Lake Gilles has long been a place of sustenance and passage, its history written in the land itself. For millennia, Indigenous peoples have known these shores, their connection to this environment as enduring as the salt that permeates the lakebed. Later, pastoralists arrived, their sheep and cattle seeking the sparse but valuable grazing that the semi-arid climate offered, shaping the landscape with fences and tracks. The local economy remains deeply rooted in this tradition, with sheep grazing being a primary industry, the wool a vital export. Occasionally, the quiet rhythm is stirred by the rumble of trucks heading towards distant markets, carrying the fruits of the land. There’s a distinct sense of self-reliance here, a quiet pride in weathering the extremes of drought and season, a characteristic that defines the people who call Lake Gilles home.
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About This Lake Gilles Map Page
This page provides a street and satellite map of Lake Gilles, South Australia. Live weather conditions with current observations and a 7-day forecast are powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while an editorially written description provides background on Lake Gilles, in the Pastoral Unincorporated Area local government area.
Detailed location data for Lake Gilles includes the postcode (5611), telephone area code (08), and local government area (Pastoral Unincorporated Area), with an ABS remoteness classification of Remote Australia. These are among the most commonly searched location details for any Australian city, town or locality.
Location data is drawn from Geoscape Administrative Boundaries (GDA2020) and enriched with GeoNames and Australian Bureau of Statistics data, matched by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Lake Gilles is identified even where the name is shared across multiple localities.
| Page generated | August 2026 |
| Location data | Geoscape Administrative Boundaries (GDA2020); enriched with GeoNames and ABS 2021 Census data, matched by coordinate proximity |
| Description | Editorial description generated with AI assistance from verified Geoscape, ABS and GeoNames location data. |
