| 词条 | Roxby Downs, South Australia |
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| type = town | name = Roxby Downs | state = SA | image = | caption = | lga = Municipal Council of Roxby Downs | postcode = 5725[1] | est = 1987 | pop = 4,500 est | pop_year = {{CensusAU|2016}} | pop_footnotes = [2] | elevation= | maxtemp = 27.6 | mintemp = 12.5 | rainfall = 150.1 | coordinates = {{coord|30|33|S|136|54|E|display=inline,title}} | stategov = Giles | fedgov = Grey | dist1 = 563.2 | dir1 = N | location1= Adelaide | dist2 = 10.6 | dir2 = S | location2= Olympic Dam | near-nw = Roxby Downs Station | near-n = Olympic Dam | near-ne = Andamooka | near-e = Andamooka Station | near-se = Andamooka Station | near-s = Purple Downs | near-sw = Roxby Downs Station | near-w = Roxby Downs Station }}Roxby Downs is a mining town in outback South Australia, 563 kilometres north of the state capital Adelaide. The town has a highly transient population of around 4,000 people.[3] Roxby Downs is often referred to as the most 'modern town of the outback'{{citation needed|date=April 2013}} and it has many leisure and community facilities including swimming, cinema, cultural precinct, community radio, shopping centre, schools, TAFE, cafes and sporting clubs and facilities. There are just two neighbouring towns in the area: Andamooka, an opal mining town about 30 km to the east, and Woomera, 84 km south of Roxby Downs. Andamooka people call the town home, and many are of European background since the days of early opal mining. HistoryThe town of Roxby Downs was built in 1987 (land survey commenced in November 1986) to service the Olympic Dam mine and processing plant, located 16 kilometres north of the site of the town. Roxby Downs was officially opened on 5 November 1988. The opening was celebrated with a "town party" held on the main oval and sponsored by the then owners of the operation Olympic Dam Project (O.D.P.). The town is subject to a specific Indenture Act and is administered by the Municipal Council of Roxby Downs in the form of an appointed Administrator.[4] Water supplyWater is extracted from the Great Artesian Basin and desalinated by the operators of the Olympic Dam mine. It is then supplied via pipeline. In 2004, the township was estimated to consume a daily average of 3 megalitres.[5] ClimateLike most of inland South Australia, Roxby Downs has a desert climate, with little rainfall all year round, however Roxby Downs is in one of the driest areas of the state. Summers are scorching hot, with temperatures over 45 °C, while winters can be cold with temperatures below freezing {{Weather box |location = Roxby Downs |metric first = Yes |single line = Yes |Jan record high C = 48.5 |Feb record high C = 46.5 |Mar record high C = 43.2 |Apr record high C = 40.0 |May record high C = 33.0 |Jun record high C = 27.0 |Jul record high C = 28.0 |Aug record high C = 33.0 |Sep record high C = 39.0 |Oct record high C = 42.0 |Nov record high C = 45.0 |Dec record high C = 46.0 |year record high C = 48.5 |Jan high C = 37.2 |Feb high C = 35.7 |Mar high C = 31.9 |Apr high C = 27.3 |May high C = 22.4 |Jun high C = 18.5 |Jul high C = 18.4 |Aug high C = 20.8 |Sep high C = 25.2 |Oct high C = 28.0 |Nov high C = 32.0 |Dec high C = 34.2 |year high C = 27.6 |Jan low C = 21.1 |Feb low C = 20.3 |Mar low C = 16.9 |Apr low C = 12.5 |May low C = 8.1 |Jun low C = 4.9 |Jul low C = 4.2 |Aug low C = 5.5 |Sep low C = 9.3 |Oct low C = 12.4 |Nov low C = 16.6 |Dec low C = 18.6 |year low C = 12.5 |Jan record low C = 11.5 |Feb record low C = 11.0 |Mar record low C = 5.0 |Apr record low C = 1.0 |May record low C = -3.0 |Jun record low C = -6.0 |Jul record low C = -5.0 |Aug record low C = -4.0 |Sep record low C = -1.1 |Oct record low C = 2.6 |Nov record low C = 6.0 |Dec record low C = 8.0 |year record low C = -6.0 |Jan precipitation mm = 10.8 |Feb precipitation mm = 21.1 |Mar precipitation mm = 7.4 |Apr precipitation mm = 14.9 |May precipitation mm = 8.1 |Jun precipitation mm = 17.5 |Jul precipitation mm = 8.0 |Aug precipitation mm = 8.3 |Sep precipitation mm = 9.9 |Oct precipitation mm = 13.8 |Nov precipitation mm = 15.2 |Dec precipitation mm = 14.9 |year precipitation mm = 150.1 |Jan precipitation days = 2.2 |Feb precipitation days = 2.9 |Mar precipitation days = 2.8 |Apr precipitation days = 2.8 |May precipitation days = 3.3 |Jun precipitation days = 4.4 |Jul precipitation days = 4.2 |Aug precipitation days = 4.0 |Sep precipitation days = 3.8 |Oct precipitation days = 3.8 |Nov precipitation days = 4.1 |Dec precipitation days = 4.4 |year precipitation days = 42.7 |source 1 = [6] |date=April 2014 }} PoliticsRoxby Downs is in the state electoral district of Giles and federal Division of Grey. References1. ^Roxby Downs Postcode Australia Post 2. ^{{Census 2006 AUS |id =SSC44841 |name=Roxby Downs (State Suburb) |accessdate=25 May 2011 | quick=on}} 3. ^Population by Age and Sex, South Australia (Australian Bureau of Statistics) 4. ^Roxby Downs (Indenture Ratification) Act 1982 {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051225135358/http://www.parliament.sa.gov.au/Catalog/legislation/Acts/r/1982.52.htm |date=25 December 2005 }} 5. ^{{Cite web|url = http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/P1406_CD/PDF/P1406_Annex.pdf|title = WATER MANAGEMENT AT AUSTRALIAN URANIUM MINES – WATER MANAGEMENT IN ARID REGIONS|date = |accessdate = 2015-08-17|website = |publisher = IAEA|last = Day|first = B.}} 6. ^{{cite web| url = http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/cw_016001_All.shtml| publisher = Bureau of Meteorology |title = Climate statistics for Roxby Downs (Olympic Dam Aerodrome)|accessdate = 3 April 2014|date=April 2014}} External links
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