Area: Approx. 58 295.9km2

Location: This country district is centred on the Eyre Peninsula in the western part of the State. The area is known for its commercial and recreational fishing and aquaculture industries in addition to mixed grain production and livestock land. Some boundary changes at the 2007 redistribution.

History: Flinders was a district for the Legislative Councils of 1851-1856. It was one of the original 17 State electorates created in 1856 and effective at the first elections held for a bicameral Parliament in South Australia in 1857. It is the only district to have survived in name to the present day.