Murray Town, South Australia
| Murray Town South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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  Murray Town | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 32°56′11″S 138°14′26″E / 32.93639°S 138.24056°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 58 (SAL 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1883 | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 5481 | ||||||||||||||
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| LGA(s) | Mount Remarkable[2] | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Stuart[3] | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Grey[4] | ||||||||||||||
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| Footnotes | Adjoining localities[2] | ||||||||||||||
Murray Town is a locality in the Mid North of South Australia east of the lower Flinders Ranges.[5] It was settled in 1883 and served as a rest stop for bullock and horse teams carting grain towards Port Germein from further north and east.[6]
The town was named for Alexander Murray, who introduced the Murray Merino sheep breed.[6]
The annual spring Murray Town Auction takes place late in September.[7][8][6]
See also
References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Murray Town (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ a b "Search result for "Murray Town (Locality Bounded)" (Record no SASA0044215) with the following layers selected - "Suburbs and Localities", "Place names (gazetteer)" and "Road Labels"". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
- ^ "District of Stuart Background Profile". Electoral Commission SA. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
- ^ "Federal electoral division of Grey" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
- ^ "Search result for "Murray Town" (Record ID SA0044215)". Geoscience Australia. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
- ^ a b c "Murray Town". District Council of Mount Remarkable. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
- ^ Fuss, Eloise (23 September 2013). "Unique auction draws crowds to Murray Town". ABC North and West SA. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
- ^ "Murray Town Auction". 2015. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
External links
- "Murray Town". District Council of Mount Remarkable. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
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