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Point Sturt
South Australia
Population64 (SAL 2021)[1]
Postcode(s)5256
Time zoneACST (UTC+9:30)
 • Summer (DST)ACDT (UTC+10:30)
LGA(s)Alexandrina Council
State electorate(s)Hammond
Federal division(s)Mayo
Localities around Point Sturt:
Milang Lake Alexandrina Lake Alexandrina
Clayton Bay Point Sturt Lake Alexandrina
Clayton Bay Hindmarsh Island
Mundoo Island
Lake Alexandrina
FootnotesCoordinates[2]
Adjoining localities[2]

Point Sturt is a small town situated on the Sturt Peninsula the west side of Lake Alexandrina, around 6 km south of Milang, South Australia.

Early European settlers in the area include dairy cattle breeder John H. Yelland[3] and sheepfarmers George and William Pearce in 1855.

See also

References

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Point Sturt (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ a b "Search result for "Point Sturt" (Locality Bounded)(Record no. SA0050088) with the following layers selected - "Suburbs and Localities"". Property Location Browser. Land services, Department of Planning Transport and Infrastructure. 15 February 2007. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
  3. ^ "Manning index of South Australian placenames". State Library of South Australia. Retrieved 18 July 2015.