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Mypolonga
Mypolonga is a rural town in South Australia, situated on the western side of the lower Murray River, between Mannum and Murray Bridge. It currently has a local post office/general store, a local primary school and an Australian Rules Football team that participates in the River Murray Football League. Mypolonga's name derives from an Aboriginal expression meaning "cliff lookout place". The town is surrounded by limestone cliffs along the Murray River and has much agricultural land. It has been named as a finalist in the 2021 South Australian Ag Town of the Year award. Key agriculture products include cow's milk, Jonesey's buffalo milk, stone fruit (apricots, peach, nectarine, plums etc.), citrus, wine grapes and olives. See also *List of cities and towns in South Australia A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of Ameri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
River Murray Football League
The River Murray Football League is an Australian rules football competition based in the Murray Bridge region of South Australia, Australia. It is an affiliated member of the South Australian National Football League. History The competition was founded in 1931 with the foundation clubs Imperials, Ramblers and Mypolonga. Traditionally the 2 Murray Bridge clubs, Imperials and Ramblers, have had a fierce rivalry, and both have had their fair share of success over the years. Tailem Bend and Jervois, who are both based in smaller townships, are proud clubs with fine traditions and premiership success to go with it. Mannum and Mypolonga both broke premiership droughts in recent decades, however both clubs have struggled in the last 15 years to convert multiple grand final appearances into premierships. Meningie broke through for their first premiership in the RMFL in 2001, however their form since has fluctuated dependent on their ability to recruit players from the Adelaide re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willow Banks, South Australia
Willow Banks is a hamlet and semi-rural locality of Murray Bridge on the east (left) bank of the Murray River The Murray River (in South Australia: River Murray) (Ngarrindjeri: ''Millewa'', Yorta Yorta: ''Tongala'') is a river in Southeastern Australia. It is Australia's longest river at extent. Its tributaries include five of the next six longest r .... It is adjacent to the east-bank localities of Murrawong, on the west, and Sunnyside and Greenbanks on the east. Willowbanks Way is the only road within the locality, and is accessible only via Aroona Road, Sunnyside. References Towns in South Australia {{SouthAustralia-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Murray Bridge North, South Australia
Murray Bridge North is a semi-rural satellite locality of Murray Bridge in South Australia east of the Murray River and northwest of the eponymous bridge. Its boundaries were formalised in March 2000 to cover a portion of land on either side of the main road to Mannum north of the main conurbation of Murray Bridge and west of the riverside industries of Mobilong and Toora. See also * List of cities and towns in South Australia A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America * SC Germania List, German rugby union ... References Towns in South Australia {{SouthAustralia-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toora, South Australia
Toora is a satellite locality of Murray Bridge in South Australia. Its boundaries were formalised in 2000. It was named for the Toora Irrigation Area on the west bank of the Murray River. See also * List of cities and towns in South Australia A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America * SC Germania List, German rugby union ... References Towns in South Australia {{SouthAustralia-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Murray Bridge, South Australia
Murray Bridge (formerly Mobilong and Edwards Crossing) is a city in the Australian state of South Australia, located east-southeast of the state's capital city, Adelaide, and north of the town of Meningie. The city had an urban population of approximately 18,779 as at June 2018, Estimated resident population, 30 June 2018. making it the fifth most populous city in the state after Adelaide, Mount Gambier, Gawler and Whyalla. The city is called ''Pomberuk'' by the traditional owners of the land, the Ngarrindjeri people. It was later known as ''Mobilong'' and later as ''Edwards Crossing'', before being renamed as ''Murray Bridge'' in 1924, deriving its name from the then Murray River road/rail bridge crossing over the Murray River. The city is situated on the Princes Highway, the main road transport link between Adelaide and Melbourne. The city services a farming area including dairy, pigs, chickens, cereal crops and vegetables (including "stay crisp lettuces"). History Murray ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caloote, South Australia
Caloote is a town and its surrounding locality on the right bank of the Murray River in the Mid Murray Council in South Australia. The southern extent of the locality is in the Rural City of Murray Bridge The Rural City of Murray Bridge is a local government area of South Australia centred on the regional city of Murray Bridge and stretching south to Lake Alexandrina. It was formed in 1977 by amalgamation of the District Council of Mobilong and .... Caloote was developed as a private subdivision in 1885 by Carl C Rathmann. A Citizens' Military Force training campsite was established at Caloote in the early 1950s. In 2011 the population of Caloote was 273. References Towns in South Australia {{SouthAustralia-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pallamana, South Australia
Pallamana is a locality in the Murraylands region of South Australia between the Mount Lofty Ranges and the Murray River, northwest of Murray Bridge. Transport Pallamana is where the former Sedan railway line crosses Reedy Creek Road ( state route B35) which connects Palmer Palmer may refer to: People and fictional characters * Palmer (pilgrim), a medieval European pilgrim to the Holy Land * Palmer (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters * Palmer (surname), including a list of people and ... to Murray Bridge. The former station/siding was originally named Preamimma Railway Station. The Murray Bridge Airport is in the southeast of the locality of Pallamana. Another airfield named Rollo's Airfield is on the western side of Pallamana. Energy RES Australia proposes to build a 176MW solar farm at Pallamana starting construction in Autumn 2020. It would be located south of the airport on 730 hectares of what had previously been open farmland. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sunnyside, South Australia
Sunnyside is a hamlet and semi-rural locality of Murray Bridge on the east (left) bank of the Murray River The Murray River (in South Australia: River Murray) (Ngarrindjeri: ''Millewa'', Yorta Yorta: ''Tongala'') is a river in Southeastern Australia. It is Australia's longest river at extent. Its tributaries include five of the next six longest r .... It is adjacent to the east-bank localities of Greenbanks, Willow Banks and Murrawong on the west. The residential portion of the locality, Sunnyside Shack Site is accessible from Burdett Road, via Sunnyside Road. References Towns in South Australia {{SouthAustralia-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burdett, South Australia
Burdett is a locality in South Australia located on the eastern side (left bank) of the Murray River about to the east of the city of Murray Bridge and about east south-east of the Adelaide city centre. Its name is derived from the Hundred of Burdett. While the name has been "long established," Burdett's current boundaries were established in 2000. The land within Burdett is used for agricultural purposes with the exception of the Australian Army field training area, the Murray Bridge Training Area, which occupies about of land at the locality's southern boundary. The Karoonda Highway passes through the locality on its way to Loxton. Burdett is located within the federal Division of Barker, the electoral district of Hammond and the local government areas of the Mid Murray Council and the Rural City of Murray Bridge. See also *List of cities and towns in South Australia A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (sur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pompoota, South Australia
Pompoota is a locality in the Murray Mallee region of South Australia, on the east (left) bank of the Murray River, downstream of Mannum. It has shacks and irrigated floodplains near the river, and dryland farming on the higher ground away from the river. The locality of Burdett wraps around the eastern side of Pompoota, with a short stretch of river frontage south (downstream) of Pompoota. Training farm Pompoota was the site of a training farm established in 1917. The farm was part of a scheme to teach returning soldiers from World War I before taking up land under a soldier settlement Soldier settlement was the settlement of land throughout parts of Australia by returning discharged soldiers under soldier settlement schemes administered by state governments after World War I and World War II. The post-World War II settlemen ... scheme. It was the first formal repatriation plan for returned soldiers to learn farming when they returned from the war. The hall built as part o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral District Of Hammond
Hammond is a single-member electoral district for the South Australian House of Assembly. It is named after Ruby Hammond, the first indigenous woman to stand for the Federal Parliament. Hammond is a rural electorate east and south-east of Adelaide, covering in the east and upper south-east of the state, and takes in the towns of Callington, Cambrai, Coomandook, Karoonda, Langhorne Creek, Mannum, Nildottie, Peake, Pinnaroo, Purnong and Tailem Bend. Hammond was created in the 1994 redistribution as a replacement for the electoral district of Ridley, and was first contested at the 1997 election. As it covers a largely conservative rural area, it was easily won by maverick Liberal member Peter Lewis, the former member for Ridley. Lewis briefly and unsuccessfully tried to have the electorate renamed in 1998 on the basis that Ruby Hammond had few ties to the electorate, proposing the revival of the name Murray-Mallee (which had covered most of Hammond's territory from 1985 to 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
