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Nildottie
Nildottie is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on the east side of the Murray River about east of the state capital of Adelaide and about north-east of the municipal seat in Mannum. Nildottie's boundaries were created on 27 March 2003 for the "long established name" and include the sites of the Kroehns Landing Shack Site and Scrubby Flat Shack Site. On 22 December 2011, Nildottie was enlarged by the addition of land on its northern side after the locality of Greenways Landing was abolished following a request from residents and local government. The name is derived from the Aboriginal word 'ngurltartang', which means 'smoke signal hill'. The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Nildottie had 189 people living within its boundaries. Nildottie is located within the federal division of Barker, the state electoral district of Chaffey and the local government area of the Mid Murray Council The Mid Murray Council ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
County Of Albert
The County of Albert is one of the 49 cadastral counties of South Australia on the east banks of the River Murray. It was proclaimed by Governor Richard MacDonnell in 1860 and named for Albert, Prince Consort of Queen Victoria. Hundreds A few years before the county was proclaimed, the Hundred of the Murray had been established to control land use immediately adjacent the river. This was abolished in 1860 and the county was proclaimed along with the five western riverside hundreds of Cadell, Randell (now Murbko), Paisley, Cooper (now Nildottie), and Giles (now Forster). Eight further hundreds were proclaimed to incorporated the entire county by 1912. The county is presently divided into hundreds as follows: * Along the left (east) bank of the Murray River proceeding southwards from the southward bend at Morgan are the hundreds of Cadell, Murbko, Paisley, Nildottie and Forster. * Along the same bank of the Murray proceeding eastwards from the east boundary of the Hundred ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ngaut Ngaut Conservation Park
Ngaut Ngaut Conservation Park, formerly Ngautngaut Conservation Park, is a protected area in the Australian state of South Australia. it is on the Eastern bank of the Murray River downstream of the town of Nildottie. It is co-managed by the Government of South Australia and the Nganguraku people. The conservation park consists of land in sections 88, 89 and 413 in the cadastral unit of the Hundred of Nildottie. The land first received protected area status as a conservation park proclaimed under the ''National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972'' on 17 June 1976 in respect to sections 88 and 89. Land in section 413 was added on 25 August 2005. Its name was changed from "Ngautngaut" to "Ngaut Ngaut" on 28 September 2006 to "reflect the accepted Aboriginal spelling of the rock shelter" after which the conservation park was named. As of 2019, it covered an area of . It is the birthplace of the "black duck dreaming" and preserves Aboriginal rock art and culture. The conservation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bakara, South Australia
Bakara is a rural locality in the District Council of Karoonda East Murray of the Murray and Mallee region of South Australia which was established on 11 November 1999. The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Bakara had a population of 15 people. Bakara is located in the local government area of District Council of Karoonda East Murray, the state electoral district of Hammond and the federal Division of Barker The Division of Barker is an Australian Electoral Division in the south-east of South Australia. The division was established on 2 October 1903, when South Australia's original single multi-member division was split into seven single-member div .... See also * Bakara Conservation Park References Towns in South Australia {{SouthAustralia-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Copeville, South Australia
Copeville is a town and a locality in the Australian state of South Australia. It was established as a town on the Waikerie railway line, but the line has closed and the town has declined. The bulk grain silos are still at the railway station, but do not operate every grain season. There was once a Methodist church in Copeville. It joined the Karoonda circuit in 1966. The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Copeville had a population of 34 people. Copeville is located within the federal division of Barker, the state electoral district of Hammond and the local government area of the District Council of Karoonda East Murray. See also *Bandon Conservation Park __NOTOC__ Bandon Conservation Park is a protected area located in the Australian state of South Australia in the locality of Copeville about east of the state capital of Adelaide and about east of the town of Copeville. The conservation p ... References {{authority control ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Purnong, South Australia
Purnong or Purnong Landing is the location of a cable ferry across the Murray River upstream of Mannum. The town is on the cliffs above the left (eastern) bank of the river. It is by road from Mannum on the west side of the Murray, and on the east side. The town was surveyed in 1911 and named for an Aboriginal word meaning ''at the wide place''. State Library of South Australia. Retrieved 12 September 2018. The ferry crossing is the shortest in South Australia, but there are lagoons adjacent to the river. Purnong Primary School closed in December 1983. See also * |
Mid Murray Council
The Mid Murray Council is a local government area in South Australia in the Murray and Mallee region of South Australia. The council spans the area from the Riverland through the Murraylands to the eastern slopes of the Mount Lofty Ranges. It includes 220 km of the Murray River. The council seat is at Mannum, South Australia, Mannum; it also maintains secondary offices at Cambrai, South Australia, Cambrai and Morgan, South Australia, Morgan. It was formed on 1 July 1997 from the amalgamation of the District Council of Mannum, the District Council of Morgan, the District Council of Ridley-Truro and part of the District Council of Mount Pleasant. Geography The council's main centres include the river towns of Mannum, South Australia, Mannum, Swan Reach, South Australia, Swan Reach, Blanchetown, South Australia, Blanchetown and Morgan, South Australia, Morgan and the hills towns of Truro, South Australia, Truro, Palmer, South Australia, Palmer and Tungkillo, South Australia, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walker Flat, South Australia
Walker Flat (previously Walkers Flat) is a small town on the Murray River in South Australia. It is one of the crossings of the river by cable ferry. The school opened in 1948 but has since closed. Walker Flat is located approximately from the Adelaide city centre. The Ankara youth camp owned by the Seventh-day Adventist Church is on the bank of the river near the ferry. See also *List of crossings of the Murray River The Murray River in south-eastern Australia has been a significant barrier to land-based travel and trade. This article lists and briefly describes all of the recognised crossing points. Many of these had also developed as river ports for transp ... Notes External links Towns in South Australia Murray River {{SouthAustralia-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forster, South Australia
Forster is a locality in the Murraylands region of South Australia. It lies on the inside of a bend on the east/left bank of the Murray River north of Walker Flat. Forster previously had a Methodist Church in the locality. Reverend Clem Hawke (later father of Prime Minister Bob Hawke) was Methodist home missionary there in 1919. It also had a Lutheran Church Lutheranism is one of the largest branches of Protestantism, identifying primarily with the theology of Martin Luther, the 16th-century German monk and reformer whose efforts to reform the theology and practice of the Catholic Church launched th .... The original church building built in 1904 was burnt down in 1920 and replaced in 1921. References Towns in South Australia {{SouthAustralia-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claypans, South Australia
Claypans is a locality in the Murray Mallee region of South Australia. Claypans had a Methodist church in 1928. The school opened in 1907 and closed in 1947. The name refers to the claypan Claypan is a dense, compact, slowly permeable layer in the subsoil. It has a much higher clay content than the overlying material, from which it is separated by a sharply defined boundary. The dense structure restricts root growth and water infiltra ... at which the settlers camped on their first night. References {{authority control Towns in South Australia Murray Mallee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 Australian Census
The 2016 Australian census was the 17th national population census held in Australia. The census was officially conducted with effect on Tuesday, 9 August 2016. The total population of the Commonwealth of Australia was counted as – an increase of 8.8 per cent or people over the . Norfolk Island joined the census for the first time in 2016, adding 1,748 to the population. The ABS annual report revealed that $24 million in additional expenses accrued due to the outage on the census website. Results from the 2016 census were available to the public on 11 April 2017, from the Australian Bureau of Statistics website, two months earlier than for any previous census. The second release of data occurred on 27 June 2017 and a third data release was from 17 October 2017. Australia's next census took place in 2021. Scope The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) states the aim of the 2016 Australian census is "to count every person who spent Census night, 9 August 2016, in Au ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greenways Landing
Greenway or Greenways may refer to: * Greenway (landscape), a linear park focused on a trail or bike path * Another term for bicycle boulevards in some jurisdictions People * Greenway (surname) Places Australia * Electoral Division of Greenway, NSW, Australia * Greenway, Australian Capital Territory *Greenways, South Australia, a town Canada * Greenway, Manitoba * Greenway Sound and Greenway Point, British Columbia * Greenway, Ontario Ireland * Boyne Greenway, cycle and walkway, Co. Meath *Dublin-Galway Greenway, cycle and walkway *Great Western Greenway, cycle and walkway, Co. Mayo *Waterford Greenway, cycle and walkway between Waterford and Dungarvan United Kingdom * Greenway, several places in England * Greenway footpath, London * Greenway, Pembrokeshire, a hamlet in the Preseli Hills * Greenway Estate, Devon, former house of Agatha Christie * Greenway Halt railway station (Devon) United States * Greenway (Washington, D.C.), a neighborhood * Central Florida GreeneWay, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
