Glendambo is a town and locality in the Australian state of
South Australia located on the
Stuart Highway about from the state capital of
Adelaide and about from
Coober Pedy
Coober Pedy () is a town in northern South Australia, north of Adelaide on the Stuart Highway. The town is sometimes referred to as the "opal capital of the world" because of the quantity of precious opals that are mined there. Coober Pedy is ...
.
The town was constituted on 13 May 1982 and was derived from the Glendambo Homestead.
Boundaries for the locality were established on 23 October 2003 and include both the homestead and the Government Town of Glendambo.
As of 2004, the locality was described as follows:
Located 592 km from Adelaide and 186 km north of Port Augusta on the Stuart Highway, Glendambo is an important stopping point on the Stuart Highway as, if you are travelling north, there are no more facilities for 254 km until you reach Coober Pedy. With a population of around 30 people and an annual rainfall of only 185 mm it will never grow into a major centre. It is a comprehensive roadside stopping point with a caravan park, a hotel-motel, a licensed restaurant, roadhouse and general store.
Glendambo is located within the federal
Division of Grey
The Division of Grey is an Australian electoral division in South Australia. The division was one of the seven established when the former Division of South Australia was redistributed on 2 October 1903 and is named for Sir George Grey, who wa ...
, the state electoral district of
Giles, the
Pastoral Unincorporated Area of South Australia and the state's
Far North region.
References
External links
Travel Guide archived 27 September 2007
Towns in South Australia
Far North (South Australia)
Places in the unincorporated areas of South Australia
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