Mobilong is a suburb of
Murray Bridge in
South Australia
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, on the west 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 ...
.
Its boundaries were formalised in March 2000 to cover a portion of land adjacently north of the Murray Bridge city centre and including the Mobilong Swamp and Murray Bridge Irrigation Area.
''Mobilong'' was the original name for the early settlement of Murray Bridge itself. The present-day locality, however, was specifically named after Mobilong Swamp in 2000.
According to South Australian historian Geoffrey Manning, the word ''Mobilong'' is a corruption of the Aboriginal term ''mupulawangk'', meaning "soft reed place" as "reeds along the
urray
Urray ( gd, Urrath) is a scattered village and coastal parish, consisting of Easter, Old and Wester Urray and is located in the county of Ross in the Scottish council area of the Highland. Urray is also a parish in the district of Wester Ros ...
river bank were used in the making of coiled baskets."
[ Index compiled based on ] The word appears to have first been used officially in the vicinity to name the cadastral division, the
Hundred of Mobilong
The Hundred of Mobilong is a cadastral unit of hundred on the west bank of the Murray River in South Australia and centred on Murray Bridge. One of the ten hundreds of the County of Sturt, it is bounded on the east entirely by the Murray River. ...
, in 1860.
Despite its name, the
Mobilong Prison
Mobilong Prison is an Australian low and medium security prison for men located at Murray Bridge, South Australia
Murray Bridge (formerly Mobilong and Edwards Crossing) is a city in the Australian state of South Australia, located east-south ...
is not in the locality of Mobilong, but in the northwestern corner of the locality of Murray Bridge, adjoining
Rocky Gully.
See also
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Hundred of Mobilong
The Hundred of Mobilong is a cadastral unit of hundred on the west bank of the Murray River in South Australia and centred on Murray Bridge. One of the ten hundreds of the County of Sturt, it is bounded on the east entirely by the Murray River. ...
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List of cities and towns in South Australia
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References
Towns in South Australia
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