Overland Corner is a locality in the Australian state of

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located in the state’s east about north-east of the state capital of

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and about west of the municipal seat in Berri. It is located on the Murray River in the Riverland area of

, near Barmera and

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. The area had traditionally been used as an aboriginal camping ground and was then used by drovers taking stock from New South Wales to Adelaide. When the New South Wales gold rush began in 1851, Overland Corner developed as a point where timber was supplied to fuel paddle steamers taking prospectors up the Murray River. A small police post was established in Overland Corner in 1855, built by

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. It closed in 1894. A school was opened and remained open until at least 1904. The historic

Overland Corner Hotel Overland or Øverland or variants may refer to: Places * Overland, Missouri, a city in the United States * Overland Park, Kansas, a city in the United States * Overland Corner, South Australia, a settlement in Australia * Overland Lake (Nevada), ...

was built in 1859. It closed in 1897 but still stands, reopened in 1965, at the centre of what is now the

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Overland Corner Reserve Overland or Øverland or variants may refer to: Places * Overland, Missouri, a city in the United States * Overland Park, Kansas, a city in the United States * Overland Corner, South Australia, a settlement in Australia * Overland Lake (Nevada), ...

. It is listed on the

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. Boundaries were created on 12 August 1999 for the "long established name" which included the former ''Overland Corner Shack Site'' and the former ''Lock 3 Shack Site''. On 26 April 2013, "unincorporated land" was added to the locality. The

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which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Overland Corner had a population of 50 people. Pooginook is located within the federal division of

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, the state electoral district of Chaffey and the local government areas of the Berri Barmera Council and the

Pastoral Unincorporated Area A pastoral lifestyle is that of shepherds herding livestock around open areas of land according to seasons and the changing availability of water and pasture. It lends its name to a genre of literature, art, and music (pastorale) that depicts ...

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* ''Includes map of the reserve'' {{authority control Riverland Towns in South Australia Places in the unincorporated areas of South Australia