Taylorville Station is a locality in the Australian state of

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located about north-east of the

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and about to the north-west of the municipal seat of Renmark. The locality was established on 26 April 2013 in respect to “the long established local name.” Its name is derived from the former pastoral lease of the same name with the addition of the word “Station” to distinguish it from the locality of Taylorville on the north bank of the

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50 km southwest of Taylorville Station. Taylorville Station is located within the federal divisions of Barker and

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, the state electoral districts of Chaffey and Stuart, the state’s

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region, the

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of South Australia and partly in the local government area of the

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. The land use within Taylorville Station is concerned with the following protected area which is also known as Taylorville Station and which has fully occupied its extent since its establishment in 2013.

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