Loveday is a town and locality in the

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region of

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, located south of

Barmera Barmera is a town in the Riverland region of South Australia. It is on the Sturt Highway A20, 220 kilometres north-east of Adelaide, the capital of the state of South Australia. It is primarily an agricultural and viticultural town and is l ...

and near the

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. Administratively it is part of the

Berri Barmera Council Berri Barmera Council is a local government area in the Riverland region of South Australia. It includes the towns of Barmera, Berri, Cobdogla, Glossop, Katarapko, Loveday and Winkie, and parts of Monash and Overland Corner. History The ...

LGA. At the 2006 census, Loveday had a population of 1,071.

History

Located east of the Moorook Game Reserve, Loveday was known for its Internment Camp during

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. The camp was established in 1941 and was one of the largest in Australia, covering approximately 180 hectares. Italian anti-fascist activist Francesco Fantin was killed there by a fellow internee. The camp was closed in December 1946. The

Cobdogla Cobdogla is a town in the Riverland region of South Australia, The town is on the Murray River, north-east of the state capital, Adelaide. At the 2006 census, Cobdogla had a population of 232. Cobdogla is the home of the Irrigation and Steam ...

Irrigation and Steam Museum has a substantial display devoted to the Loveday internment camp, maintained by the National Trust (check thei
website
for open days). The historic Loveday Internment Camp General Headquarters Site in Thiele Road and Brick Boiler Stack, Loveday Irrigation Scheme Pumping Station in Morris Street are listed on the South Australian Heritage Register. Loveday was named after Ernest Alfred Loveday, a surveyor in the South Australian Irrigation Department. Today Loveday is a popular

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adventure park. Loveday is close to the

lagoons, known as the "Loveday Lagoons".

References

External links

Loveday during WWIIMap and locationLoveday Project research website
Towns in South Australia Riverland {{SouthAustralia-geo-stub

History

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