__NOTOC__ Deepwater is a locality in the Australian state of

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

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and about south-east of the municipal seat in

Tailem Bend Tailem Bend (locally, "Tailem") is a rural town in South Australia, south-east of the state capital of Adelaide. It is located on the lower reaches of the River Murray, near where the river flows into Lake Alexandrina (South Australia), Lake Al ...

. Its boundaries were created on 24 August 2000. Its name is derived from the Deepwater Homestead which is located within the locality’s boundaries. The majority land use within Deepwater is ’primary production’ which is concerned with “agricultural production.” This includes some land on the locality’s western side which is included in the

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known as the Martin Washpool Conservation Park. Some land in the north which is occupied by the Messent Conservation Park is zoned for ‘ conservation’. Deepwater is located within the federal division of

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, the state electoral district of MacKillop and the local government area of the

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