Edillilie is a small town on
Eyre Peninsula
The Eyre Peninsula is a triangular peninsula in South Australia. It is bounded by the Spencer Gulf on the east, the Great Australian Bight on the west, and the Gawler Ranges to the north.
Earlier called Eyre's Peninsula, it was named after e ...
in
South Australia
South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a States and territories of Australia, state in the southern central part of Australia. With a total land area of , it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories by area, which in ...
. It is on the
Tod Highway
Tod Highway is an important 177 kilometre highway serving South Australia's Eyre Peninsula's wheatbelt, and is designated route B90. It is named after Robert Tod who explored the area in 1839.
Route
Tod Highway begins from Eyre Highway at Kyanc ...
and
Eyre Peninsula Railway
The Eyre Peninsula Railway is a track gauge, gauge railway on the Eyre Peninsula of South Australia. Radiating out from the ports at Port Lincoln and Thevenard, South Australia, Thevenard, it is isolated from the rest of the Rail transport in ...
north of
Port Lincoln
Port Lincoln is a city on the Lower Eyre Peninsula in the Australian states and territories of Australia, state of South Australia. Known as Galinyala by the traditional owners, the Barngarla people, it is situated on the shore of Boston Bay, ...
.
The town was named after Edillilie Creek.
The railway station was originally named Mortlock Siding.
It still has bulk grain silos, however passenger service ended many years ago. The grain silos are serviced by
Viterra
Viterra Limited is a Canadian grain handling business, that began as the nation's largest grain handler, with its historic formative roots in prairie grain-handling cooperatives, among them the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool.
Viterra Inc grew into a g ...
.
Edillilie is located within the federal
Division of Grey
The Division of Grey is an Divisions of the Australian House of Representatives, Australian electoral division in South Australia. The division was one of the seven established when the former Division of South Australia was redistributed on 2 ...
, the state
electoral district of Flinders
Flinders is a single-member electoral district for the South Australian House of Assembly. It is named after explorer Matthew Flinders, who was responsible for charting most of the state's coastline. It is a 58,901 km² coastal rural elector ...
and the local government area of the
District Council of Lower Eyre Peninsula.
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See also
*List of cities and towns in South Australia
This is a list of town and locality names in South Australia outside the metropolitan postal area of Adelaide.
:For a list of suburbs in metropolitan areas of Adelaide, see lists inside following individual city council articles: City of Adela ...
References
Eyre Peninsula
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