__NOTOC__ Karte is a town and a locality in the Australian state of

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 ...

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

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, about north-west of the municipal seat of Pinnaroo and about north-east of the town of Lameroo. The town was named after the railway station which was a stop on the Peebinga railway line and whose name is derived from an aboriginal word mean “a low thick scrub. The Peebinga railway line was closed in 1990. The government town of Karte was proclaimed on 8 June 1916 on land in the cadastral unit of the

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to the immediate north-west of the Karte Railway Station. ” The boundaries for the locality were created on 12 August 1999 and includes the site of the government town of Karte which is located in its south-west immediately north of the

Karte Conservation Park __NOTOC__ Karte Conservation Park (formerly Karte National Park) is a protected area located in the Australian state of South Australia in the localities of Karte, South Australia, Karte and Parilla, South Australia, Parilla about east of the ...

. Land use within the locality is mainly concerned with “primary production” while some land in its south-west and north is occupied respectively by the Karte and Peebinga Conservation Parks and is zoned for “

conservation Conservation is the preservation or efficient use of resources, or the conservation of various quantities under physical laws. Conservation may also refer to: Environment and natural resources * Nature conservation, the protection and manage ...

”. Karte is located within the federal

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, the state

electoral district of Hammond Hammond is a single-member electoral district for the South Australian House of Assembly. It is named after Ruby Hammond, the first indigenous woman to stand for the Federal Parliament. Hammond is a rural electorate east and south-east of Adel ...

and the local government area of the

Southern Mallee District Council The Southern Mallee District Council is a local government area in the Murray and Mallee region of South Australia. The council offices are in Pinnaroo and Lameroo. It was established on 23 January 1997 when the District Council of Lameroo an ...

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