Stuart is a locality in the

Riverland The Riverland is a region of South Australia. It covers an area of along the Murray River, River Murray from where it flows into South Australia from New South Wales and Victoria (Australia), Victoria downstream to Blanchetown, South Australia ...

region of

South Australia South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a state in the southern central part of Australia. It covers some of the most arid parts of the country. With a total land area of , it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories ...

Nomenclature

Stuart gets its name from the

Hundred of Stuart County of Young is a cadastral unit located in the Australian state of South Australia covers land located in the state’s east on the north side of the Murray River. It was proclaimed in 1860 by Governor MacDonnell and named after his pred ...

, which in turn was named after

John McDouall Stuart John McDouall Stuart (7 September 18155 June 1866), often referred to as simply "McDouall Stuart", was a Scottish explorer and one of the most accomplished of all Australia's inland explorers. Stuart led the first successful expedition to tra ...

in 1860. The locality boundary is almost identical to the hundred boundary, except that the southeastern part of the Hundred is in the locality of Taylorville and the southwestern corner of the hundred in the locality of Morgan.

Transport

Stuart is crossed by the

Goyder Highway Goyder Highway (B64) is a west–east link through the Mid North region of South Australia connecting Spencer Gulf to the Riverland. It is part of the most direct road route from Port Augusta (and areas beyond including Eyre Peninsula, Western A ...

and bounded on its southern side by the

Murray River The Murray River (in South Australia: River Murray) (Ngarrindjeri: ''Millewa'', Yorta Yorta: ''Tongala'') is a river in Southeastern Australia. It is Australia's longest river at extent. Its tributaries include five of the next six longest r ...

. Despite the river flowing past the south of the locality, it is in an area of very low rainfall not reliable for farming. No intensive irrigation has been set up in the area.

Energy

Stuart is the site of

ElectraNet Electranet is a proposed smart electric grid which would allow people to sell electricity into the grid without any artificial caps. It was proposed in an op-ed article Al Gore wrote in a "My Turn" column for ''Newsweek'' in 2006. Like the inter ...

's North West Bend electricity substation. If they are constructed, Stuart will be crossed by the

Project EnergyConnect Project EnergyConnect is a new electricity transmission line under construction which will connect the South Australia and New South Wales districts of the National Electricity Market in Australia. Riverlink was a previous working title for the p ...

electricity interconnector joining the South Australian and New South Wales electricity grids. It is also proposed to be the site of the Riverland Solar Storage solar power station.

References

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