Purnong, South Australia
Town in South Australia
34°51′15″S 139°37′25″E / 34.8542°S 139.6237°E / -34.8542; 139.6237- 115 km (71 mi) E of Adelaide
- 32 km (20 mi) NE of Mannum
Localities around Purnong: | ||
Walker Flat | Forster | Nildottie |
Caurnamont | Purnong | Claypans |
Bowhill | ||
Purnong or Purnong Landing is the location of a cable ferry across the Murray River upstream of Mannum.[2] The town is on the cliffs above the left (eastern) bank of the river. It is 32 kilometres (20 mi) by road from Mannum on the west side of the Murray, and 40 kilometres (25 mi) on the east side.
The town was surveyed in 1911 and named for an Aboriginal word meaning at the wide place.[3][4] The ferry crossing is the shortest in South Australia, but there are lagoons adjacent to the river.
Purnong Primary School closed in December 1983.[5]
See also
References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Purnong (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ "Ferry locations and operational status". Government of South Australia. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
- ^ "Placename Details: Purnong". Government of South Australia Department of Planning, transport and Infrastructure. 4 March 2010. SA0057175. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
- ^ Manning Index of Place Names of South Australia State Library of South Australia. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
- ^ Matthews, Penny (1986), South Australia, the civic record, 1836-1986, Wakefield Press, pp. 510–514, ISBN 978-0-949268-82-2
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Towns and localities of the Mid Murray Council
- Angas Valley
- Annadale
- Apamurra
- Beatty
- Beaumonts
- Big Bend
- Birdwood (part)
- Black Hill
- Blanchetown
- Bolto
- Bower
- Bowhill (part)
- Brenda Park
- Brownlow
- Burdett
- Cadell
- Cadell Lagoon
- Caloote (part)
- Cambrai
- Caurnamont
- Claypans
- Cowirra
- Dutton (part)
- Dutton East
- Eba
- Eden Valley
- Fisher
- Five Miles
- Forster
- Frahns
- Frankton
- Frayville
- Julanka Holdings
- Keyneton
- Lake Carlet
- Langs Landing
- Lindley
- Mannum
- Maude
- Marks Landing
- McBean Pound
- Morgan
- Morphetts Flat
- Mount Mary
- Mount Pleasant
- Mount Torrens (part)
- Milendella
- Murbko
- Nildottie
- North West Bend
- Old Teal Flat
- Palmer
- Pellaring Flat
- Pompoota
- Ponde
- Port Mannum
- Punthari
- Punyelroo
- Purnong
- Rockleigh
- Rocky Point
- Sanderston
- Sandleton
- Sedan
- Springton
- Steinfeld
- Stuart
- Sunnydale
- Swan Reach
- Taylorville
- Teal Flat
- Tepko
- Towitta
- Truro
- Tungkillo
- Walker Flat
- Wall Flat
- Wombats Rest
- Wongulla
- Younghusband
- Younghusband Holdings
- Zadows Landing
- Greenways Landing
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