Avoca Dell South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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Coordinates | 35°05′30″S139°18′43″E / 35.091760°S 139.3119°E Coordinates: 35°05′30″S139°18′43″E / 35.091760°S 139.3119°E | ||||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 5253 | ||||||||||||||
Area | 0.72 km2 (0.3 sq mi) [1] | ||||||||||||||
LGA(s) | Rural City of Murray Bridge | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | Hammond | ||||||||||||||
Federal Division(s) | Barker | ||||||||||||||
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Avoca Dell is a hamlet and north suburban locality of Murray Bridge on the east (left) bank of the Murray River. It is named for the PS Avoca, a paddle steamer built in 1877 that used the location as a landing point in the 1960s. [1] [2] [3] The Avoca Dell Picnic Grounds reserve is situated within the locality on the river bank where the steamer would dock. [2]
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Swanport, also formerly known as Thompson's Crossing and Thomson's Landing, is a suburban satellite locality of Murray Bridge in South Australia on the west (right) bank of the Murray River adjacent to Swanport Bridge. Its boundaries were formalised in March 2000 to cover a portion of semi-urban land immediately south of the South Eastern Freeway adjacent to the Swanport Bridge, which is the main road freight route over the Murray. It is named for the docking place on the west bank of the Murray which was home to "numerous swans" and also known as Thomson's Landing.
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Other Details: Named after the paddle steamer that used this landing place in 1960's.
In its glory days, the 34-metre Avoca hosted dances and weddings as it cruised along the Murray.
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