Cameron Highway

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Cameron Highway

Cameron Road / Alawoona-Paruna Road

South Australia
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Coordinates
General information
Type Road
Length21 km (13 mi) [1]
Major junctions
west end Alawoona
east end Paruna
Location(s)
Region Murray Mallee
LGA(s) District Council of Loxton Waikerie
Highway system

The Cameron Highway is an arterial road in South Australia, connecting Alawoona on the Karoonda Highway to Paruna on the Browns Well Highway. [2] It follows part of the former Barmera railway line.

South Australia State of Australia

South Australia 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 983,482 square kilometres (379,725 sq mi), it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories by area, and fifth largest by population. It has a total of 1.7 million people, and its population is the second most highly centralised in Australia, after Western Australia, with more than 77 percent of South Australians living in the capital, Adelaide, or its environs. Other population centres in the state are relatively small; Mount Gambier, the second largest centre, has a population of 28,684.

The Karoonda Highway is a 172-kilometre-long (107 mi) state-controlled highway in South Australia linking the Murray River towns of Murray Bridge and Loxton. It was created after local councils called for the renaming of the B55 road route.

Paruna, South Australia Town in South Australia

Paruna is a town in eastern South Australia. The town is located on the Browns Well Highway, where it crosses the former Barmera railway line, 237 kilometres (147 mi) east of the state capital, Adelaide.

The Cameron Highway was named around 2008 after either Archie Cameron (a local state and Federal politician who reached the level of Deputy Prime Minister of Australia) or Alex Cameron who had been Chairman of the District Council of Brown's Well from 1919 to 1939. [3]

Archie Cameron Australian politician

Archie Galbraith Cameron was an Australian politician. He was a government minister under Joseph Lyons and Robert Menzies, leader of the Country Party from 1939 to 1940, and finally Speaker of the House of Representatives from 1950 until his death.

Deputy Prime Minister of Australia

The Deputy Prime Minister of Australia is the second-most senior officer in the Government of Australia. The office of Deputy Prime Minister was officially created as a ministerial portfolio in 1968, although the title had been used informally for many years previously. The Deputy Prime Minister is appointed by the Governor-General on the advice of the Prime Minister. When Australia has a Labor Government, the deputy leader of the parliamentary party holds the position of Deputy Prime Minister. When Australia has a Coalition Government, the Coalition Agreement mandates that all Coalition members support the leader of the Liberal Party becoming Prime Minister and mandates that the leader of the National Party be selected as Deputy Prime Minister.

District Council of Browns Well

The District Council of Brown's Well was a local government area in South Australia from 1916 to 1997. The name stemmed from the Brown's Well pastoral station, which was located near the council seat of Paruna. Meetings were also held on a regular basis in the institute at Alawoona, which was the district's major centre.

Major junctions

LGA [4] LocationkmmiDestinationsNotes
District Council of Loxton Waikerie Alawoona 00.0 Karoonda Highway – Karoonda, Loxton
Paruna 2113 Browns Well Highway – Loxton, Pinnaroo

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References

  1. ↑ Google (22 November 2014). "Alawoona to Paruna" (Map). Google Maps . Google. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
  2. ↑ "Property Location Browser". Government of South Australia Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure . Retrieved 22 November 2014.
  3. ↑ "AGM 2008 Agenda Appendix 2" (PDF). Local Government Association of South Australia. 6 June 2008. pp. 3–6. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
  4. ↑ "Murray Mallee, Riverland" (PDF). Naming of State Rural Roads. Government of South Australia. 6 December 2013. Rack Plan 870. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 May 2014. Retrieved 22 November 2014.


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