Glenroy, South Australia

Glenroy South Australia
Glenroy
Coordinates	37°15′07″S140°47′47″E / 37.251906738183976°S 140.79642299907948°E / -37.251906738183976; 140.79642299907948
Population	76 (SAL 2021) [1]
Postcode(s)	5277
Elevation	63 m (207 ft)
Location	374 km (232 mi) southeast of Adelaide, South Australia
LGA(s)	Wattle Range Council
Localities around Glenroy: Bool Lagoon Struan, Joanna Wrattonbully Maaoupe Glenroy Comaum Maaoupe Coonawarra Coonawarra

Glenroy is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located in the state's southeast about 374 kilometres southeast of the state capital of Adelaide in the Wattle Range Council. ^[2]

Glenroy is located on the railway line between Wolseley and Mount Gambier, South Australia. It has been closed to traffic since April 1995. ^[3]

The Glen Roy Conservation Park is located in Glenroy. ^{[4] [ failed verification ]}

Glenroy and its railway station were named after a town of a similar name in Scotland. ^[5]

In the 2021 census, the population of Glenroy was 76. ^[6]

References

1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Glenroy (SA) (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. 
2. Wattle Range Council
3. "Friday rewind – bus travel 1940s style". ABC South East SA. 16 January 2015. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
4. Sutherland, Andrea, ed. (October 1990), Small parks of the Lower South East Management Plans: South East South Australia (PDF), South Australia, Department of Environment and Planning, pp. 3 and 10, ISBN   978-0-7308-0481-9
5. Names of Railway Stations 24 March 1915
6. "2021 Glenroy (SA), Census All persons QuickStats". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 1 October 2024.