Long Flat, South Australia

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Long Flat
South Australia
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Long Flat
Coordinates 35°07′56″S139°18′40″E / 35.1322°S 139.3112°E / -35.1322; 139.3112 Coordinates: 35°07′56″S139°18′40″E / 35.1322°S 139.3112°E / -35.1322; 139.3112
Postcode(s) 5253
LGA(s) Rural City of Murray Bridge
State electorate(s) Hammond
Federal Division(s) Barker
Localities around Long Flat:
Mobilong Murray Bridge East Murray Bridge East
Murray Bridge Long Flat Burdett
Swanport Monteith Kepa
Footnotes Coordinates [1]

Long Flat is a semi-rural satellite locality of Murray Bridge in South Australia on the east bank of the Murray River south of the eponymous bridge and Swanport Bridge. [1]

Murray Bridge, South Australia City in South Australia

Murray Bridge is a city in the Australian state of South Australia, located 76 kilometres (47 mi) east-southeast of the state's capital city, Adelaide, and 77 kilometres (48 mi) north of the town of Meningie. The city had an urban population of approximately 17,500 as at the 2016 Census making it the fifth most populous urban area in the state after Adelaide, Mount Gambier, Victor Harbor - Goolwa and Whyalla.

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.

Murray River the longest river in Australia

The Murray River is Australia's longest river, at 2,508 kilometres (1,558 mi) in length. The Murray rises in the Australian Alps, draining the western side of Australia's highest mountains, and then meanders across Australia's inland plains, forming the border between the states of New South Wales and Victoria as it flows to the northwest into South Australia. It turns south at Morgan for its final 315 kilometres (196 mi), reaching the ocean at Lake Alexandrina.

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The locality was formally named after the Long Flat Irrigation Area in March 2000. [1]

Location

Its boundaries were formalised in March 2000 to cover a portion of land immediately across the river to the east of the main Murray Bridge conurbation. [1] It is bounded on the north and east by the Adelaide-Melbourne railway line, on the south by the South Eastern Freeway, and on the west by a 4.7 km (2.9 mi) stretch of the river. The defunct Rabila Railway Station is on the locality's northern boundary. [2] Long Island Recreation Park on Long Island, within the Murray River, is westerly adjacent to the locality.

South Eastern Freeway freeway in South Australia

The South Eastern Freeway is a 76 kilometre controlled-access highway in South Australia. It carries traffic over the Adelaide Hills between Adelaide and the River Murray, near Murray Bridge, connecting via the Swanport Bridge to the Dukes Highway which is the main road route to Victoria. It is often referred to by South Australians simply as the Freeway, as it was the first freeway in South Australia, and is still the longest, and the only one with "Freeway" in its name rather than "Expressway" or "Highway". It is a part of the National Highway network linking the state capital cities Adelaide to Melbourne and signed as National Highway M1. The South Eastern Freeway includes 500-metre-long twin-tube tunnels in the descent towards Adelaide, the first of their kind on the National Highway. It is designated as the M1.

Long Island Recreation Park Protected area in South Australia

Long Island Recreation Park is a protected area in the Australian state of South Australia occupying the full extent of Long Island in the Murray River immediately east of the city of Murray Bridge.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Placename Details: Long Flat (Locality Bounded)". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. 11 July 2006. SA0044880. Retrieved 22 September 2017. Derivation of Name: Named After Long Flat Irrigation Area; Other Details: Name selected and boundaries created in March 2000. Portion also referred to with the estate name of Swanport Gardens.
  2. ↑ "Placename Details: Rabila Railway Station (Railway station; Siding; Stop)". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. 11 July 2006. SA0040234. Retrieved 20 September 2017. GDA 94 Coordinates: -35.129870, 139.317580; Other Details: ABNA meaning plenty of game or a hunting ground. 63 miles south.
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