| Maggea South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 34°28′37″S140°03′53″E / 34.47698°S 140.064645°E Coordinates: 34°28′37″S140°03′53″E / 34.47698°S 140.064645°E [1] | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 12 (2016 census) [2] | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1915 (town) [1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 5311 | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 63 m (207 ft) | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | ACST (UTC+9:30) | ||||||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | ACDT (UTC+10:30) | ||||||||||||||
| Location | 45 km (28 mi) E of Swan Reach | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | District Council of Loxton Waikerie [1] | ||||||||||||||
| Region | Murray and Mallee [1] | ||||||||||||||
| County | Albert [1] | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Chaffey [3] | ||||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Barker [4] | ||||||||||||||
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Maggea is a locality and former settlement in the Murray Mallee region of South Australia. It is on the Stott Highway between Swan Reach and Loxton and was on the former Waikerie railway line. The town is almost deserted now that the railway line has closed.
The Murray Mallee is the grain-growing and sheep-farming area of South Australia bounded to the north and west by the Murray River, to the east by the Victorian border, and extending about 50 km south of the Mallee Highway.
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 Stott Highway is the road from Angaston through Sedan and Swan Reach to Loxton in South Australia. It was named after Tom Stott, a long-time farmer in and member of state parliament for areas traversed by the highway in 2008.
Maggea was named in 1915 after the local Aboriginal Australian name for camp. [1] The school operated in the hall from 1919 to 1967. [5]
The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Maggea had a population of 12 people. [2]
The 2016 Australian census was the seventeenth national population census held in Australia. The census was officially conducted with effect on Tuesday, 9 August 2016. The total population of the Commonwealth of Australia was counted as 23,401,892 – an increase of 8.8 per cent or 1,894,175 people since the 2011 census. Norfolk Island joined the census for the first time in 2016, adding 1,748 to the population.
