Meningie, South Australia

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Meningie
South Australia
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Meningie Hotel
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Meningie
Coordinates 35°41′18″S139°20′16″E / 35.68833°S 139.33778°E / -35.68833; 139.33778 Coordinates: 35°41′18″S139°20′16″E / 35.68833°S 139.33778°E / -35.68833; 139.33778 [1]
Population
Established1866 (town)
2000 (locality) [4] [5]
Postcode(s) 5264 [6]
Elevation3 m (10 ft) [7]
Time zone ACST (UTC+9:30)
 • Summer (DST) ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location
LGA(s) The Coorong District Council [1]
Region Murray and Mallee [1]
County Russell [1]
State electorate(s) Mackillop [8]
Federal division(s) Barker [9]
Mean max temp [7] Mean min temp [7] Annual rainfall [7]
21.1 °C
70 °F		10.5 °C
51 °F		463.9 mm
18.3 in
Localities around Meningie:
Lake Albert Waltowa Meningie East
Lake Albert
Meningie West 		Meningie Meningie East
Field
Coorong Coorong Field
Coorong
FootnotesLocation [6] [1]
Adjoining localities [1]

Meningie is a town on the south-east side of Lake Albert in South Australia. It is on the Princes Highway near The Coorong and was surveyed in 1866. [10] At the 2016 census, the locality of Meningie had a population of 1118 with a median age of 51 while its town centre had a population of 852. [2] [3]

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History

The word Meningie is derived from "the Aboriginal word 'meningeng' meaning 'place of mud'". [4]

The town was surveyed between March and June 1866 by W. Farquhar without any proclamation. Land was offered for sale on 23 August 1866. [4] The name also was used for an "adjoining private subdivision of sections 104, 106/9 and 111" in the cadastral unit of the Hundred of Bonney. [1]

A school was opened in 1869. A jetty was erected in 1867, with paddle steamers operating between Meningie and other ports on Lake Albert and Lake Alexandrina until 1927/1928. The town ceased to operate as a port in December 1936. [4]

Boundaries for the locality were created for the "long established name" on 24 August 2000 and which include the Government Town of Meningie. [5]

Meningie was the first place in Australia to have ADSL broadband installed without using a Telstra DSLAM. Agile Communications installed their own DSLAM in Meningie in October 2003, following on from having established a microwave network connecting to Adelaide in May 2001. Agile's associated internet service provider, Internode Systems offered services through this DSLAM. [11]

Climate

Meningie experiences a warm-summer mediterranean climate, bordering on a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen climate classification: Csb/BSk), Trewartha: Csbl/BSbl); with warm, dry summers; mild, relatively dry springs and autumns; and mild winters with moderate precipitation.

Climate data for Meningie, South Australia, Australia (1991-2020 normals, extremes 1864-present); 3 m AMSL
MonthJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecYear
Record high °C (°F)46.1
(115.0)		44.2
(111.6)		40.8
(105.4)		35.3
(95.5)		29.2
(84.6)		25.3
(77.5)		23.6
(74.5)		25.5
(77.9)		30.7
(87.3)		36.4
(97.5)		41.1
(106.0)		42.3
(108.1)		46.1
(115.0)
Mean maximum °C (°F)36.0
(96.8)		35.2
(95.4)		32.4
(90.3)		28.3
(82.9)		22.0
(71.6)		17.8
(64.0)		17.2
(63.0)		19.5
(67.1)		23.4
(74.1)		27.4
(81.3)		31.7
(89.1)		33.5
(92.3)		36.0
(96.8)
Average high °C (°F)26.6
(79.9)		26.4
(79.5)		24.6
(76.3)		21.9
(71.4)		18.3
(64.9)		15.8
(60.4)		15.1
(59.2)		16.2
(61.2)		18.5
(65.3)		21.1
(70.0)		23.6
(74.5)		25.0
(77.0)		21.1
(70.0)
Daily mean °C (°F)20.6
(69.1)		20.4
(68.7)		18.7
(65.7)		16.3
(61.3)		13.7
(56.7)		11.5
(52.7)		11.1
(52.0)		11.7
(53.1)		13.6
(56.5)		15.5
(59.9)		17.6
(63.7)		19.1
(66.4)		15.8
(60.5)
Average low °C (°F)14.5
(58.1)		14.3
(57.7)		12.7
(54.9)		10.7
(51.3)		9.0
(48.2)		7.2
(45.0)		7.0
(44.6)		7.2
(45.0)		8.6
(47.5)		9.9
(49.8)		11.6
(52.9)		13.2
(55.8)		10.5
(50.9)
Mean minimum °C (°F)9.9
(49.8)		9.5
(49.1)		7.8
(46.0)		6.0
(42.8)		4.2
(39.6)		2.6
(36.7)		3.0
(37.4)		3.2
(37.8)		4.0
(39.2)		5.0
(41.0)		6.7
(44.1)		8.5
(47.3)		2.6
(36.7)
Record low °C (°F)4.0
(39.2)		4.7
(40.5)		3.4
(38.1)		0.6
(33.1)		−0.4
(31.3)		−3.3
(26.1)		−2.5
(27.5)		−0.9
(30.4)		−0.1
(31.8)		−0.1
(31.8)		2.5
(36.5)		4.0
(39.2)		−3.3
(26.1)
Average precipitation mm (inches)18.6
(0.73)		18.7
(0.74)		17.1
(0.67)		33.5
(1.32)		53.0
(2.09)		62.5
(2.46)		64.6
(2.54)		58.3
(2.30)		50.2
(1.98)		34.6
(1.36)		26.5
(1.04)		26.3
(1.04)		463.9
(18.27)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm)3.22.83.65.99.511.011.711.39.66.15.14.284
Average relative humidity (%)60.061.565.066.574.579.578.572.569.062.561.060.067.5
Average dew point °C (°F)13.0
(55.4)		13.3
(55.9)		12.4
(54.3)		11.2
(52.2)		10.2
(50.4)		9.1
(48.4)		8.3
(46.9)		8.0
(46.4)		9.2
(48.6)		9.6
(49.3)		10.9
(51.6)		12.0
(53.6)		10.6
(51.1)
Source 1: Australian Bureau of Meteorology (1991-2020 normals) [12]
Source 2: Australian Bureau of Meteorology (1864-present extremes) [13]

Tourism

Meningie Cheese Factory Museum Inc Meningie Cheese Factory Museum Inc.jpg
Meningie Cheese Factory Museum Inc

Meningie has attractions and amenities for travellers and is the closest township to the Coorong National Park. The Lake provides visitors with many scenic locations and places to fish, swim, kayak, jet ski and water ski / wake-board. Bird watchers also enjoy coming to see the range of rare and vulnerable wildlife that the Lake and wetlands support. There are local 4WD tracks, bush walking trails, and indigenous cultural journeys at Camp Coorong. The Meningie Cheese Factory Museum Inc. is wholly owned and operated by volunteers, and is both educational and a tourist attraction for the town. It is alongside the Cheese Factory Restaurant and the Lake Albert Caravan Park which is directly opposite.

In May 2013, a statue of an ostrich wearing a saddle was unveiled to commemorate the story of a local Irish bushranger, John Francis Peggotty, also known as "Birdman of the Coorong". [14] [15]

Media

Meningie is home to The Lakelander, a regional community newspaper [16] whose geographical coverage includes Tailem Bend, Salt Creek, Narrung, Coonalpyn and Tintinara. [17] The newspaper, first issued on 25 June 1976, is published in a magazine format. [18]

Sports

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Meningie Post Office

Meningie has a strong sporting culture, and has a well maintained oval, a fully watered, par 72, 18-hole golf course, [19] bike tracks/ motocross jumps, sailing club, and also an airstrip for gliders, light aircraft and balloons.

Meningie has a local Australian rules football club, founded around 1890, [20] known as the Meningie Bears. On 12 December 2007, Meningie player Brodie Martin was rookie listed to Australian Football League (AFL) club Adelaide, becoming the first player from Meningie to be play for an AFL club. As of 2020 the league coach is Alex Scott.

Other sporting clubs in Meningie include the Meningie Motorcycle Club, Lake Albert Golf Club, Meningie Sailing Club, Meningie Bowling Club, Meningie Pony Club, Meningie Netball Club, Meningie Aero Club and Lake Albert Gun Club. There is also a Meningie Garden Club, Meningie & Districts Lions Club, and several church groups that meet regularly.

Governance

Meningie is located within the federal division of Barker, the state electoral district of MacKillop, and the local government area of the Coorong District Council. [9] [1] [8]

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