Milendella, South Australia

Milendella
Milendella; South Australia
	old building on Church Road in Milendella
	Milendella
Coordinates	34°48′S139°13′E / 34.80°S 139.21°E Coordinates: 34°48′S139°13′E / 34.80°S 139.21°E
Established	1881 [1]
Postcode(s)	5237
Elevation	162 m (531 ft) [2]
LGA(s)	Mid Murray Council
State electorate(s)	Hammond
Federal Division(s)	Barker
	Localities around Milendella:
Footnotes	[3]

Last updated April 24, 2019

Milendella is a locality on the plains to the east of the Mount Lofty Ranges in South Australia. It was once a stop on the Sedan railway line. The name Milendella was approved by the state Nomenclature Committee in 1917 in advance of the railway opening in 1919. The name was the native name of Emu Creek which runs through the locality.^[2]

The Mount Lofty Ranges are the range of mountains just to the east of Adelaide in the Australian state of South 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 Sedan railway line branched off from the South Australian Railways' Adelaide to Wolseley line at Monarto South running 70 kilometres north to Sedan.

Milendella was first settled by German immigrant families in the 1880s. The Lutheran church was built in the 1890s. The town once had a church, general store, post office, school and railway station.^[1]

Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church continues to meet monthly.^[4]

Milendella includes the former Government Town of Bonython which was surveyed in 1890 and named after Sir John Langdon Bonython.^[5]

His son was named Sir John Lavington Bonython (1875-1960)His grandson was named John Langdon Bonython (1905–1992)

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References

1 2 "Milendella". Flinders ranges Research. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
1 2 "Placename Details: Milendella Railway Station". Property Location Browser Report. Government of South Australia. 26 March 2007. SA0044782. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
↑ "Placename Details: Milendella (LOCB)". Property Location Browser Report. Government of South Australia. 31 March 2010. SA0065626. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
↑ "Congregations". Mid Murray Lutheran Parish. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
↑ "Placename Details: Bonython". Property Location Browser Report. Government of South Australia. 12 May 2011. SA0008154. Retrieved 21 February 2018.

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[history-1] 1 2 "Milendella". Flinders ranges Research. Retrieved 21 February 2018.

[Rail_PLB-2] 1 2 "Placename Details: Milendella Railway Station". Property Location Browser Report. Government of South Australia. 26 March 2007. SA0044782. Retrieved 21 February 2018.

[PLB-3] "Placename Details: Milendella (LOCB)". Property Location Browser Report. Government of South Australia. 31 March 2010. SA0065626. Retrieved 21 February 2018.

[4] "Congregations". Mid Murray Lutheran Parish. Retrieved 21 February 2018.

[Bonython_PLB-5] "Placename Details: Bonython". Property Location Browser Report. Government of South Australia. 12 May 2011. SA0008154. Retrieved 21 February 2018.