Mortana, South Australia

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Mortana
South Australia
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Mortana
Coordinates 33°01′41″S134°27′11″E / 33.02793°S 134.45313°E / -33.02793; 134.45313 [1]
Population23 (SAL 2021) [2]
Established12 April 2001 [3]
Postcode(s) 5671 [1]
Time zone ACST (UTC+9:30)
 • Summer (DST) ACST (UTC+10:30)
LGA(s) District Council of Streaky Bay [1]
Region Eyre Western [1]
County Robinson [1]
State electorate(s) Flinders [4]
Federal division(s) Grey [5]
Mean max temp [6] Mean min temp [6] Annual rainfall [6]
23.1 °C
74 °F		12.2 °C
54 °F		378.0 mm
14.9 in
Suburbs around Mortana:
Streaky Bay
Yanerbie 		Streaky Bay
Maryvale 		Maryvale
Inkster
Calca Mortana Colley
Calca Tyringa Colley
FootnotesAdjoining localities [1]

Mortana is a rural locality in South Australia, located on the Eyre Peninsula. It is traversed by the Flinders Highway. [7] The boundaries for the locality were established in April 2001 in respect of the long established local name. [8]

Mortana Post Office opened on 2 February 1900 and closed on 31 March 1971. [9] A cricket club once existed there, having been founded in 1912; it also formerly had a school. [10] A railway line to the area was mooted in the 1920s, but did not occur. [11]

The Murphy's Haystacks geological formation is located at Mortana, and forms a local tourist attraction. [12] [13]

The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Mortana had a population of 16 people. [14]

Mortana is located within the federal division of Grey, the state electoral district of Flinders and the local government area of the District Council of Streaky Bay. [5] [4] [1]

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