Mulgundawa, South Australia

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Mulgundawa
South Australia
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Mulgundawa
Coordinates 35°19′S139°12′E / 35.31°S 139.20°E / -35.31; 139.20 Coordinates: 35°19′S139°12′E / 35.31°S 139.20°E / -35.31; 139.20
Population52 (2016 census) [1]
Postcode(s) 5255
LGA(s) Rural City of Murray Bridge
State electorate(s) Hammond
Federal Division(s) Barker
Localities around Mulgundawa:
Brinkley
Langhorne Creek Mulgundawa Wellington
Lake Alexandrina Nalpa
Footnotes [2]

Mulgundawa is a locality in South Australia on the north coast of Lake Alexandrina between Langhorne Creek and Wellington. The current boundaries were set in 2000 for the long-established name, derived from the local Aboriginal name for the area. [2]

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.

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Charles Johnston Knight arrived in South Australia from Scotland on the Arab in 1843. He settled at Mulgundawa in 1856 after marrying Sarah Donnon. By 1910 he had retired and his sons John and Joseph managed the property. [3] The property was described in 1910 as mostly low-lying grassland with few trees. [4]

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References

  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Mulgundawa". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
  2. 1 2 "Mulgundawa (LOCB)". Property Location Browser Report. Government of South Australia. 7 March 2007. SA0047509.
  3. C. J. Knight of Mulgundawa, 1868, retrieved 28 July 2019
  4. Our pastoral industry, Australian "Garden & Field", 1910, p. 616, retrieved 28 July 2019