Murray Bridge East, South Australia

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Murray Bridge East
South Australia
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Murray Bridge East
Coordinates 35°07′01″S139°18′40″E / 35.117°S 139.311°E / -35.117; 139.311 Coordinates: 35°07′01″S139°18′40″E / 35.117°S 139.311°E / -35.117; 139.311
Postcode(s) 5253
LGA(s) Rural City of Murray Bridge
State electorate(s) Hammond
Federal Division(s) Barker
Localities around Murray Bridge East:
Mobilong Riverglades
Avoca Dell
Burdett
Murray Bridge Murray Bridge East Burdett
Long Flat Monteith Kepa
FootnotesCoordinates [1]

Murray Bridge East is a semi-rural satellite locality of Murray Bridge in South Australia east of the Murray River and the eponymous bridge. [1] Its boundaries were formalised in March 2000 to cover a portion of land immediately across the river to the east of the main Murray Bridge conurbation. [1] It is bounded on the southwest by the Adelaide-Melbourne railway line and the defunct Rabila Railway Station is thus on the locality's southern boundary. [2] The Karoonda Highway motor traffic route commences at Murray Bridge East and heads northeast through Karoonda to Loxton.

Murray Bridge, South Australia City in South Australia

Murray Bridge is a city in the Australian state of South Australia, located 76 kilometres (47 mi) east-southeast of the state's capital city, Adelaide, and 77 kilometres (48 mi) north of the town of Meningie. The city had an urban population of approximately 17,500 as at the 2016 Census making it the fifth most populous urban area in the state after Adelaide, Mount Gambier, Victor Harbor - Goolwa and Whyalla.

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.

Murray River the longest river in Australia

The Murray River is Australia's longest river, at 2,508 kilometres (1,558 mi) in length. The Murray rises in the Australian Alps, draining the western side of Australia's highest mountains, and then meanders across Australia's inland plains, forming the border between the states of New South Wales and Victoria as it flows to the northwest into South Australia. It turns south at Morgan for its final 315 kilometres (196 mi), reaching the ocean at Lake Alexandrina.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Placename Details: Murray Bridge East (Locality Bounded)". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. 11 July 2006. SA0044873. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
  2. "Placename Details: Rabila Railway Station (Railway station; Siding; Stop)". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. 11 July 2006. SA0040234. Retrieved 20 September 2017. GDA 94 Coordinates: -35.129870, 139.317580; Other Details: ABNA meaning plenty of game or a hunting ground. 63 miles south.