Northern Heights South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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Coordinates | 35°09′11″S139°18′43″E / 35.153°S 139.312°E Coordinates: 35°09′11″S139°18′43″E / 35.153°S 139.312°E | ||||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 5253 | ||||||||||||||
LGA(s) | Rural City of Murray Bridge | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | Hammond | ||||||||||||||
Federal Division(s) | Barker | ||||||||||||||
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Footnotes | Coordinates [1] |
Northern Heights is a suburban satellite locality of Murray Bridge in South Australia. Being set approximately 900 metres (3,000 ft) back from the west bank of the Murray River, the locality occupies higher ground immediately west of the Preamimma Creek, which separates it from Mobilong Swamp. [1] The crest of Paradise Hill (formerly Hungry Hill) is at the northwestern corner of the locality. [2]
The Rural City of Murray Bridge is a local government area of South Australia centred on the regional city of Murray Bridge and stretching south to Lake Alexandrina. It was formed in 1977 by amalgamation of the District Council of Mobilong and the Corporation of Murray Bridge.
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.
White Hill is a semi-rural locality approximately 5.6 kilometres (3.5 mi) west of the centre of Murray Bridge by road. It is named for the geographical feature of the same name, part of the Gifford Hills Range, which runs parallel to the Murray River on the western side of Murray Bridge, from Gifford Hill to Rocky Gully and Kinchina Conservation Park.
Lowbank is a locality in South Australia's riverland. It is between the Sturt Highway and the left (south) bank of the Murray River east of Waikerie.
Peebinga is a town and locality in the Australian state of South Australia. Peebinga was the terminus of the Peebinga railway line which was built in 1914 as part of a major state government project to open up the Murray Mallee for grazing and cropping.
Ucolta is a locality in the Mid North region of South Australia. It is named for a railway station on the Broken Hill-Port Pirie railway line. Trains no longer stop at Ucolta. It is also where the Barrier Highway first meets the railway line, and the Wilmington–Ucolta Road which connects across the northern side of the Mid North, providing the shortest road route from Western Australia and Eyre Peninsula via Port Augusta to Broken Hill and New South Wales.
Hammond is a town and locality in the Australian state of South Australia located in the southern Flinders Ranges.
Murray Bridge East is a semi-rural satellite locality of Murray Bridge in South Australia east of the Murray River and the eponymous bridge. 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. 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. The Karoonda Highway motor traffic route commences at Murray Bridge East and heads northeast through Karoonda to Loxton.
Avoca Dell is a hamlet and north suburban locality of Murray Bridge on the east (left) bank of the Murray River. It is named for the PS Avoca, a paddle steamer built in 1877 that used the location as a landing point in the 1960s. The Avoca Dell Picnic Grounds reserve is situated within the locality on the river bank where the steamer would dock.
Gifford Hill is a semi-rural locality approximately 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) south west of the centre of Murray Bridge by road. It is named for the geographical feature of the same name which is thought to be named for South Australian pioneer, John Gifford.
Greenbanks is a hamlet and semi-rural locality of Murray Bridge on the east (left) bank of the Murray River. It is sandwiched between the larger east-bank localities of Willow Banks, on the west, and Sunnyside on the east. Greenbanks Drive is the only road within the locality, and is accessible only via Clifftop Drive, Sunnyside or Sunnyside Road.
Long Flat is a semi-rural satellite locality of Murray Bridge in South Australia on the east bank of the Murray River south of the eponymous bridge and Swanport Bridge.
Riverglades is a north suburban locality of Murray Bridge on the east (left) bank of the Murray River.
Riverglen is a satellite locality of Murray Bridge in South Australia on the west (right) bank of the Murray River adjacent to Swanport and overlooking the east bank locality of Monteith. The locality was named after the Riverglen Irrigation Area in March 2000.
Swanport, also formerly known as Thompson's Crossing and Thomson's Landing, is a suburban satellite locality of Murray Bridge in South Australia on the west (right) bank of the Murray River adjacent to Swanport Bridge. Its boundaries were formalised in March 2000 to cover a portion of semi-urban land immediately south of the South Eastern Freeway adjacent to the Swanport Bridge, which is the main road freight route over the Murray. It is named for the docking place on the west bank of the Murray which was home to "numerous swans" and also known as Thomson's Landing.
White Sands is a satellite locality of Murray Bridge in South Australia on the west (right) bank of the Murray River adjacent to Riverglen and overlooking the east bank locality of Monteith. The locality was named after the White Sands Ski Resort, a water skiing and wakeboarding facility, in March 2000.
Willow Banks is a hamlet and semi-rural locality of Murray Bridge on the east (left) bank of the Murray River. It is adjacent to the east-bank localities of Murrawong, on the west, and Sunnyside and Greenbanks on the east. Willowbanks Way is the only road within the locality, and is accessible only via Aroona Road, Sunnyside.
Paisley is a locality in the Murray Mallee region of South Australia, across the Murray River from Blanchetown, South Australia. It was formally named in September 2000 for the Hundred of Paisley which contains it. The Hundred of Paisley was named by Governor MacDonnell in 1861 for his private secretary, J. G. Paisley.
The County of Jervois is a cadastral unit in the Australian state of South Australia that covers land on the east coast of the Eyre Peninsula. It was proclaimed on 24 January 1878 and named after William Jervois, the Governor of South Australia from October 1877 to January 1883.
Mitchell is a locality on Eyre Peninsula in South Australia. Its boundaries were set to roughly the northern two thirds of the Hundred of Mitchell, from which it draws its name, in 2003. Mitchell includes the former locality of Lake Brimpton, adjacent to a lake by the same name. The Lake Brimpton school opened in 1932 but has now closed.
Tepko is a locality in the Murray Mallee between the Mount Lofty Ranges and the Murray River in South Australia.
Golden Heights is a locality in the Riverland region of South Australia west of Waikerie. It is predominantly irrigated vineyards and orchards on higher ground, overlooking the Murray River to the north, and bounded by the Sturt Highway on the south.
GDA 94 Coordinates: -35.097250, 139.254040; Other Details: Proposed new name for Hungry Hill
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