Pata, South Australia

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Pata
South Australia
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Pata
Coordinates 34°33′50″S140°31′30″E / 34.564°S 140.525°E / -34.564; 140.525 Coordinates: 34°33′50″S140°31′30″E / 34.564°S 140.525°E / -34.564; 140.525
Elevation 45 m (148 ft)
Location
LGA(s) District Council of Loxton Waikerie
State electorate(s) Chaffey
Federal Division(s) Barker
Localities around Pata:
Loxton
Pyap West Pata Woodleigh
Veitch Malpas

Pata is a locality and former town in the Murray Mallee region of South Australia. It lies on the Loxton railway line and Karoonda Highway between Alawoona and Loxton. The town was surveyed as Muljarra in 1915, and renamed to Pata (an Aboriginal name meaning swamp gum trees) in 1929. [1]

The Murray Mallee is the grain-growing and sheep-farming area of South Australia bounded to the north and west by the Murray River, to the east by the Victorian border, and extending about 50 km south of the Mallee Highway.

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.

Loxton railway line

The Loxton railway line is a closed railway line in the northern Murray Mallee region of South Australia. It ran north-east from Tailem Bend to grain silos near Loxton.

The Congregational Union church opened in 1911. [2]

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References

  1. "Placename Details: Pata (Government town)". Property Location Browser Report. Government of South Australia. 12 May 2011. SA0030268. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
  2. "Congregational Union of South Australia Churches and United Parishes" (PDF). State Library of South Australia. p. 4. SRG 95. Retrieved 2 December 2017.