Ponde, South Australia

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Ponde
South Australia
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Ponde
Coordinates 34°57′27″S139°18′05″E / 34.9575°S 139.3013°E / -34.9575; 139.3013 Coordinates: 34°57′27″S139°18′05″E / 34.9575°S 139.3013°E / -34.9575; 139.3013
Population64 (2016 census) [1]
Postcode(s) 5238
LGA(s) Mid Murray Council
State electorate(s) Hammond
Federal Division(s) Barker
Localities around Ponde:
Mannum Cowirra Younghusband
Caloote Ponde Burdett
Zadows Landing Wall Flat Pompoota
Footnotes [2]

Ponde is a locality in the Murraylands region of South Australia. It is on the inside of a bend on the left bank of the Murray River. Its name is derived from the Ngarrindjeri name for the Murray cod. [2]

The Murraylands is a geographical region in South Australia; generally, the lower part of the Murray River basin, in South-Eastern South Australia. The area stretches from Blanchetown; roughly 130 kilometres north-east of Adelaide, right down to Wellington, which is situated at the beginning of Lake Alexandrina.

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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Ponde was the site of an annual music festival from 1979 to 2002. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Ponde". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
  2. 1 2 "Placename Details: Ponde (LOCB)". Property Location Browser Report. Government of South Australia. 24 January 2007. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
  3. ↑ "The end of the road". SA Memory. State Library of South Australia . Retrieved 18 September 2019.
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