Sandleton, South Australia

Sandleton
Sandleton; South Australia
	Sandleton
Coordinates	34°28′S139°22′E / 34.46°S 139.36°E Coordinates: 34°28′S139°22′E / 34.46°S 139.36°E
Postcode(s)	5356
Location	15 km (9 mi) north of Sedan
LGA(s)	Mid Murray Council
State electorate(s)	Stuart
Federal Division(s)	Barker
	Localities around Sandleton:
Footnotes	[1]

Last updated February 20, 2019

Sandleton is a locality and former town in South Australia. It is located on the plains on the eastern side of the Mount Lofty Ranges. The current boundaries for the locality were created in 2003 for the long-established name of the area.^[1]

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 less than 30,000.

The Mount Lofty Ranges are the range of mountains just to the east of Adelaide in the Australian state of South Australia.

History

The Sandleton area was first known as part of a pastoral run named Sandalwood. This was broken up for closer settlement in the 1870s. A congregation of the Evangelical Lutheran Synod formed in 1880, with the St Paul's church and school built in 1881. The post office also opened in 1881. After upheaval in the Lutheran Church, the Pilgrim congregation separated from St Paul's and established its own church, school and cemetery in 1895.^[2]

A government school also opened in 1909, which operated intermittently until 1941. A new Pilgrim Church building was erected in 1914, and operated until 1960, with the last wedding held in 1947.^[2]

Transport

The main route through the locality is Halfway House Road which runs from the Sturt Highway through Annadale and Sandleton to Sedan. It is part of the heavy vehicle detour route D1 used if either the Blanchetown Bridge or Swanport Bridge over the Murray River are unavailable for an extended time,^[3] or part of the South Eastern Freeway.^[4] This road is also part of the route from Murray Bridge to Burra with potential for the route to be upgraded to become a road freight bypass of Adelaide.^[5]

The Sturt Highway is an Australian national highway in New South Wales, Victoria, and South Australia. The Sturt Highway is an important road link for the transport of passengers and freight between Sydney and Adelaide and the regions situated adjacent to the route.

Annadale is a locality in South Australia. It is located on the plains east of the Mount Lofty Ranges astride the Sturt Highway 110 kilometres (68 mi) from Adelaide, between Truro and Blanchetown, South Australia. Halfway House Road is a heavy vehicle detour route that runs south from the Sturt Highway at Annadale. Annadale occupies the central part of the hundred of Anna.

Sedan, South Australia Town in South Australia

Sedan is a rural town in South Australia. It is located about 100 kilometres east of Adelaide and about 20 kilometres west of the Murray River. It is located on the dry eastern side of the Mount Lofty Ranges.

In 1945, it was reported that the Automobile Association had erected signs on the Blanchetown–Truro road (now the Sturt Highway) indicating that one of the nearest public telephones was at Sandleton.^[6]

Blanchetown is a small township in South Australia, on the (west) bank of the Murray River, 130 km northeast of Adelaide. The Blanchetown Bridge is the western-most of the four crossings of the Sturt Highway over the Murray River. During the nineteenth century it was an important transportation centre on the lower Murray. In modern times Blanchetown has been described as "a strange mixture of historic buildings and temporary shacks built by holidaymakers on the banks of the river". Blanchetown is widely regarded as the entrance to the Riverland district.

Truro is a town in South Australia, 80 km northeast of Adelaide. It is situated in an agricultural and pastoral district on the Sturt Highway, east of the Barossa Valley, where the highway crosses somewhat lofty and rugged parts of the Mount Lofty Ranges. At the 2011 census, Truro had a population of 395.

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References

1 2 "Placename Details: Sandleton". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. 9 August 2006. SA0065911. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
1 2 "Sandleton". Flinders Ranges Research. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
↑ South Eastern Freeway Emergency Detour Plan Swanport Interchange to Old Princes Hwy (PDF) (Map). p. 7.
↑ "Emergency detour routes". Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
↑ "Comments from the South Australian Farmers Federation on the National Land Freight Strategy Discussion Paper" (PDF). Infrastructure Australia. April 2011. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
↑ "Advertising". The Leader . 27 (1406). South Australia. 15 November 1945. p. 3. Retrieved 10 October 2016– via National Library of Australia.

External links

"Sandleton Collection" (collection of photographs). State Library of South Australia. Retrieved 11 October 2016.

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[plb-1] 1 2 "Placename Details: Sandleton". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. 9 August 2006. SA0065911. Retrieved 11 October 2016.

[SAH-2] 1 2 "Sandleton". Flinders Ranges Research. Retrieved 11 October 2016.

[3] South Eastern Freeway Emergency Detour Plan Swanport Interchange to Old Princes Hwy (PDF) (Map). p. 7.

[4] "Emergency detour routes". Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. Retrieved 11 October 2016.

[5] "Comments from the South Australian Farmers Federation on the National Land Freight Strategy Discussion Paper" (PDF). Infrastructure Australia. April 2011. Retrieved 11 October 2016.

[6] "Advertising". The Leader . 27 (1406). South Australia. 15 November 1945. p. 3. Retrieved 10 October 2016– via National Library of Australia.