Swanport, South Australia

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Swanport
South Australia
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Swanport
Coordinates 35°09′11″S139°18′43″E / 35.153°S 139.312°E / -35.153; 139.312 Coordinates: 35°09′11″S139°18′43″E / 35.153°S 139.312°E / -35.153; 139.312
Postcode(s) 5253
LGA(s) Rural City of Murray Bridge
State electorate(s) Hammond
Federal Division(s) Barker
Localities around Swanport:
Murray Bridge Murray Bridge Long Flat
Murray Bridge South Swanport Monteith
Murray Bridge South Riverglen Monteith
Footnotes Coordinates [1]

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. [1] 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. [1] It is named for the docking place on the west bank of the Murray which was home to "numerous swans" [1] and also known as Thomson's Landing. [2]

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 less than 30,000.

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 4 "Placename Details: Swanport (Locality Bounded)". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. 11 July 2006. SA0040330. Retrieved 20 September 2017. Previous Name: Thompsons Crossing; Derivation of Name: Numerous Swans In The Locality
  2. ↑ "Placename Details: Thomsons Landing Locality Unbounded)". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. 11 July 2006. SA0003966. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
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