Tepko, South Australia

Tepko
Tepko; South Australia
	Tepko
Coordinates	34°58′S139°11′E / 34.97°S 139.19°E Coordinates: 34°58′S139°11′E / 34.97°S 139.19°E
Postcode(s)	5254
Elevation	109 m (358 ft) [1]
Location	20 km (12 mi) northwest of Murray Bridge
LGA(s)	Mid Murray Council ; Rural City of Murray Bridge ;
State electorate(s)	Hammond (2018)
Federal Division(s)	Barker
	Localities around Tepko:
Footnotes	[2]

Last updated February 27, 2019

Tepko is a locality in the Murray Mallee between the Mount Lofty Ranges and the Murray River in South Australia.

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.

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

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.

Tepko was a station on the now-closed Sedan railway line.^[1] Its name is derived from an Aboriginal name for a hill.^[2] It spans the boundary between the Mid Murray Council and the Rural City of Murray Bridge.

The Sedan railway line branched off from the South Australian Railways' Adelaide to Wolseley line at Monarto South running 70 kilometres north to Sedan.

The Mid Murray Council is a local government area in South Australia in the Murray and Mallee region of South Australia. The council spans the area from the Riverland through the Murraylands to the eastern slopes of the Mount Lofty Ranges. It includes 220 km of the Murray River. The council seat is at Mannum; it also maintains secondary offices at Cambrai and Morgan.

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.

A $750 million power plant was proposed in 2010 for the area, though was never built.^[3]^[4]

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References

1 2 "Placename Details: Tepko Railway Station". Property Location Browser Report. Government of South Australia. 26 March 2007. SA0047681. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
1 2 "Placename Details: Tepko (LOCB)". Property Location Browser Report. Government of South Australia. 26 March 2007. SA0044868. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
↑ Changarathil, Valerina (26 November 2012). "Peak power station Cherokee planned for Tepko at risk from solar panel influx". The Advertiser. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
↑ Strathearn, Peri (21 March 2017). "Cherokee gas power plant at Tepko could solve SA's energy woes, Mid Murray Mayor Dave Burgess says". The Murrey Valley Standard. Retrieved 5 November 2017.

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[rws-1] 1 2 "Placename Details: Tepko Railway Station". Property Location Browser Report. Government of South Australia. 26 March 2007. SA0047681. Retrieved 5 November 2017.

[LOCB-2] 1 2 "Placename Details: Tepko (LOCB)". Property Location Browser Report. Government of South Australia. 26 March 2007. SA0044868. Retrieved 5 November 2017.

[3] Changarathil, Valerina (26 November 2012). "Peak power station Cherokee planned for Tepko at risk from solar panel influx". The Advertiser. Retrieved 5 November 2017.

[4] Strathearn, Peri (21 March 2017). "Cherokee gas power plant at Tepko could solve SA's energy woes, Mid Murray Mayor Dave Burgess says". The Murrey Valley Standard. Retrieved 5 November 2017.