Toora, South Australia

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Toora
South Australia
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Toora
Coordinates 35°04′39″S139°18′05″E / 35.0775°S 139.3013°E / -35.0775; 139.3013 Coordinates: 35°04′39″S139°18′05″E / 35.0775°S 139.3013°E / -35.0775; 139.3013
Postcode(s) 5253
LGA(s) Rural City of Murray Bridge
State electorate(s) Hammond
Federal Division(s) Barker
Localities around Toora:
Mypolonga Mypolonga Murrawong
Murray Bridge North Toora Burdett
Mobilong Riverglades Avoca Dell
Footnotes Coordinates [1]

Toora is a satellite locality of Murray Bridge in South Australia. [1] Its boundaries were formalised in 2000. It was named for the Toora Irrigation Area on the west bank of the Murray River. [1]

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 28,684.

Murray River the longest river in Australia

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Property Location Browser: Search for 'Toora, LOCB' (ID SA0044854)". Government of South Australia. Retrieved 8 June 2016.