Milang, South Australia

Milang
South Australia
Milang
Milang
Coordinates 35°24′22″S 138°58′17″E / 35.406168°S 138.971311°E / -35.406168; 138.971311Coordinates: 35°24′22″S 138°58′17″E / 35.406168°S 138.971311°E / -35.406168; 138.971311[1]
Population
Established 1853
Postcode(s) 5256 [5]
Time zone ACST (UTC+9:30)
 • Summer (DST) ACDT (UTC+10.30)
Location
LGA(s) Alexandrina Council[1]
Region Fleurieu and Kangaroo Island[6]
State electorate(s) Hammond[7]
Federal Division(s) Mayo[8]
Localities around Milang:
Angas Plains
Nurragi		 Angas Plains Lake Plains
Nurragi
Finniss		 Milang Lake Plains
Lake Alexandrina
Clayton Bay Clayton Bay Point Sturt
Footnotes Locations[1][5]
Adjoining localities[1]

Milang is a town and locality located in the Australian state of South Australia on the west coast of Lake Alexandrina about 71 kilometres (44 mi) south-east of the state capital of Adelaide and about 20 kilometres (12 mi) north-east of the municipal seat of Goolwa.[1][5]

At the 2016 census, the northern part of the locality had a population of 883 of which 761 lived in its town centre. The southern part of Milang shared a population of 69 people with the locality of Point Sturt.[4][2][1][3]

The town was surveyed in December 1853.[9] Milang was a significant port on the Murray River System between 1860 and 1880, before the railway line was built to connect Adelaide to Morgan further upstream.[10] Between December 1884 and June 1970, a spur-line of the Mount Barker-Victor Harbor railway ran approximately 8 miles (12.8 km) from the junction at Sandergrove to Milang, mainly used for freight but also as a minor passenger service. The line was dismantled in the 1970s after the railway was official closed.[11]

Milang was, from 24 December 1909 to 3 January 1910, host to the first State Boy Scout camp in South Australia.[12] Troops attending included 1st Adelaide, 5th Adelaide, 2nd Brompton, 1st Kensington, 1st Malvern, 1st Norwood, 2nd Norwood, 1st Richmond, 1st Torrens, 1st Unley, 1st Y.M.C.A. and 1st Yorketown. A bronze plaque marks the location.

Milang Football Club (the Milang Panthers) currently compete in the Hills Football League C Grade competition.

Milang is located within the federal division of Mayo, the state electoral district of Hammond and the local government area of the Alexandrina Council.[8][1][7]

Heritage listings

Milang contains a number of heritage-listed sites, including:

  • Coxe Street: 1867 Royal Salute Cannon, Soldiers Memorial Park [13]
  • 46-50 Coxe Street: Milang School [14]
  • 22-23 Daranda Terrace: Milang Butter Factory [15]
  • Lake Front: Milang Jetty and Hand Crane [16]
  • 5-7 Markland Street: Dwelling with Pressed Iron Facade [17]

References

Notes
  1. ↑ For the 2016 census, the State Suburb of Milang consisted of the locality of Milang north of Landseer Road. The portion of Milang south of Landseer Road was included in the State Suburb of Point Sturt along with the locality of Point Sturt[2][1][3]
Citations
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Search result for "Milang, LOCB" with the following datasets selected - "Suburbs and Localities", "Counties", "Government Towns", "Local Government Areas", "SA Government Regions" and "Gazetteer"". Location SA Map Viewer. South Australian government. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Milang (state suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 17 September 2018. Edit this at Wikidata
  3. 1 2 Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Point Sturt (state suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 17 September 2018. Edit this at Wikidata
  4. 1 2 Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Milang (Urban Centres and Localities)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 17 September 2018. Edit this at Wikidata
  5. 1 2 3 "Postcode for Milang, South Australia". postcodes-australia.com. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
  6. ↑ "Fleurieu Kangaroo Island SA Government region" (PDF). The Government of South Australia. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  7. 1 2 Hammond (Map). Electoral District Boundaries Commission. 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
  8. 1 2 "Federal electoral division of Mayo, boundary gazetted 16 December 2011" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
  9. ↑ "Milang, South Australia". Place Names Online. Government of South Australia Department for Transport, Energy and Infrastructure. Retrieved 2008-08-02.
  10. ↑ "Milang: The Jetty". Archived from the original on 19 July 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-02.
  11. ↑ Sallis, Roger (1998). Railways in the Adelaide Hills, 1st edition. Openbook Publishers, Adelaide. ISBN 0-646-35473-6.
  12. ↑ "Scouts Under Canvas". Observer (Adelaide, SA : 1905 - 1931). Adelaide, SA: National Library of Australia. 1 January 1910. p. 35. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
  13. ↑ "Cannon that fired royal salute in 1867, Soldiers Memorial Park". South Australian Heritage Register. Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
  14. ↑ "Milang School". South Australian Heritage Register. Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
  15. ↑ "Former Milang Butter Factory". South Australian Heritage Register. Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
  16. ↑ "Milang Jetty and Hand Crane". South Australian Heritage Register. Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
  17. ↑ "Dwelling with pressed iron facade". South Australian Heritage Register. Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
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