Pata, South Australia
| Pata South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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  Pata | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°33′50″S 140°31′30″E / 34.564°S 140.525°ECoordinates: 34°33′50″S 140°31′30″E / 34.564°S 140.525°E | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 45 m (148 ft) | ||||||||||||||
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| LGA(s) | District Council of Loxton Waikerie | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Chaffey | ||||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Barker | ||||||||||||||
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Pata is a locality and former town in the Murray Mallee region of South Australia. It lies on the Loxton railway line and Karoonda Highway between Alawoona and Loxton. The town was surveyed as Muljarra in 1915, and renamed to Pata (an Aboriginal name meaning swamp gum trees) in 1929.[1]
The Congregational Union church opened in 1911.[2]
References
- ↑ "Placename Details: Pata (Government town)". Property Location Browser Report. Government of South Australia. 12 May 2011. SA0030268. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
- ↑ "Congregational Union of South Australia Churches and United Parishes" (PDF). State Library of South Australia. p. 4. SRG 95. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
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