Murray Town, South Australia
Murray Town is a locality in the Mid North of South Australia east of the lower Flinders Ranges.[4] It was settled in 1883 and served as a rest stop for bullock and horse teams carting grain towards Port Germein from further north and east.[5]
| Murray Town South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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  Murray Town | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 32°56′11″S 138°14′26″E | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1883 | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 5481 | ||||||||||||||
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| LGA(s) | Mount Remarkable[1] | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Stuart[2] | ||||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Grey[3] | ||||||||||||||
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| Footnotes | Adjoining localities[1] | ||||||||||||||
The town was named for Alexander Murray, who introduced the Murray Merino sheep breed.[5]
The annual spring Murray Town Auction no longer takes place. Ending in 2016, due to difficulties in getting volunteers.
References
- "Search result for "Murray Town (Locality Bounded)" (Record no SASA0044215) with the following layers selected - "Suburbs and Localities", "Place names (gazetteer)" and "Road Labels"". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
- "District of Stuart Background Profile". Electoral Commission SA. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
- "Federal electoral division of Grey" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
- "Search result for "Murray Town" (Record ID SA0044215)". Geoscience Australia. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
- "Murray Town". District Council of Mount Remarkable. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
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