Tantanoola, South Australia

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Tantanoola (37°41′S 140°27′E) , postcode 5280, altitude 67m) is a town in South Australia. Derives from the aboriginal word tentunola, which means boxwood/brushwood hill or camp. Tantanoola was originally named Lucieton by Governor Jervois after his daughter Lucy Caroline, on July 10, 1879. It was changed by Governor Robinson to Tantanoola on October 4, 1888.

Tantanoola is in the Wattle Range Council local government area, the South Australian House of Assembly electoral districts of MacKillop and Mount Gambier and the Australian House of Representatives Division of Barker.

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