Murray Town, South Australia

Murray Town
South Australia
Murray Town
Coordinates 32°56′11″S 138°14′26″E / 32.93639°S 138.24056°E / -32.93639; 138.24056Coordinates: 32°56′11″S 138°14′26″E / 32.93639°S 138.24056°E / -32.93639; 138.24056
Established 1883
Postcode(s) 5481
Location
LGA(s) Mount Remarkable[1]
State electorate(s) Stuart[2]
Federal Division(s) Grey[3]
Localities around Murray Town:
Melrose Melrose
Booleroo Centre		 Booleroo Centre
Melrose
Bangor		 Murray Town Booleroo Centre
Bangor Wongyarra Booleroo Centre
Footnotes Adjoining localities[1]

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]

The town was named for Alexander Murray, who introduced the Murray Merino sheep breed.[5]

The annual spring Murray Town Auction takes place late in September.[6][7][5]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "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. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
  2. ↑ "District of Stuart Background Profile". Electoral Commission SA. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  3. ↑ "Federal electoral division of Grey" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
  4. ↑ "Search result for "Murray Town" (Record ID SA0044215)". Geoscience Australia. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
  5. 1 2 3 "Murray Town". District Council of Mount Remarkable. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
  6. ↑ Fuss, Eloise (23 September 2013). "Unique auction draws crowds to Murray Town". ABC North and West SA. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
  7. ↑ "Murray Town Auction". 2015. Retrieved 19 November 2015.


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