Blanchetown

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Blanchetown South Australia
Dead gum trees in the Murray River near Blanchetown in 1989
Blanchetown
Coordinates	34°21′S 139°36′E / 34.350°S 139.600°E / -34.350; 139.600[1]
Population	247 (UCL 2021)[2]
Established	1855
Postcode(s)	5357
Location	130 km (81 mi) northeast of Adelaide city centre
LGA(s)	Mid Murray Council
State electorate(s)	Chaffey[3]
Federal division(s)	Barker[4]
Localities around Blanchetown: Mount Mary Mount Mary Eba Morgan Murbko Brownlow Steinfeld, Annadale Sandleton Blanchetown Murbko McBean Pound Murbko Paisley Sedan Fisher Paisley
Footnotes	Adjoining localities[1]

Blanchetown is a small township in South Australia,^[5] on the (west) bank of the Murray River, 130 kilometres (81 mi) northeast of Adelaide. The Blanchetown Bridge is the westernmost (and farthest downstream) of the four crossings of the Sturt Highway over the Murray River. During the nineteenth century it was an important transportation centre on the lower Murray. In the early 21st century, Blanchetown has been described as "a strange mixture of historic buildings and temporary shacks built by holidaymakers on the banks of the river".^[6] Blanchetown is widely regarded as the entrance to the Riverland district.^{[citation needed]}