Ceduna, South Australia

Ceduna
South Australia
Poynton Street, the main street of Ceduna
Ceduna is located in South Australia
Ceduna
Ceduna
Coordinates32°07′0″S 133°40′0″E / 32.11667°S 133.66667°E / -32.11667; 133.66667
Population2,290 (UCL 2021)[1]
Established1898
Postcode(s)5690[2]
Location
LGA(s)District Council of Ceduna
State electorate(s)Flinders
Federal division(s)Grey
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall
24.0 °C
75 °F
10.8 °C
51 °F
271.0 mm
10.7 in
Localities around Ceduna:
Koonibba
Uworra
Kalanbi Wandana
Nadia
Charra
Ceduna Merghiny
Denial Bay Ceduna Waters Laura Bay

Ceduna (/səˈdjnə/ sə-DEW-nə) is a town in South Australia located on the shores of Murat Bay on the coast, west of the Eyre Peninsula. It lies west of the junction of the Flinders and Eyre Highways around 786 km northwest of Adelaide. The nearby port of Thevenard lies 3 km to the west on Cape Thevenard. It is in the District Council of Ceduna, the federal electoral Division of Grey, and the state electoral district of Flinders.

The name Ceduna is a local Aboriginal Wirangu word, alternatively phoneticized as Chedoona, thought to mean a place to sit down and rest.[3]

The town is a fishing port and a railway hub.

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Ceduna (urban centre and locality)". Australian Census 2021. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ Ceduna Postcode Archived 30 December 2012 at archive.today Australia Post
  3. ^ "Ceduna, SA". Aussie Towns. Retrieved 17 May 2017.