Geranium South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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Coordinates | 35°22′57″S 140°09′36″E / 35.382417°S 140.160006°E[1] | ||||||||||||||
Population | 83 (SAL 2021)[2] | ||||||||||||||
Established | 24 March 1910 (town) 12 August 1999 (locality)[3][4] | ||||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 5301 | ||||||||||||||
Time zone | ACST (UTC+9:30) | ||||||||||||||
• Summer (DST) | ACST (UTC+10:30) | ||||||||||||||
LGA(s) | Southern Mallee District Council[1] | ||||||||||||||
Region | Murray and Mallee[1] | ||||||||||||||
County | Chandos[1] | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | Chaffey | ||||||||||||||
Federal division(s) | Barker | ||||||||||||||
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Footnotes | Adjoining localities[1] |
Geranium is a town and locality in the Murray Mallee region of South Australia near the Mallee Highway.[1] At the 2006 census, Geranium had a population of 240.[5] It was surveyed in 1910 as the town supporting a station on the Pinnaroo railway line.[1] The name is derived from a native plant prolific in the area.[citation needed]