| Loveday South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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  Loveday | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°17′S 140°26′E / 34.283°S 140.433°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 655 (SAL 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1 February 1940 (town) 12 August 1999 (locality)[2][3] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 5345 | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Berri Barmera Council | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Chaffey | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Barker | ||||||||||||||
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Loveday is a town and locality[2][3] in the Riverland region of South Australia, located east of the Moorook Game Reserve, 6 km south-west of Barmera, and 30 km north-west of Loxton. Administratively it is part of the Berri Barmera Council LGA. During World War II, it housed the largest internment camp complex in Australia, with some 5,000 detainees.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Loveday (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ a b mMcEwan, A. Lyell. (1 February 1940). "TOWN OF LOVEDAY" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australia. p. 382. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
- ^ a b Lawson, Robert (12 August 1999). "GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT 1991 Notice to Assign Names and Boundaries to Places" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australia. p. 765. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
DO HEREBY assign the names OVERLAND CORNER, COBDOGLA, LOVEDAY, BARMERA, WINKIE, KATARAPKO, MONASH, GLOSSOP, BERRI, GERARD and SPECTACLE LAKE to those areas within The Berri Barmera Council (sic)
