Mercunda, South Australia

Mercunda
South Australia
Mercunda is located in South Australia
Mercunda
Mercunda
Coordinates34°38′23″S 140°01′55″E / 34.639663°S 140.031828°E / -34.639663; 140.031828[1]
Population9 (2016 census)[2]
Established5 August 1915 (town)
11 November 1999 (locality)[3][1][4]
Postcode(s)5308[5]
Elevation78 m (256 ft)[6]
Time zoneACST (UTC+9:30)
 • Summer (DST)ACDT (UTC+10:30)
Location
LGA(s)
RegionMurray and Mallee[1]
CountyAlbert[1]
State electorate(s)
Federal division(s)Barker[9]
Mean max temp[10] Mean min temp[10] Annual rainfall[10]
23.6 °C
74 °F		 8.7 °C
48 °F		 271.1 mm
10.7 in
Localities around Mercunda:
Maggea Maggea Mantung
Maggea
Galga		 Mercunda Mantung
Mindarie
Copeville Copeville Mindarie
FootnotesLocations[5][1]
Adjoining localities[1]

Mercunda is a town and a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located in the state's south-east about 134 kilometres (83 mi) east of the state capital of Adelaide, and about 52 kilometres (32 mi) north-east and about 53 kilometres (33 mi) south-west respectively of the municipal seats of Karoonda and Loxton.[5][1]

The government town of Mercunda was proclaimed on 5 August 1915 on land in the cadastral unit of the Hundred of Bakara located to the immediate north of the Mercunda Railway Station (previously known as the Mattala Railway Station) on the Waikerie railway line.[6][3] The locality 's boundaries were created on 11 November 1999 and includes the site of the government town of Mercunda which is located in its approximate centre.[1][4]

The town site was surveyed in March 1915.[1] Its name is derived from an aboriginal name formerly used for part of the Canowie Pastoral Run rather than from the Mattala siding which was renamed to match the town before October 1915.[1][6][11][12] A post office opened in 1915 and closed in 1983. A school operated from 1921 to 1956.[13]

Land use within the locality is entirely ‘primary production’ with use in the southern part of the locality being described by its local government as “principally for agricultural production and the grazing of stock on relatively large holdings.”[14][15]

The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Mercunda had a population of 9 people.[2]

Mercunda is located within the federal division of Barker, the state electoral districts of Chaffey and Hammond, and the local government areas of the District Council of Karoonda East Murray and the District Council of Loxton Waikerie.[9][7][8][1]

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  2. ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Mercunda". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 7 May 2018. Edit this at Wikidata
  3. ^ a b Styles, A. W. (23 August 1917). "TOWN OF MERCUNDA" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australia: 555. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
  4. ^ a b Kentish, P.M. (11 November 1999). "GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT 1991 Notice to Assign Boundaries to Places (in the District Council of Karoonda East Murray)" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. South Australian Government. p. 2321. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
  5. ^ a b c "Postcode for Mercunda, South Australia". Postcodes Australia. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
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  7. ^ a b "District of Chaffey (map)". Electoral Commission SA. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
  8. ^ a b "District of Hammond (map)". Electoral Commission SA. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
  9. ^ a b "Federal electoral division of Barker, boundary gazetted 16 December 2011" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
  10. ^ a b c "Summary (climate) statistics CALIPH (nearest weather station)". Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
  11. ^ "NAMES OF RAILWAY STATIONS". The Register (Adelaide). Vol. LXXX, no. 21, 331. South Australia. 24 March 1915. p. 4. Retrieved 5 May 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  12. ^ "BOREHOLE AT MERCUNDA". Daily Herald. Vol. 6, no. 1732. South Australia. 9 October 1915. p. 4. Retrieved 7 May 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  13. ^ Manning, Geoffrey. "Mercunda" (PDF). Manning Index of South Australian History. State Library of South Australia. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
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  15. ^ Development Plan – Karoonda East Murray Council Consolidated – 12 December 2017 (PDF). Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. pp. 10, 113, 159 & 164.