Murray Mallee

This article is about a rural area of South Australia. For the adjacent district in Victoria, see Mallee (region, Victoria). For the mallee form of vegetation, see Mallee Woodlands and Shrublands.

Murray Mallee
South Australia
Area20,000 sq km (7700 sq mi) approximately[1]
LGA(s)
State electorate(s)
Federal division(s)Barker

The Murray Mallee is a grain-growing and sheep-farming area in the east of the Australian state of South Australia. The name is not formally designated but is widely used to refer to an area of approximately 20,000 square kilometres (7700 square miles) bounded by the River Murray[note 1] on its northern and western sides, the Victorian border on its eastern side, and up to about 50 kilometres (30 miles) south of the Mallee Highway.

The formal designated name for approximately the same region is Murraylands.

  1. ^ "A biological survey of the Murray Mallee South Australia" (PDF). Environment SA. 2000. p. 2. Retrieved 8 October 2014.
  2. ^ "Geographical names guidelines". Planning and property. Attorney-General's Department (Government of South Australia). August 2020. Retrieved 8 September 2024.


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