Palmer, South Australia

Palmer
South Australia
Palmer Lutheran Church
Palmer is located in South Australia
Palmer
Palmer
Coordinates34°51′07″S 139°09′36″E / 34.852°S 139.160°E / -34.852; 139.160
Population215 (SAL 2021)[1]
Established1860s
Postcode(s)5237
LGA(s)Mid Murray Council
State electorate(s)Schubert
Federal division(s)Barker
Localities around Palmer:
Mount Pleasant Milendella
Tungkillo Palmer Apamurra
Rockleigh Tepko Mannum
Footnotes[2]

Palmer is a town just east of the Adelaide Hills region of South Australia along the Adelaide-Mannum Road, 70 kilometres east-north-east of the state capital, Adelaide and 15 km west-north-west of Mannum (34°51′S 139°9′E / 34.850°S 139.150°E / -34.850; 139.150). It is located in the Mid Murray Council local government area.

Palmer has a primary school (opened 1882),[3] a general store, hotel[4] and a Lutheran Church[5] of which Carl Heinrich Loessel was the first pastor, from 22 May 1869 before the church was built, succeeded by the long-serving Pastor Kuss.[6]

There are some rock formations at the Granite Boulders Area Geological Site.[7]

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Palmer (SA) (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ "Placename Details: Palmer (LOCB)". Property Location Browser Report. Government of South Australia. 26 March 2007. SA0053022. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
  3. ^ Conlon, Keith; Halejko, Stan; Pancione, Sharyn; Palmer Primary School (S.A.); Palmer & Districts Association; Country Arts SA (2007), Palmer Primary School celebrates 125 years, 1882-2007, Palmer & Districts Association, retrieved 2 February 2019
  4. ^ White Pages Online. Retrieved 18 June 2006.
  5. ^ Lutheran Church of Australia. Retrieved 7 April 2007
  6. ^ "St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Palmer". The Mount Barker Courier and Onkaparinga and Gumeracha Advertiser. Vol. 48, no. 2548. South Australia. 27 September 1929. p. 5. Retrieved 5 April 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ^ "Granite Boulders Area Geological Site". South Australian Heritage Register. Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources. Retrieved 28 May 2016.