Wombats Rest South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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Coordinates | 34°07′06″S 139°40′10″E / 34.118462°S 139.669501°E[1] | ||||||||||||||
Population | 3 (SAL 2021)[2] | ||||||||||||||
Established | 27 March 2003[3] | ||||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 5320[1] | ||||||||||||||
Time zone | ACST (UTC+9:30) | ||||||||||||||
• Summer (DST) | ACST (UTC+10:30) | ||||||||||||||
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LGA(s) | Mid Murray Council[1] | ||||||||||||||
Region | Murray and Mallee[1] | ||||||||||||||
County | Eyre[1] | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | Chaffey[4] | ||||||||||||||
Federal division(s) | Barker[5] | ||||||||||||||
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Footnotes | Locations[1] Adjoining localities[1] |
Wombats Rest is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located in the state’s east on the western side of the Murray River about 133 kilometres (83 mi) north-east of the state capital of Adelaide and about 94 kilometres (58 mi) north-east of the municipal seat of Mannum.[1]
Its boundaries were created on 27 March 2003, for the “long established name.”[3]
Land use within Wombats Rest is entirely residential accommodation, with historical use for “‘holiday’ occupancy”, which is known as a shack site in Australia. Development within the locality has limits due to its location within the Murray River’s floodplain to “minimise damage to buildings” caused by regular flooding.[7][1]
Wombats Rest is located within the federal division of Barker, the state electoral district of Chaffey and the local government area of the Mid Murray Council.[5][1][4]