| Bordertown South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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 Main street in Bordertown | |||||||||||||||
  Bordertown | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 36°18′42″S 140°46′13″E / 36.311799°S 140.770232°E[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 3,095 (2021 census)[2] | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1852 (town) 16 March 2000 (locality)[1][3] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 5268[4] | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 82 m (269 ft)[5] | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | ACST (UTC+9:30) | ||||||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | ACST (UTC+10:30) | ||||||||||||||
| Location | |||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Tatiara District Council[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Region | Limestone Coast[1] | ||||||||||||||
| County | Buckingham[1] | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | MacKillop[6] | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Barker[7] | ||||||||||||||
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| Footnotes | Locations[4] Adjoining localities[1] | ||||||||||||||
Bordertown, formerly Border Town, is a town and locality in the Australian state of South Australia located in the state's east near the state border with Victoria about 250 kilometres (160 mi) east of the state capital of Adelaide.[1][4] It is where the Dukes Highway and the railway line cross the Tatiara Creek between Adelaide and Melbourne, the capital of Victoria.
Bordertown is the commercial and administrative centre of the Tatiara District Council. Tatiara is the local Aboriginal word for "Good Country".
- ^ a b c d e f g "Search results for 'Bordertown, LOCB' with the following datasets selected – 'Suburbs and localities', 'Counties', 'Government Towns', 'Local Government Areas', 'SA Government Regions' and 'Gazetteer'". Location SA Map Viewer. South Australian Government. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Bordertown (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
- ^ Lawson, Robert (16 March 2000). "GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT 1991 Notice to Assign Names and Boundaries to Places (in the District Council of Tatiara)" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. South Australian Government. p. 1434. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
- ^ a b c "Postcode for Bordertown, South Australia". postcodes-australia.com. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
- ^ "Search result for "Bordertown Railway Station" with the following datasets selected – "Suburbs and Localities", "Gazetteer" and "Government Towns"". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
- ^ "District of MacKillop Background Profile". Electoral Commission SA. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
- ^ "Federal electoral division of Barker" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
- ^ a b c "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics KEITH (nearest weather station)". Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
