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| Loxton South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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  Loxton | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°27′14″S 140°34′01″E / 34.453852°S 140.566862°E[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 3,947 (UCL 2021)[2] | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 532/km2 (1,380/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 5333[3] | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | ACST (UTC+9:30) | ||||||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | ACST (UTC+10:30) | ||||||||||||||
| Location | |||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | District Council of Loxton Waikerie[1] | ||||||||||||||
| County | Alfred[1] | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Chaffey[4] | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Barker[5] | ||||||||||||||
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| Footnotes | Adjoining localities[1] | ||||||||||||||
Loxton is a town on the south bank of the River Murray in the Riverland region of South Australia. It is located on the lands of the Erawirung people[7] who occupied the area before the arrival of Europeans.
It is a service town for the surrounding districts. Loxton's primary productions are agriculture and horticulture. Citrus fruit, wine grapes, almonds, and stone fruit trees are prevalent. Loxton is also the main town for the northern part of the Murray Mallee which is a dryland farming and grain cropping area.[citation needed] Loxton High School provides secondary education for the area.
Loxton has a pioneer settlement museum (known as the Loxton Historical Village), preserving the heritage of the mallee region. It is also famous for the "Loxton Lights Up" Christmas Festival in December each year, and the annual 120m Loxton Gift handicap sprint race held in late February. The town hosts the second round of the Australian HPV Super Series in May annually.[citation needed]
Loxton is the seat of the local government area of the District Council of Loxton Waikerie. It is in the South Australian House of Assembly electoral district of Chaffey and the Australian House of Representatives division of Barker.[citation needed]
The town is home to a variety of service clubs, most notably the Apex Club, Rotary Club, and Lions Club.[citation needed]
- ^ a b c d "Search results for "Loxton, LOCB" with the following datasets selected - 'Suburbs and Localities', 'Counties', 'Hundreds', 'Local Government Areas', 'SA Government Regions' and 'Gazetteer'". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Loxton (urban centre and locality)". Australian Census 2021.
- ^ "Loxton, South Australia (Postcode)". postcodes-australia.com. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
- ^ "District of Chaffey Background Profile". ELECTORAL COMMISSION SA. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
- ^ "Federal electoral division of Barker, boundary gazetted 16 December 2011" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
- ^ a b c "Loxton Research Centre Averages". Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
- ^ "Erawirung (SA)". www.samuseum.sa.gov.au. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
