Magdala, South Australia

Magdala
South Australia
Former homestead immediately south of the intersection of Roennfeldt and Owen roads
Magdala is located in South Australia
Magdala
Magdala
Coordinates34°26′00″S 138°42′32″E / 34.433310°S 138.708750°E / -34.433310; 138.708750
Population79 (SAL 2021)[1]
Established1890s
Postcode(s)5400
Location20 km (12 mi) N of Gawler
LGA(s)Light Regional Council
State electorate(s)Light
Federal division(s)Grey
Localities around Magdala:
Hamley Bridge Linwood
Pinkerton Plains Magdala Morn Hill
Wasleys Templers

Magdala (sometimes erroneously spelled Magdalla) is a former settlement and current locality about 20 km north of Gawler in South Australia. There was formerly a church and Lutheran school, but all that remains is the cemetery.[2] Magdala is on the road from Templers to Hamley Bridge. It was established in the 1890s and had a school from 1903 to 1940.[2] The Roseworthy-Peterborough railway line passes through the settlement.

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Magdala (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ a b "Placename Details: Magdala". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. 7 November 2011. SA0041950. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 7 December 2015. Boundaries established in May 1995. Corrigendum published in April 2009 correcting the spelling of Magdalla as gazetted in 1995 to Magdala. Magdala was a Lutheran settlement established in the late 1890s and consisted of a school (1903-1940), a cemetery and the meeting rooms for the Mudla Wirra North Council. No remnants of the original settlement remain except for gravestones of the cemetery located on CT 5783/875. A memorial plaque has been erected on the site of the original school.