| Melrose South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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 Melrose Township with Mount Remarkable in background | |||||||||||||||
  Melrose | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 32°49′S 138°11′E / 32.817°S 138.183°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 342 (SAL 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1840 | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 5483 | ||||||||||||||
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| LGA(s) | District Council of Mount Remarkable | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Stuart | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Grey | ||||||||||||||
| Website | Melrose | ||||||||||||||
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| Footnotes | Adjoining localities[2] | ||||||||||||||
Melrose is the oldest town in the Flinders Ranges, South Australia. The town was once named "Mount Remarkable".[3]
The town is known for its proximity to Mount Remarkable and the surrounding National Park, its caravan park and historical sites including Jacka's brewery and Melrose Courthouse.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Melrose (SA) (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ "Search result for "Melrose(Locality Bounded)" (Record no SASA0002178) with the following layers selected - "Suburbs and Localities" and "Place names (gazetteer)"". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
- ^ "A Man's Duty is to Serve His Country". The Mail. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 13 September 1913. p. 2 Section: Second Section. Retrieved 14 September 2012.
