| Monarto South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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  Monarto | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°04′54″S 139°07′48″E / 35.08179°S 139.129879°E[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 203 (SAL 2021)[2] | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1908 [citation needed] 16 March 2003 (locality)[3] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 5254 | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | ACST (UTC+9:30) | ||||||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | ACDT (UTC+10:30) | ||||||||||||||
| Location | 63 km (39 mi) from Adelaide | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Rural City of Murray Bridge[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Region | Murray and Mallee[1] | ||||||||||||||
| County | Sturt[1] | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Kavel | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Barker | ||||||||||||||
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| Footnotes | Adjoining localities[1] | ||||||||||||||
Monarto is a locality in South Australia 16 km (9.9 mi) west of the Murray River. It is north of the South Eastern Freeway between the Callington and Murray Bridge exits 63 km from Adelaide.
Most of the residents of Monarto run small hobby-like farms, raising cows, sheep and horses.[citation needed] Crops in the area include wheat, oats and barley.
In the 1970s Monarto was proposed to be the site of a new satellite city of Adelaide originally known as "New Murray Town".[4] By the turn of the century the proposal had been completely abandoned.
- ^ a b c d e "Search results for 'Monarto, LOCB' with the following datasets selected – 'Suburbs and localities', 'Counties', 'Hundreds', 'Local Government Areas', 'SA Government Regions' and 'Gazetteer'". Location SA Map Viewer. South Australian Government. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Monarto (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ Lawson, Robert (16 March 2003). "GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT 1991, Notice to Assign Boundaries and Names to Places (in the Rural City of Murray Bridge)" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australia: 1443. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
- ^ "Property Location Browser: Search for 'Monarto, LOCB (ID: SA0037209)'". Government of South Australia. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
Name approved to a private subdivision of Section 210. Proposal in the early 1970s to create a satellite city to Adelaide in this area. Originally proposed to be known as Murray New Town, but Monarto accepted following discussions with Government. Boundaries created for long established name in March 2000.
