| Pata South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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  Pata | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°33′50″S 140°31′30″E / 34.564°S 140.525°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 81 (SAL 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 45 m (148 ft) | ||||||||||||||
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| LGA(s) | District Council of Loxton Waikerie | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Chaffey | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Barker | ||||||||||||||
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Pata is a locality and former town in the Murray Mallee region of South Australia. It lies on the Loxton railway line and Karoonda Highway between Alawoona and Loxton. The town was surveyed as Muljarra in 1915, and renamed to Pata (an Aboriginal name meaning swamp gum trees) in 1929.[2]
The Congregational Union church opened in 1911.[3]
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Pata (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ "Placename Details: Pata (Government town)". Property Location Browser Report. Government of South Australia. 12 May 2011. SA0030268. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
- ^ "Congregational Union of South Australia Churches and United Parishes" (PDF). State Library of South Australia. p. 4. SRG 95. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
