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Tungkillo, South Australia

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Population
  
360 (2006 census)

Postcode(s)
  
5236

State electorate(s)
  
Schubert

Postal code
  
5236

Local time
  
Sunday 10:56 PM

Established
  
1861

LGA(s)
  
Mid Murray Council

Founded
  
1861

Region
  
Adelaide Hills

Federal division
  
Division of Barker

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Location
  
60 km (37 mi) north-east of Adelaide 25 km (16 mi) north-west of Mannum 5 km (3 mi) south of Mount Pleasant

Weather
  
26°C, Wind N at 16 km/h, 40% Humidity

Tungkillo (34°49′S 139°04′E, postcode 5236, altitude 299m) is a town in South Australia, located approximately 5 km (3.1 mi) south of Mount Pleasant. It sits on Adelaide-Mannum Road, 60 km (37 mi) north-east of the state capital, Adelaide and 25 km (16 mi) north-west of Mannum. At the 2006 census, Tungkillo had a population of 360.

Map of Tungkillo SA 5236, Australia

Tungkillo was originally the name of a mine located south of Palmer, which opened in 1847. In 1848, a town was surveyed at the mine, The present-day town was settled by Samuel Patten in 1861, who called it South Petherton (after the Somerset town of South Petherton from which his family originated). The name of South Petherton was officially altered on 24 January 1906 to Tungkillo, although the two names were used interchangeably as late as 1936.

Tungkillo is a corruption of tainkila, an Peramangk Aboriginal word meaning ghost moth grubs.

The historic former Terlinga Station Shearing Shed in Hoads Woolshed Road and a former grain threshing floor in Loxton Road are listed on the South Australian Heritage Register.

Tungkillo is in the Mid Murray Council local government area, the South Australian House of Assembly electoral district of Schubert and the Australian House of Representatives Division of Barker.

References

Tungkillo, South Australia Wikipedia


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