Culburra, South Australia
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| Culburra South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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  Culburra | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°48′53″S 139°57′49″E / 35.814835°S 139.963556°E[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 81 (SAL 2021)[2] | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1914 (sub-division) 24 August 2000 (locality)[3][4] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 5261[5] | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | ACST (UTC+9:30) | ||||||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | ACST (UTC+10:30) | ||||||||||||||
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| LGA(s) | The Coorong District Council[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Region | Murray and Mallee[1] | ||||||||||||||
| County | Buccleuch[1] Cardwell[1] | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Mackillop[6] | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Barker[7] | ||||||||||||||
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| Footnotes | Locations[1][5] Adjoining localities[1] | ||||||||||||||
Culburra is a town and locality in the Australian state of South Australia. It is located on the Dukes Highway and Melbourne–Adelaide railway. , about 158 kilometres (98 mi) south-east of the state capital of Adelaide and about 77 kilometres (48 mi) south-east of the municipal seat of Tailem Bend.[1][5]
"Culburra" is an indigenous name meaning "plenty of sand",[9] and the settlement was previously called Dewson before the name was changed in the early 20th century.[10]
The boundaries and the name for the locality were gazetted on 24 August 2000.[4] The locality consists of land adjoining the southern boundary of the cadastral unit of the Hundred of Coneybeer and land from the following hundreds – the north-east corner of Colebatch, the south-west corner of Lewis and a portion on its northern boundary of Richards.[1]
Culburra is located within the federal division of Barker, the state electoral district of Mackillop and the local government area of the Coorong District Council.[7][1][6]
