Salter Springs, South Australia
Town in South Australia
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Salter Springs, previously "Salter's Springs", is a small town situated west of Riverton and south of Woolshed Flat.
Salter Springs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Interactive map of Salter Springs | |||||||||||||
| Coordinates: 34.18°S 138.63°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | South Australia | ||||||||||||
| LGA | |||||||||||||
| Government | |||||||||||||
| • State electorate | |||||||||||||
| • Federal division | |||||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||||
| • Total | 59 (SAL 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||
| Time zone | UTC+9:30 (ACST) | ||||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+10:30 (ACDT) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 5401 | ||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||
It was named for William Salter, who arrived in South Australia on Caroline in 1839, and had a sheep station in the area. The town was surveyed in 1858. The school opened in 1867 and closed in 1956.[2]
