Geranium South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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Coordinates | 35°22′57″S 140°09′36″E / 35.382417°S 140.160006°E [1] | ||||||||||||||
Population | 83 ( SAL 2021) [2] | ||||||||||||||
Established | 24 March 1910 (town) 12 August 1999 (locality) [3] [4] | ||||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 5301 | ||||||||||||||
Time zone | ACST ( UTC+9:30) | ||||||||||||||
• Summer ( DST) | ACST ( UTC+10:30) | ||||||||||||||
LGA(s) | Southern Mallee District Council [1] | ||||||||||||||
Region | Murray and Mallee [1] | ||||||||||||||
County | Chandos [1] | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | Chaffey | ||||||||||||||
Federal division(s) | Barker | ||||||||||||||
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Footnotes | Adjoining localities [1] |
Geranium is a town and locality in the Murray Mallee region of South Australia near the Mallee Highway. [1] At the 2006 census, Geranium had a population of 240. [5] It was surveyed in 1910 as the town supporting a station on the Pinnaroo railway line. [1] The name is derived from a native plant prolific in the area.[ citation needed]