Suburb of District Council of Streaky Bay, South Australia
Mortana is a rural locality in
South Australia , located on the
Eyre Peninsula . It is traversed by the
Flinders Highway .
[7] The boundaries for the locality were established in April 2001 in respect of the long established local name.
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Mortana Post Office opened on 2 February 1900 and closed on 31 March 1971.
[9] A cricket club once existed there, having been founded in 1912; it also formerly had a school.
[10] A railway line to the area was mooted in the 1920s, but did not occur.
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The
Murphy's Haystacks geological formation is located at Mortana, and forms a local tourist attraction.
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The
2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Mortana had a population of 16 people.
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Mortana is located within the federal
division of Grey , the state
electoral district of Flinders and the local government area of the
District Council of Streaky Bay .
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See also
References
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"Search results for 'Mortana, LOCB' with the following datasets being selected – 'NPW and Conservation Properties'. 'Suburbs and Localities', 'Counties', 'Local Government Areas','Postcodes', 'SA Government Regions', 'Gazetteer' and 'Roads' " . Location SA Map Viewer . Government of South Australia. Retrieved 5 June 2018 .
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Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022).
"Mortana (suburb and locality)" . Australian Census 2021 QuickStats . Retrieved 28 June 2022 .
^ Lawson, Robert (12 April 2001).
"GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT 1991 Notice to Assign Names and Boundaries to Places (in the District Council of Streaky Bay)" (PDF) . The South Australian Government Gazette . South Australian Government. p. 1587. Retrieved 29 May 2018 .
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"District of Flinders" . Electoral Commission SA. Retrieved 29 May 2018 .
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"Federal electoral division of Grey" . Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 29 May 2018 .
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"Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics STREAKY BAY (nearest weather station)" . Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 29 May 2018 .
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"Mortana SA 5671" . Google Maps. Retrieved 13 February 2016 .
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"Search result for "Mortana (LOCB)" " . Department of Planning Transport and Infrastructure. Archived from
the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 26 September 2015 .
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"Mortana" . Post Office Finder . Premier Postal. Retrieved 14 February 2016 .
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"MORTANA" .
West Coast Sentinel . Streaky Bay, SA. 20 September 1912. p. 2. Retrieved 14 February 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
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"A WEST COAST RAILWAY" .
The Chronicle . Adelaide. 27 November 1926. p. 44. Retrieved 14 February 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
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"Murphy's Haystacks, SA" . Australian Traveller. Retrieved 14 February 2016 .
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"Murphy's Haystacks" . Lonely Planet. Retrieved 14 February 2016 .
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Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017).
"Mortana" . 2016 Census QuickStats . Retrieved 5 June 2018 .