Point Sturt
| Point Sturt South Australia | |||||||||||||
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  Point Sturt | |||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°29′27″S 138°58′12″E / 35.49074°S 138.970050°ECoordinates: 35°29′27″S 138°58′12″E / 35.49074°S 138.970050°E | ||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 5256 | ||||||||||||
| Time zone | ACST (UTC+9:30) | ||||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | ACDT (UTC+10:30) | ||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Alexandrina Council | ||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Hammond | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Mayo | ||||||||||||
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| Footnotes |
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Point Sturt is a small town situated on the Sturt Peninsula the west side of Lake Alexandrina, around 6 km south of Milang, South Australia.
Early European settlers in the area include dairy cattle breeder John H. Yelland[2] and sheepfarmers George and William Pearce in 1855.
See also
References
- 1 2 "Search result for "Point Sturt" (Locality Bounded)(Record no. SA0050088) with the following layers selected - "Suburbs and Localities"". Property Location Browser. Land services, Department of Planning Transport and Infrastructure. 15 Feb 2007. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
- ↑ "Manning index of South Australian placenames". State Library of South Australia. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
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