Jervois, South Australia Explained

Type:town
Jervois
State:sa
Coordinates:-35.2594°N 139.4381°W
Postcode:5259
Dist1:99
Dir1:SE
Location1:Adelaide
Dist2:27
Dir2:SE
Location2:Murray Bridge
Dist3:3
Dir3:W
Location3:Tailem Bend
Lga:Rural City of Murray Bridge
Stategov:Hammond
Fedgov:Barker
Near-N:Woods Point
Near-E:Tailem Bend
Near-S:Wellington East
Near-Sw:Wellington
Near-W:Brinkley

Jervois is a town in South Australia,[1] on the right (western) bank of the lower Murray River. Jervois is predominantly a farming community, especially dairy farming on the floodplain and gently rising ground behind it.

Jervois is located in the Rural City of Murray Bridge local government area, 99km (62miles) southeast of the state capital, Adelaide and on the opposite bank of the Murray from Tailem Bend, with a cable ferry carrying vehicles across the river between the two towns. In contrast to Jervois, Tailem Bend is high on cliffs above the left bank of the river. Jervois was surveyed in 1927[2] and named after the governor of South Australia, William Jervois.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2905.0 – Statistical Geography: Volume 2 -- Census Geographic Areas, Australia, 2006 . Australian Bureau of Statistics . 8 December 2009.
  2. Web site: Placename Details: Jervois . SA0009678 . Government of South Australia, Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure . 4 March 2010 . 19 March 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161012010923/http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/ . 12 October 2016 . dead .
  3. Web site: Rural & Town Maps . . 19 March 2015.