Maggea, South Australia Explained

Type:town
Maggea
State:SA
Coordinates:-34.477°N 140.0646°W
Coord Ref:[1]
Established:4 November 1915 (town)
27 March 2003 (locality)
Established Footnotes:[2] [3]
Postcode:5311
Elevation:63
Elevation Footnotes:(Railway Station)[4]
Timezone:ACST
Utc:+9:30
Timezone-Dst:ACDT
Utc-Dst:+10:30
Dist1:45
Dir1:E
Location1:Swan Reach
Region:Murray and Mallee
County:Albert
Lga:District Council of Loxton Waikerie
Stategov:Chaffey[5]
Fedgov:Barker[6]
Near-Ne:Wunkar
Near-E:Wunkar
Mantung
Near-Se:Mantung
Near-S:Bakara Well
Galga
Mercunda
Mantung
Near-Nw:New Well
Footnotes:Adjoining localities

Maggea is a town and locality in the Murray Mallee region of South Australia. It is on the Stott Highway between Swan Reach and Loxton and was on the former Waikerie railway line. The town is almost deserted now that the railway line has closed.

Maggea was named in 1915 after the local Aboriginal Australian name for camp.[1] The school operated in the hall from 1919 to 1967.[7]

The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Maggea had a population of 12 people.

Maggea is located within the federal division of Barker, the state electoral district of Chaffey and the local government area of the District Council of Loxton Waikerie.[6] [5] [1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Search results for 'Maggea, LOCB' with the following datasets being selected - 'Suburbs and Localities', 'Government Towns', 'Counties', 'Local Government Areas', 'SA Government Regions’, 'Railways’, 'State Maintained Roads' and 'Gazetteer' . Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. 13 November 2019.
  2. Web site: Styles . A.W. . Town of Maggea . The South Australian Government Gazette . Government of South Australia . 13 November 2019 . 1319 . 4 November 1915.
  3. Web site: Weatherill . Jay . GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT 1991 Notice to Assign Names and Boundaries to Places (in the Mid-Murray Council) . The South Australian Government Gazette . Government of South Australia . 13 November 2019 . 1184 . 27 March 2003.
  4. Web site: Search results for 'Maggea Railway Station' with the following datasets selected - 'Suburbs and localities', 'Government Towns' and 'Gazetteer'. Location SA Map Viewer. South Australian Government. 13 November 2019.
  5. Web site: District of Chaffey (map) . Electoral Commission SA. 7 May 2018.
  6. Web site: Federal electoral division of Barker, boundary gazetted 16 December 2011. Australian Electoral Commission. 17 September 2015.
  7. Plaque on hall building., photographed 1 February 2015