Sandergrove, South Australia Explained

Type:town
Sandergrove
State:SA
Postcode:5255
Elevation:43
Dist1:9
Dir1:S
Location1:Strathalbyn
Lga:Alexandrina Council
County:Hindmarsh
Region:Fleurieu and Kangaroo Island[1]
Stategov:Heysen
Fedgov:Mayo
Coordinates:-35.3333°N 138.8719°W
Near-N:Strathalbyn
Near-E:Angas Plains
Nurragi
Near-Se:Nurragi
Near-S:Finniss
Near-Sw:Finniss
Near-W:Ashbourne
Finniss
Near-Nw:Strathalbyn
Footnotes:Adjoining localities[2]

Sandergrove is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia about 9 km (5.5 mi) south of Strathalbyn. It was a junction on the Victor Harbor railway line, where the Milang railway line branched off. The railway was authorised in 1881[3] and closed in 1970.[4]

The north-western end of the Nurragi Conservation Reserve, a private protected area which follows the alignment of the former Milang railway line as a rail trail, terminates at Sandergrove.[5]

History

In 1863, the Strathalbyn Methodist circuit included a church at Sandergrove. It still existed in 1900,[6] but it was not part of the circuit by 1963.The Sandergrove Primary School opened in 1923, but has since closed.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Fleurieu and Kangaroo Island SA Government region. The Government of South Australia. 10 October 2014.
  2. Web site: Search result(s) for Ashbourne (LOCB) (Record No. SA0003394) with the following layers being selected - "Suburbs and Localities", "Local Government Areas", "Counties", "Place names (gazetteer)" and "Road labels" . Government of South Australia . Property Location Browser . 17 April 2017.
  3. Web site: Mount Barker, & c., Railway 44 Vic., 1881, No. 221 . 1881 . 2328/3533 . free.
  4. Web site: Branch From Sandergrove to Milang Railway (Discontinuance) Act, 1970, No. 25 . 1970 . Flinders University . 2328/20321 . free.
  5. Web site: Nurragi Conservation Reserve . Australian Council of National Trusts . 21 February 2015.
  6. News: United Methodist Conference . . Adelaide, SA . 3 March 1900 . 22 February 2015 . 10 . National Library of Australia.
  7. Web site: Placename Details: Sandergrove Primary School . SA0035710 . 16 April 2009 . Land Services Group, Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure, Government of South Australia . Property Location Browser . 22 February 2015.