Point Sturt

Point Sturt
South Australia
Point Sturt
Coordinates 35°29′27″S 138°58′12″E / 35.49074°S 138.970050°E / -35.49074; 138.970050Coordinates: 35°29′27″S 138°58′12″E / 35.49074°S 138.970050°E / -35.49074; 138.970050
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
Localities around Point Sturt:
Milang Lake Alexandrina Lake Alexandrina
Clayton Bay Point Sturt Lake Alexandrina
Clayton Bay Hindmarsh Island
Mundoo Island		 Lake Alexandrina
Footnotes Coordinates[1]
Adjoining localities[1]

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. 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.
  2. ↑ "Manning index of South Australian placenames". State Library of South Australia. Retrieved 18 July 2015.


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