Milendella, South Australia

Coordinates: 34°48′S 139°13′E / 34.80°S 139.21°E

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Milendella
South Australia

old building on Church Road in Milendella

Milendella

Coordinates

34°48′S 139°13′E / 34.80°S 139.21°E

Population

56 (SAL 2021)^[1]

Established

1881^[2]

Postcode(s)

5237

Elevation

162 m (531 ft)^[3]

Localities around Milendella:
Springton	Sanderston	Angas Valley
Mount Pleasant	Milendella	Punthari
Palmer	Apamurra	Frayville

Footnotes

^[4]

Milendella is a locality on the plains to the east of the Mount Lofty Ranges in South Australia. The name was the native name of Emu Creek which runs through the locality.^[3]

Milendella was first settled by German immigrant families in the 1880s. The Lutheran church was built in 1893. The town once had a church, general store, post office, school and railway station.^[2] Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church continues to meet monthly.^[5]

Milendella was once a stop on the Sedan railway line until it was closed in 1987. The name Milendella was approved by the state Nomenclature Committee in 1917 in advance of the railway opening in 1919.

Milendella includes the former Government Town of Bonython which was surveyed in 1890 and named after Sir John Langdon Bonython.^[6]

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Milendella, South Australia.

^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Milendella (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Milendella". Flinders ranges Research. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Placename Details: Milendella Railway Station". Property Location Browser Report. Government of South Australia. 26 March 2007. SA0044782. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
^ "Placename Details: Milendella (LOCB)". Property Location Browser Report. Government of South Australia. 31 March 2010. SA0065626. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
^ "Congregations". Mid Murray Lutheran Parish. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
^ "Placename Details: Bonython". Property Location Browser Report. Government of South Australia. 12 May 2011. SA0008154. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 21 February 2018.

Towns and localities of the Mid Murray Council

Former localities

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