Tungkillo, South Australia

Tungkillo, South Australia

Infobox Australian Place | type = town
name = Tungkillo
state = sa


caption =
lga = Mid Murray Council
postcode = 5236
pop = 300
est = 1861
region = Adelaide Hills
mayor = Ian Mann
stategov = Schubert
fedgov = Barker
dist1 = 60
dir1 = north-east
location1= Adelaide
dist2 = 25
dir2 = north-west
location2= Mannum
dist3 = 5
dir3 = south
location3= Mount Pleasant

Tungkillo (coord|34|49|S|139|04|E|region:AU-SA_type:x , postcode 5236, altitude 299m, population 300) is a town in South Australia, located approximately Convert|5|km|mi|abbr=on south of Mount Pleasant. It sits on Adelaide-Mannum Road, Convert|60|km|mi|abbr=on north-east of the state capital, Adelaide and Convert|25|km|mi|abbr=on north-west of Mannum.

Tungkillo was originally the name of a mine located south of Palmer, which opened in 1847. In 1848, a town was surveyed at the mine, The present-day town was settled by Samuel Patten in 1861, who called it "South Petherton" (after the Somerset town of North Petherton from which his family originated). The name of South Petherton was officially altered on January 24, 1906 to Tungkillo, although the two names were used interchangeably as late as 1936.

Tungkillo is a corruption of "tainkila", an Peramangk Aboriginal word meaning "ghost moth grubs". [ [http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/manning/pn/t/t6.htm Place Names of South Australia] , SA State Library. Accessed 9 July 2006]

Tungkillo is in the Mid Murray Council local government area, the South Australian House of Assembly electoral district of Schubert and the Australian House of Representatives Division of Barker.

ee also

*Mid Murray Council

References

External links

* [http://www.mid-murray.sa.gov.au/webdata/resources/images/MAP38.pngMap of Tungkillo] (Mid Murray Council)


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