Coordinates: 35°15′34″S 139°26′17″E / 35.25944°S 139.43806°E / -35.25944; 139.43806

Jervois, South Australia

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Jervois
South Australia
Coordinates35°15′34″S 139°26′17″E / 35.25944°S 139.43806°E / -35.25944; 139.43806
Postcode(s)5259
Location
LGA(s)Rural City of Murray Bridge
State electorate(s)Hammond
Federal division(s)Barker
Localities around Jervois:
Woods Point
Brinkley Jervois Tailem Bend
Wellington Wellington East

Jervois is a town in South Australia,[1] on the right (western) bank of the lower Murray River. Jervois is predominantly a farming community, especially dairy farming on the floodplain and gently rising ground behind it. Jervois is located in the Rural City of Murray Bridge local government area, 99 kilometres (62 mi) southeast of the state capital, Adelaide and on the opposite bank of the Murray from Tailem Bend, with a cable ferry carrying vehicles across the river between the two towns. In contrast to Jervois, Tailem Bend is high on cliffs above the left bank of the river. Jervois was surveyed in 1927[2] and named after the governor of South Australia, William Jervois.[3]

See also

References

  1. "2905.0 – Statistical Geography: Volume 2 -- Census Geographic Areas, Australia, 2006". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 8 December 2009.
  2. "Placename Details: Jervois". Government of South Australia, Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. 4 March 2010. SA0009678. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
  3. "Rural & Town Maps". Rural City of Murray Bridge. Archived from the original on 10 March 2015. Retrieved 19 March 2015.