Mortana South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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Coordinates | 33°01′41″S 134°27′11″E / 33.02793°S 134.45313°E[1] | ||||||||||||||
Population | 23 (SAL 2021)[2] | ||||||||||||||
Established | 12 April 2001[3] | ||||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 5671[1] | ||||||||||||||
Time zone | ACST (UTC+9:30) | ||||||||||||||
• Summer (DST) | ACST (UTC+10:30) | ||||||||||||||
LGA(s) | District Council of Streaky Bay[1] | ||||||||||||||
Region | Eyre Western[1] | ||||||||||||||
County | Robinson[1] | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | Flinders[4] | ||||||||||||||
Federal division(s) | Grey[5] | ||||||||||||||
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Footnotes | Adjoining localities[1] |
Mortana is a rural locality in South Australia, located on the Eyre Peninsula. It is traversed by the Flinders Highway.[7] The boundaries for the locality were established in April 2001 in respect of the long established local name.[8]
Mortana Post Office opened on 2 February 1900 and closed on 31 March 1971.[9] A cricket club once existed there, having been founded in 1912; it also formerly had a school.[10] A railway line to the area was mooted in the 1920s, but did not occur.[11]
The Murphy's Haystacks geological formation is located at Mortana, and forms a local tourist attraction.[12][13]
The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Mortana had a population of 16 people.[14]
Mortana is located within the federal division of Grey, the state electoral district of Flinders and the local government area of the District Council of Streaky Bay.[5][4][1]