Murray Bridge, South Australia

Murray Bridge
Pomberuk
South Australia
The main street of Murray Bridge
Murray Bridge is located in South Australia
Murray Bridge
Murray Bridge
Coordinates35°07′01″S 139°16′01″E / 35.117°S 139.267°E / -35.117; 139.267
Population17,457 (UCL 2021)[1]
Established1924
Postcode(s)5253[2]
Area97.5 km2 (37.6 sq mi)[3] (2011 urban)
Time zoneACST (UTC+9:30)
 • Summer (DST)ACDT (UTC+10:30)
Location78 km (48 mi) ESE of Adelaide
LGA(s)Rural City of Murray Bridge
State electorate(s)Hammond
Federal division(s)Barker
Localities around Murray Bridge:
Pallamana
Rocky Gully
Murray Bridge North
Northern Heights
Mobilong
Riverglades
Murray Bridge East
White Hill
Rocky Gully
Murray Bridge Long Flat
Gifford Hill Swanport
Murray Bridge South
Monteith

Murray Bridge (formerly Mobilong and Edwards Crossing; Ngarrindjeri: Pomberuk) is a city in the Australian state of South Australia, located 78 kilometres (48 mi) east-southeast of the state's capital city, Adelaide, and 77 kilometres (48 mi) north of the town of Meningie.

The city is called Pomberuk by the traditional owners of the land, the Ngarrindjeri[4] people. It was later known as Mobilong and later as Edwards Crossing, before being renamed as Murray Bridge in 1924,[5][6] deriving its name from the then Murray River road/rail bridge crossing over the Murray River. The city is situated on the Princes Highway, the main road transport link between Adelaide and Melbourne.

The city services a farming area including dairy, pigs, chickens, cereal crops and vegetables.

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Murray Bridge (urban centre and locality)". Australian Census 2021. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ Murray Bridge Postcode. Australia Post. Retrieved 29 May 2008
  3. ^ "2011 Census Community Profiles: Murray Bridge". ABS Census. Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
  4. ^ Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (26 July 2019). "S69: NGARRINDJERI". collection.aiatsis.gov.au. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  5. ^ "Rural City of Murray Bridge". About Murray Bridge. Rural City of Murray Bridge. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
  6. ^ "NEW TOWN NAMES APPROVED". The Advertiser. Adelaide. 26 July 1940. p. 10. Retrieved 5 September 2016 – via National Library of Australia.

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