Milendella, South Australia Explained

Type:town
Milendella
State:sa
Established:1881
Postcode:5237
Elevation:162
Lga:Mid Murray Council
Stategov:Hammond
Fedgov:Barker
Coordinates:-34.8°N 139.21°W
Near-N:Sanderston
Near-Ne:Angas Valley
Near-E:Punthari
Near-Se:Frayville
Near-S:Apamurra
Near-Sw:Palmer
Near-W:Mount Pleasant
Near-Nw:Springton
Footnotes:[1]

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.[2]

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.[3] Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church continues to meet monthly.[4]

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.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Placename Details: Milendella (LOCB) . Government of South Australia . Property Location Browser Report . SA0065626 . 31 March 2010 . 21 February 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161012010923/http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/ . 12 October 2016 . dead .
  2. Web site: Placename Details: Milendella Railway Station . Government of South Australia . Property Location Browser Report . SA0044782 . 26 March 2007 . 21 February 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161012010923/http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/ . 12 October 2016 . dead .
  3. Web site: Milendella . Flinders ranges Research . 21 February 2018.
  4. Web site: Congregations . Mid Murray Lutheran Parish . 21 February 2018.
  5. Web site: Placename Details: Bonython . Government of South Australia . Property Location Browser Report . SA0008154 . 12 May 2011 . 21 February 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161012010923/http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/ . 12 October 2016 . dead .