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Nangwarry
South Australia
Nangwarry is located in South Australia
Nangwarry
Nangwarry
Location in South Australia
Population
Established 17 October 1974 (town)
13 December 2001 (locality)
Postcode(s) 5277
Time zone ACST (UTC+9:30)
 • Summer (DST) ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location
  • 352 km (219 mi) SE of Adelaide
  • 32 km (20 mi) N of Mount Gambier
  • 19 km (12 mi) S of Penola
LGA(s) Wattle Range Council
Region Limestone Coast
County Grey
State electorate(s) Mount Gambier
Federal Division(s) Barker
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall
19.0 °C
66 °F
8.2 °C
47 °F
712.4 mm
28 in
Localities around Nangwarry:
Monbulla Penola Lake Mundi, Victoria
Krongart
Kalangadoo
Wepar
Nangwarry Lake Mundi, Victoria
Lindsay, Victoria
Tarpeena Tarpeena
Pleasant Park
Lindsay, Victoria
Footnotes Locations
Adjoining localities

Nangwarry is a town and a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located about 352 kilometres (219 mi) south-east of the state capital of Adelaide and about 32 kilometres (20 mi) north-west of the regional centre of Mount Gambier.

The Town of Nangwarry was proclaimed under the Crown Lands Act 1929 on 17 October 1974. The boundaries for the locality were proclaimed on 13 December 2001 which include the extent of the Town of Nangwarry and which align with the boundaries of the cadastral unit of the Hundred of Nangwarry. The locality was given the “long established name.”

Nangwarry has a petrol station, a general store, bottle shop, post office, timber mill, and a museum. And a football / netball team known as the Nangwarry Saints, who play in the Mid South Eastern Football League.

The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that the locality had a population of 520 of which 483 lived in its town centre.

Nangwarry is located within the federal division of Barker, the state electoral district of Mount Gambier and the local government area of the Wattle Range Council.

The Football Club Was Burnt Down By A Deliberate Fire 2 years ago

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