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Point Sturt
South Australia
Nanda Farm Cottage.jpg
Original stone settlers cottage at Nanda Farm, Point Sturt (circa1855)
Point Sturt is located in South Australia
Point Sturt
Point Sturt
Location in South Australia
Population 69 (shared with part of Milang) (2016 census)
Established 1850s (private sub-division)
31 August 2000 (locality)
Postcode(s) 5256
Time zone ACST (UTC+9:30)
 • Summer (DST) ACDT (UTC+10:30)
Location
  • 71 km (44 mi) SE of Adelaide
  • 17 km (11 mi) E of Goolwa
LGA(s) Alexandrina Council
Region Fleurieu and Kangaroo Island
County Hindmarsh
State electorate(s) Hammond
Federal Division(s) Mayo
Localities around Point Sturt:
Milang Lake Alexandrina Lake Alexandrina
Clayton Bay Point Sturt Lake Alexandrina
Clayton Bay Hindmarsh Island
Mundoo Island
Lake Alexandrina
Footnotes Locations
Adjoining localities

Point Sturt is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on the Sturt Peninsula on the west side of Lake Alexandrina about 71 kilometres (44 mi) south-east of the state capital of Adelaide and about 17 kilometres (11 mi) east of the municipal seat of Goolwa.

It is made up of rural living land holdings, primary production and grazing land. The beginning of Point Sturt Road is about 4 km from Clayton Bay and 9 km south of Milang, South Australia. At the end of Point Sturt road there are views across Lake Alexandrina to Raukkan.

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