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Purnong
South Australia
Purnong ferry(GN14120).jpg
Purnong ferry
Purnong is located in South Australia
Purnong
Purnong
Location in South Australia
Postcode(s) 5238
Location
LGA(s) Mid Murray Council
State electorate(s) Chaffey
Federal Division(s) Barker
Localities around Purnong:
Walker Flat Forster Nildottie
Caurnamont Purnong Claypans
Bowhill

Purnong or Purnong Landing is the location of a cable ferry across the Murray River upstream of Mannum. The town is on the cliffs above the left (eastern) bank of the river. It is 32 kilometres (20 mi) by road from Mannum on the west side of the Murray, and 40 kilometres (25 mi) on the east side.

The town was surveyed in 1911 and named for an Aboriginal word meaning at the wide place. The ferry crossing is the shortest in South Australia, but there are lagoons adjacent to the river.

Purnong Primary School closed in December 1983.

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