| Stuart South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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  Stuart | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°54′S 139°48′E / 33.9°S 139.8°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 15 (SAL 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Gazetted | 27 March 2003 | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Mid Murray Council | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Chaffey | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Barker | ||||||||||||||
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| Footnotes | [2] | ||||||||||||||
Stuart is a locality in the Riverland region of South Australia.
Nomenclature
Stuart gets its name from the Hundred of Stuart, which in turn was named after John McDouall Stuart in 1860. The locality boundary is almost identical to the hundred boundary, except that the southeastern part of the Hundred is in the locality of Taylorville and the southwestern corner of the hundred in the locality of Morgan.[2]
Transport
Stuart is crossed by the Goyder Highway and bounded on its southern side by the Murray River. Despite the river flowing past the south of the locality, it is in an area of very low rainfall not reliable for farming. No intensive irrigation has been set up in the area.
Energy
Stuart is the site of ElectraNet's North West Bend electricity substation. If they are constructed, Stuart will be crossed by the Project EnergyConnect electricity interconnector joining the South Australian and New South Wales electricity grids. It is also proposed to be the site of the Riverland Solar Storage solar power station.
References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Stuart (SA) (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ a b "Placename Details: Stuart (LOCB)". Property Location Browser Report. Government of South Australia. 19 June 2008. SA0053576. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
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