18-719: Browns Well Highway is a road connecting Loxton, South Australia through the Murray Mallee to Pinnaroo in South Australia . It was named in 2008 after the Browns Well district for areas traversed by the highway. Railways were evenly spaced across the Mallee before road transport improved. The Browns Well highway crosses the Loxton railway line on the outskirts of the town, the former Barmera railway line at Paruna about 34 km along
36-526: Is 266.1 mm (10.48 in), with a slight winter maximum. Annually, there are 108.2 clear days and 120.1 cloudy days. Extreme temperatures have ranged from −5.7 °C (21.7 °F) on 21 July 1982 to 47.3 °C (117.1 °F) on 20 December 2019. Morgan, South Australia Morgan is a town in South Australia on the right bank of the Murray River , just downstream of where it turns from flowing roughly westwards to roughly southwards. It
54-561: Is a town on the south bank of the River Murray in the Riverland region of South Australia . It is located on the lands of the Erawirung people who occupied the area before the arrival of Europeans. It is a service town for the surrounding districts. Loxton's primary productions are agriculture and horticulture. Citrus fruit , wine grapes, almonds, and stone fruit trees are prevalent. Loxton
72-511: Is about 161 kilometres (100 mi) north east of Adelaide , and about 315 kilometres (196 mi) upstream of the Murray Mouth . Several Indigenous names are recorded: Korkoranna for Morgan itself, Koolpoola for the opposite flats, and Coerabko ('Katarapko'), meaning meeting place, for the bend locality. Morgan is in the traditional lands of the Ngaiawang people. Nganguruku people moved to
90-525: Is also the main town for the northern part of the Murray Mallee which is a dryland farming and grain cropping area. Loxton High School provides secondary education for the area. Loxton has a pioneer settlement museum (known as the Loxton Historical Village), preserving the heritage of the mallee region. It is also famous for the "Loxton Lights Up" Christmas Festival in December each year, and
108-708: Is connected by road to the Sturt Highway , which passes nearby at Kingston On Murray and is the northern terminus of the Karoonda Highway and eastern terminus of the Stott Highway . The railway line now terminates at the Tookayerta grain terminal 7 kilometres (4 miles) south of the town and does not carry any passengers. The line was closed in 2015. Loxton is a town with many farms and fruit crops. The joint programme of salt interception schemes to help keep salt out of
126-617: Is home to a variety of service clubs, most notably the Apex Club , Rotary Club , and Lions Club . Historically, Loxton has been home to several newspapers. These include: Channels from the following television networks are available in Loxton: The first form of regular transport to Loxton was paddle steamers on the Murray River. The Loxton railway line , completed in 1914, connected Alawoona and Tailem Bend to Adelaide . Loxton today
144-589: Is now a mainstay on the Australian HPV Super Series calendar. In 2018 it will be round 2 of the series. Loxton has a number of heritage-listed sites, including: Loxton has a cold semi-arid climate ( Köppen: BSk), with very warm summers, mild winters and low annual precipitation. Average maxima range from 32.2 °C (90.0 °F) in January to 16.0 °C (60.8 °F) in July. Mean Average annual rainfall
162-467: Is well known for its number of houseboat moorings and services, and a houseboat marina is currently under construction . A free road transport ferry service operates 24 hours for river crossings. Just southward (downstream) from Morgan is a riverfront development named Brenda Park, which has flourished since WWII , originally as rustic shacks, but now as prestige waterfront holiday homes. Despite these new developments, many historic buildings remain in
180-848: The Bay Sheffield held at Glenelg . The program includes races from 70m to 1000m and is the final major South Australian lead-up event to the Stawell Gift held at Easter. Since 2014, the streets of the town have been shut off in May for the running of the Loxton Pedal Prix, which is a round of the Australian HPV Super Series . The track incorporates the major central roundabout and the surrounding main streets. It includes two long 600m straights, one uphill and one downhill. The event has proved popular with locals, riders and spectators alike, and
198-503: The Morgan area when they lost access to their traditional lands further south. The first Europeans to visit were the expedition of Charles Sturt , who passed by in a rowboat in 1830. The first Europeans to visit overland, by horseback, in March 1838, was the expedition of Hill , Oakden , Willis, and Wood. They noted a large Indigenous population. The locality was originally known to Europeans as
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#1732876019796216-545: The Murray and Darling rivers. At its peak, Morgan was the second busiest port in South Australia (behind only Port Adelaide ), with six trains a day carrying freight from the Murray to the sea at Port Adelaide. As road transport improved through the early part of the 20th century, river transport declined. The railway to Morgan finally closed in 1969. Morgan has a number of heritage-listed buildings, including: Morgan today
234-506: The North West Bend, or Nor'west Bend, or Great South Bend, due to an acute change in the trend and direction of the Murray . The westward flowing stream of the river turns here to flow southward. The nearby pioneering pastoral station, Northwest Bend Station, established in the 1840s, still bears that name. The town was proclaimed in 1878, the year the railway line from Adelaide via Kapunda
252-546: The River Murray, costing an estimated $ 60 million, commenced in 2001. This programme was expected to deliver 61 EC at Morgan by December 2007. The partner Governments of New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia and the Commonwealth have agreed that joint salt interception schemes must both be economically and technically feasible. The Loxton Gift athletics carnival offers the most prize money in South Australia apart from
270-598: The annual 120m Loxton Gift handicap sprint race held in late February. The town hosts the second round of the Australian HPV Super Series in May annually. Loxton is the seat of the local government area of the District Council of Loxton Waikerie . It is in the South Australian House of Assembly electoral district of Chaffey and the Australian House of Representatives division of Barker . The town
288-533: The route, and the former Peebinga railway line 64 km along the route. It crosses the Pinnaroo railway line in Pinnaroo near the southern terminus of the highway. These all provided reliable transport to pioneer settlers in the region, including transporting grain and produce through Tailem Bend to markets. This Australian road or road transport-related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Loxton, South Australia Loxton
306-526: The town. A number of these buildings have signs showing their former use and appearance. The two hotels, both historic, sit opposite each other, facing the riverfront. A caravan park is sited near the riverfront. Morgan is in the Mid Murray Council local government area , the state electoral district of Stuart , and the federal Division of Barker . During World War II , the Morgan-Whyalla pipeline
324-415: Was opened, and was named at that time after Sir William Morgan , then Chief Secretary, later Premier of South Australia. A large wharf was built, and Morgan, being the railway terminus (hence the name of a local hotel), became one of the busiest ports on the Murray. It handled nearly all the goods that were being imported and exported (particularly wool) to and from a vast region upstream from Morgan along
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