Jervois, South Australia

Town in South Australia

35°15′34″S 139°26′17″E / 35.25944°S 139.43806°E / -35.25944; 139.43806Population258 (SAL 2021)^[1]Postcode(s)5259Location

99 km (62 mi) SE of Adelaide
27 km (17 mi) SE of Murray Bridge
3 km (2 mi) W of Tailem Bend

LGA(s)Rural City of Murray Bridge State electorate(s)Hammond Federal division(s)Barker

Localities around Jervois:
	Woods Point
Brinkley	Jervois	Tailem Bend
Wellington	Wellington East

Jervois is a town in South Australia,^[2] on the right (western) bank of the lower Murray River. Jervois is predominantly a farming community, especially dairy farming on the floodplain and gently rising ground behind it.

Jervois is located in the Rural City of Murray Bridge local government area, 99 kilometres (62 mi) southeast of the state capital, Adelaide and on the opposite bank of the Murray from Tailem Bend, with a cable ferry carrying vehicles across the river between the two towns. In contrast to Jervois, Tailem Bend is high on cliffs above the left bank of the river. Jervois was surveyed in 1927^[3] and named after the governor of South Australia, William Jervois.^[4]

References

^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Jervois (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
^ "2905.0 – Statistical Geography: Volume 2 -- Census Geographic Areas, Australia, 2006". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 8 December 2009.
^ "Placename Details: Jervois". Government of South Australia, Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. 4 March 2010. SA0009678. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
^ "Rural & Town Maps". Rural City of Murray Bridge. Retrieved 19 March 2015.