Monteith, South Australia

Town in South Australia

35°10′S 139°19′E / 35.17°S 139.32°E / -35.17; 139.32Population104 (SAL 2021)^[1]Established1904Postcode(s)5254LGA(s)Rural City of Murray Bridge State electorate(s)Hammond Federal division(s)Barker

Localities around Monteith:
Swanport	Long Flat	Murray Bridge East
Riverglen	Monteith	Kepa
	White Sands, Woods Point	Tailem Bend

Monteith is a rural locality inside a bend on the east (left) bank of the Murray River downstream (south) of Murray Bridge on the other bank. It is governed by the Rural City of Murray Bridge. The dominant industry is dairy farming on the flats near the river and other farming further away from the river. Many of the farms are long and narrow along Bells Road, with irrigated land on the river side and elevated land on the other side of the road, including a dairy and farm house.^[2]

The locality of Monteith is traversed by the Princes Highway and bounded by the Adelaide-Melbourne railway line. The eastern end of the Swanport Bridge is at the northwestern corner of the locality.^[3]

The town of Monteith was surveyed in 1909, and formally named by Governor Day Bosanquet in 1910 after T. F. Monteith, an early pastoralist in the area.^[3]

References

^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Monteith (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
^ "Monteith". Flinders Ranges Research. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Placename Details: Monteith (Locality Bounded)". Property Location Browser Report. Government of South Australia. 31 March 2010. SA004035. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 19 September 2017.