Meningia

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Meningia
MeningieHotel.JPG
Meningie Hotel
State : AustraliaAustralia Australia
State : Flag of South Australia.svg South Australia
Founded : 1866
Coordinates : 35 ° 41 ′  S , 139 ° 20 ′  E Coordinates: 35 ° 41 ′  S , 139 ° 20 ′  E
Area : 5.8  km²
Residents : 852 (2016)
Population density : 147 inhabitants per km²
Time zone : ACST (UTC + 9: 30)
Postal code : 5264
LGA : Coorong District Council
Meningia (South Australia)
Meningia
Meningia

Meningie is an Australian town on the southeast side of Lake Albert in South Australia , which is located on the Princes Highway near Coorong 152 km southeast of Adelaide . In 2016, 852 people lived in the city. Next to Meningie are the towns of Meningie West and Meningie East .

history

Before the first European settlement, five Aboriginal clans of the Ngarrindjeri lived in the Coorong and Meningie area. When the British colonized this area, disease and massacre reduced their numbers from an estimated 3,200 in 1842 to 511 in 1874.

The first European to come to this area was Charles Sturt in 1829, who reached Lake Alexandria at the mouth of the Murray River on February 9, 1830 .

Sheep and ranchers followed Sturt in the 1840s and a road from Adelaide to Melbourne was built. They practiced agriculture , the soil and also sufficient water offered the possibility for the successful development of agriculture. There is also a large fleet of fishing boats in Meningie Harbor.

The city was given the name by Governor Sir Henry Lionel Galway and it was surveyed in 1866.

tourism

Meningie lies on the shores of Lake Albert and is close to Coorong National Park , Younghusband Peninsula and Narrung Peninsula . Tourists visit the city mainly in summer to swim, fish and practice water sports. For tourists and residents of the city there is an 18-hole golf course and the Meningie Cheese Factory Museum , which shows the history of cheese-making in the area. Meningie also offers souvenirs and gifts in shops as well as accommodation options in hotels and motels.

Meningie became the first city to have ADSL , broadband internet access , installed in Australia in October 2003.

Meningie is home to an Australian football club , the Meningie Bears , which has existed for about 150 years, and the Meningie Motocross Club .

About 18 km from Meningie is the Point Malcolm Lighthouse , the only lighthouse in inland Australia.

Web links

Commons : Meningie, South Australia  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics : Meningia (L) ( English ) In: 2016 Census QuickStats . June 27, 2017. Retrieved April 8, 2020.
  2. ↑ a b placenames.sa.gov.au ( Memento of the original from December 3, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. : Meningie, South Australia , in English, accessed September 22, 2011 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.placenames.sa.gov.au
  3. ↑ smh.com.au : Meningie , May 23, 2008, in English, accessed September 22, 2011
  4. ↑ placenames.sa.gov.au  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. : Other Details , in English, accessed September 22, 2011@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.placenames.sa.gov.au  
  5. ↑ Simon Wright: Internode launches own ADSL network , Whirlpool . October 3, 2003. Retrieved June 19, 2006.