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Palmer, South Australia
| Palmer South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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 Palmer Lutheran Church | |||||||||||||||
  Palmer | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°51′07″S 139°09′36″E / 34.852°S 139.160°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 215 (SAL 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1860s | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 5237 | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Mid Murray Council | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Schubert | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Barker | ||||||||||||||
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| Footnotes | [2] | ||||||||||||||
Palmer is a town just east of the Adelaide Hills region of South Australia along the Adelaide-Mannum Road, 70 kilometres east-north-east of the state capital, Adelaide and 15 km west-north-west of Mannum (34°51′S 139°9′E / 34.850°S 139.150°E). It is located in the Mid Murray Council local government area.
Palmer has a primary school (opened 1882),[3] a general store, hotel[4] and a Lutheran Church[5] of which Carl Heinrich Loessel was the first pastor, from 22 May 1869 before the church was built, succeeded by the long-serving Pastor Kuss.[6]
There are some rock formations at the Granite Boulders Area Geological Site.[7]
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Palmer (SA) (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ "Placename Details: Palmer (LOCB)". Property Location Browser Report. Government of South Australia. 26 March 2007. SA0053022. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
- ^ Conlon, Keith; Halejko, Stan; Pancione, Sharyn; Palmer Primary School (S.A.); Palmer & Districts Association; Country Arts SA (2007), Palmer Primary School celebrates 125 years, 1882-2007, Palmer & Districts Association, retrieved 2 February 2019
- ^ White Pages Online. Retrieved 18 June 2006.
- ^ Lutheran Church of Australia. Retrieved 7 April 2007
- ^ "St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Palmer". The Mount Barker Courier and Onkaparinga and Gumeracha Advertiser. Vol. 48, no. 2548. South Australia. 27 September 1929. p. 5. Retrieved 5 April 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Granite Boulders Area Geological Site". South Australian Heritage Register. Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
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