Glenroy is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located in the state's southeast about 374 kilometres southeast of the state capital of Adelaide in the Wattle Range Council.[2]
| Glenroy South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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  Glenroy | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 37°15′07″S 140°47′47″E / 37.251906738183976°S 140.79642299907948°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 76 (SAL 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 5277 | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 63 m (207 ft) | ||||||||||||||
| Location | 374 km (232 mi) southeast of Adelaide, South Australia | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Wattle Range Council | ||||||||||||||
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Glenroy is located on the railway line between Wolseley and Mount Gambier, South Australia. It has been closed to traffic since April 1995.[3]
The Glen Roy Conservation Park is located in Glenroy.[4]
Glenroy and its railway station were named after a town of a similar name in Scotland.[5]
In the 2021 census, the population of Glenroy was 76.[6]
References
edit- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Glenroy (SA) (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ Wattle Range Council
- ^ "Friday rewind – bus travel 1940s style". ABC South East SA. 16 January 2015. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
- ^ Sutherland, Andrea, ed. (October 1990), Small parks of the Lower South East Management Plans: South East South Australia (PDF), South Australia, Department of Environment and Planning, pp. 3 and 10, ISBN 978-0-7308-0481-9
- ^ Names of Railway Stations 24 March 1915
- ^ "2021 Glenroy (SA), Census All persons QuickStats". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
