Meribah is a small settlement in the Brown's Well district of the Murray Mallee region of South Australia. It is 10 kilometres (6 miles) from the border with Victoria, 62 kilometres (39 miles) north of Pinnaroo, and 37 kilometres (23 miles) south-east of Loxton.
| Meribah South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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  Meribah | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°42′S 140°51′E / 34.700°S 140.850°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 39 (SAL 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 5311 | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 36 m (118 ft) | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | District Council of Loxton Waikerie | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Electoral district of Chaffey | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Division of Barker | ||||||||||||||
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The township was a short-lived terminus of the Barmera railway line in 1913[2][failed verification] until construction extended to Paringa later in the year.[3]
The town was proclaimed on 26 November 1914; it was named after a nearby bore styled Meribah, the biblical place where Moses "struck the rock and water gushed forth".[4][5]
The post office opened in March 1916 and closed in June 1985.[6]
References
edit- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Meribah (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ Brown's Well Line, 1913, retrieved 2 July 2014[failed verification]
- ^ "Paringa railway". The Register. Vol. LXXVIII, no. 20, 870. Original, Adelaide. Digital reproduction, Canberra: National Library of Australia – Trove digital newspaper archive. 1 October 1913. p. 11. Retrieved 3 February 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Manning, Geoffrey H. (2012). "A compendium of the place names of South Australia". State Library of South Australia. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
- ^ Exodus 17:6, 7
- ^ "Post Office". Phoenix Auctions. List: "*Meribah*". Retrieved 6 February 2021.
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