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Culburra
South Australia
Culburra is located in South Australia
Culburra
Culburra
Location in South Australia
Established 1914 (sub-division)
24 August 2000 (locality)
Postcode(s) 5261
Time zone ACST (UTC+9:30)
 • Summer (DST) ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location
  • 158 km (98 mi) SE of Adelaide
  • 77 km (48 mi) SE of Tailem Bend
LGA(s) The Coorong District Council
Region Murray and Mallee
County Buccleuch
Cardwell
State electorate(s) Mackillop
Federal Division(s) Barker
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall
22.9 °C
73 °F
8.0 °C
46 °F
407.9 mm
16.1 in
Localities around Culburra:
Coonalpyn Coonalpyn Tintinara
Field Culburra Tintinara
Field Tintinara Tintinara
Footnotes Locations
Adjoining localities

Culburra is a town and locality in the Australian state of South Australia. It is located on the Dukes Highway and Melbourne–Adelaide railway. , about 158 kilometres (98 mi) south-east of the state capital of Adelaide and about 77 kilometres (48 mi) south-east of the municipal seat of Tailem Bend.

"Culburra" is an indigenous name meaning "plenty of sand", and the settlement was previously called Dewson before the name was changed in the early 20th century.

The boundaries and the name for the locality were gazetted on 24 August 2000. The locality consists of land adjoining the southern boundary of the cadastral unit of the Hundred of Coneybeer and land from the following hundreds – the north-east corner of Colebatch, the south-west corner of Lewis and a portion on its northern boundary of Richards.

Culburra is located within the federal division of Barker, the state electoral district of Mackillop and the local government area of the Coorong District Council.

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