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Mypolonga
South Australia
Man holding sample of wheat from Mypolonga(GN01582).jpg
Man holding sample of oats from Mypolonga, November 1915.
Mypolonga is located in South Australia
Mypolonga
Mypolonga
Location in South Australia
Population 771 (2011 census)
Postcode(s) 5254
Location 18 km (11 mi) NE of Murray Bridge
LGA(s) Rural City of Murray Bridge
State electorate(s) Electoral district of Hammond
Federal Division(s) Division of Barker
Localities around Mypolonga:
Caloote, Wall Flat Woodlane Pompoota
Pallamana Mypolonga Burdett
Murray Bridge North Willow Banks, Toora Sunnyside

Mypolonga is a town in South Australia along the river Murray, it currently has a local post office/general store. It has a local primary school & a football team that participates in the river Murray football league.

Mypolonga's translation is from an Aboriginal name for Cliff Lookout Place.

The royal town is surrounded by limestone cliffs along the Murray River and has strong agriculture land. Mypolonga has been named as a finalist in the 2021 South Australian Ag Town of the Year award.

Key agriculture produce includes; cow milk, Jonesey's buffalo milk, stone fruit (apricots, peach, nectarine, plumbs etc), citrus, wine grapes and olives.

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