Keyneton, South Australia

Town in South Australia

34°33′14″S 139°08′06″E / 34.55389°S 139.13500°E / -34.55389; 139.13500Population321 (SAL 2021)^[1]Postcode(s)5353Location

82 km (51 mi) NE of Adelaide
17 km (11 mi) SW of Nuriootpa, South Australia

LGA(s)Mid Murray CouncilState electorate(s)Schubert Federal division(s)Barker

Localities around Keyneton:
Moculta	Truro	Towitta
Angaston	Keyneton	Sedan
Flaxman Valley, Mount McKenzie	Eden Valley	Cambrai

Keyneton is a locality in South Australia.^[2] The town is in the Mid Murray Council local government area, 82 kilometres (51 mi) north-east of the state capital, Adelaide.

The town was named after English pastoralist Joseph Keynes (related to the Keynes Family), who had settled the area in 1842 and whose descendants still live and farm in the area. It is in the Eden Valley wine region.

The historic former North Rhine Mine Engine House in Pine Hut Road and the Bridge Over the River Somme on the Sedan-Angaston Road are listed on the South Australian Heritage Register.^[3]^[4]

Notable people

Sarah Lindsay Evans (1816–1898), temperance activist

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Keyneton, South Australia.

^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Keyneton (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
^ "2905.0 – Statistical Geography: Volume 2 -- Census Geographic Areas, Australia, 2006". Australian Bureau of Statistics. 17 July 2007. Retrieved 8 December 2009.
^ "Engine House for Direct Acting ('Bull') Pumping Engine, North Rhine Mine". South Australian Heritage Register. Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
^ "Bridge over the River Somme [Under-strutted Timber]". South Australian Heritage Register. Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources. Retrieved 28 May 2016.