Mount Mary, South Australia

Mount Mary
South Australia

Mount Mary Hotel
Mount Mary
Coordinates 34°06′S 139°24′E / 34.1°S 139.4°E / -34.1; 139.4Coordinates: 34°06′S 139°24′E / 34.1°S 139.4°E / -34.1; 139.4
Established 1883
Postcode(s) 5374
Elevation 95 m (312 ft)
Location
LGA(s) Mid Murray Council
State electorate(s) Stuart
Federal Division(s) Barker
Localities around Mount Mary:
Beatty
Bower Mount Mary Eba
Brownlow Blanchetown

Mount Mary is a small town on the Thiele Highway between Eudunda and Morgan in South Australia. It was also served by the Morgan railway line from 1878 until 1969 and is named for the Mount Mary railway station on that line.

Despite the town's name, the terrain is essentially flat, and is believed to have been a corruption of Mound Mary. The town was originally surveyed in 1883 and named Krichauff in 1884, after the Hundred of Krichauff which in turn was named for Friedrich Krichauff. The name was changed from a name of enemy origin in 1918 to Beatty (along with the name of the hundred) then again in 1940 to Mount Mary to match the name of the railway station.[1] Beatty remains the name of the locality covering the northern half of the hundred of Beatty.

Mount Mary still has a hotel serving the community and travellers, but little other business remains other than farming. The town contains ten homes, the pub, and a working telephone box.[2]

References

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  1. "Placename Details: Mount Mary". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. 31 March 2010. SA0047016. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
  2. Mike Gribble (30 January 2016). "Mt Mary Hotel is the pub with no peer in a town time forgot". Sunday Mail. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
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