Cobdogla

Cobdogla
Town
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Cobdogla is located in South Australia
Cobdogla
Cobdogla
Coordinates: 34°14′31″S 140°24′22″E / 34.24194°S 140.40611°E / -34.24194; 140.40611
CountryAustralia
StateSouth Australia
LGA
Location
Established1 May 1919 (town)
3 December 1998 (locality)[1][2]
Government
 • State electorate
 • Federal division
Population
 • Total197 (UCL 2021)[3]
Postcode
5346
Localities around Cobdogla
Overland Corner
Kingston on Murray Cobdogla Barmera
Moorook Loveday

Cobdogla is a town in the Riverland region of South Australia,[4] The town is on the Murray River, 232 kilometres (144 mi) north-east of the state capital, Adelaide. At the 2021 census, Cobdogla had a population of 197.[5]

Cobdogla is the home of the Irrigation and Steam Museum, centred on a pair of Humphrey pumps, one of which is operable,[a] and boasts a working 3 km railway with both a diesel and a steam locomotive (originally used by Humes Ltd. to transport pipes for the Loveday pipeline), a traction engine and numerous stationary engines, all in working order, maintained and operated by enthusiasts, as well as static displays on various river topics – Village Settlements, Loveday Internment Camp and Irrigation maintained by the National Trust of South Australia.[6] Open days are infrequent as a great deal of (voluntary) labour is involved.

The historic Cobdogla Homestead Ruins and the Humphrey pumps at the former Cobdogla Pumping Station are listed on the South Australian Heritage Register.[7][8]

Notes

  1. ↑ The remarkable Humphrey pump, the only functioning example in the world, has been demonstrated at open days in the early 21st-century, contingent on OH&S approval.

References

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  1. ↑ Peake, A.H. (1 May 1919). "Towns of Cobdogla, Copeville, and Perponda" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. South Australian Government. p. 797. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
  2. ↑ "Geographical Names Act 1991 Notice to Assign Boundaries and Names to Places (in the District Council of Berri Barmera )" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette: 1711. 3 December 1998. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
  3. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Cobdogla (urban centre and locality)". Australian Census 2021. 
  4. ↑ "2905.0 – Statistical Geography: Volume 2 -- Census Geographic Areas, Australia, 2006". Australian Bureau of Statistics. 17 July 2007. Retrieved 8 December 2009.
  5. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Cobdogla (L) (Urban Centre/Locality)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 24 July 2026.
  6. ↑ "Branches SA". National Trust of Australia. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
  7. ↑ "Cobdogla Homestead ruin". South Australian Heritage Register. Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
  8. ↑ "Humphrey Pumps, Cobdogla Irrigation Museum (former Cobdogla Pumping Station)". South Australian Heritage Register. Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
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