Magdala, South Australia

Town in South Australia

34°26′00″S 138°42′32″E / 34.433310°S 138.708750°E / -34.433310; 138.708750Population79 (SAL 2021)^[1]Established1890sPostcode(s)5400Location20 km (12 mi) N of GawlerLGA(s)Light Regional CouncilState electorate(s)Light Federal division(s)Grey

Localities around Magdala:
	Hamley Bridge	Linwood
Pinkerton Plains	Magdala	Morn Hill
	Wasleys	Templers

Magdala (sometimes erroneously spelled Magdalla) is a former settlement and current locality about 20 km north of Gawler in South Australia. There was formerly a church and Lutheran school, but all that remains is the cemetery.^[2] Magdala is on the road from Templers to Hamley Bridge. It was established in the 1890s and had a school from 1903 to 1940.^[2] The Roseworthy-Peterborough railway line passes through the settlement.

References

^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Magdala (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Placename Details: Magdala". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. 7 November 2011. SA0041950. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 7 December 2015. Boundaries established in May 1995. Corrigendum published in April 2009 correcting the spelling of Magdalla as gazetted in 1995 to Magdala. Magdala was a Lutheran settlement established in the late 1890s and consisted of a school (1903-1940), a cemetery and the meeting rooms for the Mudla Wirra North Council. No remnants of the original settlement remain except for gravestones of the cemetery located on CT 5783/875. A memorial plaque has been erected on the site of the original school.