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Glenroy, South Australia

Coordinates: 37°15′07″S 140°47′47″E / 37.251906738183976°S 140.79642299907948°E / -37.251906738183976; 140.79642299907948
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Glenroy
South Australia
Glenroy is located in South Australia
Glenroy
Glenroy
Coordinates37°15′07″S 140°47′47″E / 37.251906738183976°S 140.79642299907948°E / -37.251906738183976; 140.79642299907948
Population76 (2021 2021 census)
Postcode(s)5277
Elevation63 m (207 ft)
Location374 km (232 mi) southeast of Adelaide, South Australia
LGA(s)Wattle Range Council
Localities around Glenroy:
Bool Lagoon Joanna Wrattonbully
Maaoupe Glenroy Comaum
Maaoupe Coonawarra Coonawarra

Glenroy is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located in the state’s southeast about 374 kilometres southeast of the state capital of Adelaide in the Wattle Range Council.[1]

Glenroy is located on the railway line between Wolseley and Mount Gambier, South Australia. It has been closed to traffic since April 1995.[2]

The Glen Roy Conservation Park is located in Glenroy.[3]

Glenroy and it's railway station was named after a town of a similar name in Scotland.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Wattle Range Council
  2. ^ "Friday rewind – bus travel 1940s style". ABC South East SA. 16 January 2015. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
  3. ^ South Australia. Department of Environment and Planning, National Parks and Wildlife Service, South East District (October 1990), Sutherland, Andrea (ed.), Small parks of the Lower South East Management Plans : South East South Australia (PDF), South Australia. Department of Environment and Planning, pp. 3 and 10, ISBN 978-0-7308-0481-9{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ Names of Railway Stations 24 March 1915