Sandergrove, South Australia

Sandergrove is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia about 9 km (5.5 mi) south of Strathalbyn. It was a junction on the Victor Harbor railway line, where the Milang railway line branched off. The railway was authorised in 1881^[4] and closed in 1970.^[5]

Sandergrove South Australia
Sandergrove
Coordinates	35°20′0″S 138°52′19″E
Population	98 (SAL 2021)[1]
Postcode(s)	5255
Elevation	43 m (141 ft)
Location	9 km (6 mi) S of Strathalbyn
LGA(s)	Alexandrina Council[2]
Region	Fleurieu and Kangaroo Island[3]
County	Hindmarsh[2]
State electorate(s)	Heysen
Federal division(s)	Mayo
Localities around Sandergrove: Strathalbyn Strathalbyn Strathalbyn Ashbourne Finniss Sandergrove Angas Plains Nurragi Finniss Finniss Nurragi
Footnotes	Adjoining localities[2]

The north-western end of the Nurragi Conservation Reserve, a private protected area which follows the alignment of the former Milang railway line as a rail trail, terminates at Sandergrove.^[6]

History

In 1863, the Strathalbyn Methodist circuit included a church at Sandergrove.^[7] It still existed in 1900,^[8] but it was not part of the circuit by 1963.^[7] The Sandergrove Primary School opened in 1923, but has since closed.^[9]

References

1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Sandergrove (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. 
2. "Search result(s) for Ashbourne (LOCB) (Record No. SA0003394) with the following layers being selected - "Suburbs and Localities", "Local Government Areas", "Counties", "Place names (gazetteer)" and "Road labels"". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
3. "Fleurieu and Kangaroo Island SA Government region" (PDF). The Government of South Australia. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
4. "Mount Barker, & c., Railway 44 Vic., 1881, No. 221". 1881. hdl:2328/3533.
5. "Branch From Sandergrove to Milang Railway (Discontinuance) Act, 1970, No. 25". Flinders University. 1970. hdl:2328/20321.
6. "Nurragi Conservation Reserve". Australian Council of National Trusts. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
7. Methodist Church of Australasia. South Australia Conference (1859), Strathalbyn Methodist Circuit, retrieved 22 February 2015
8. "United Methodist Conference". South Australian Register. Adelaide, SA: National Library of Australia. 3 March 1900. p. 10. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
9. "Placename Details: Sandergrove Primary School". Property Location Browser. Land Services Group, Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure, Government of South Australia. 16 April 2009. SA0035710. Retrieved 22 February 2015.