Ceduna, South Australia
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Poynton Street, the main street of Ceduna | |||||||||||||
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| Coordinates: 32°07′0″S 133°40′0″E / 32.11667°S 133.66667°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | South Australia | ||||||||||||
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| Established | 1898 | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 2,290 (UCL 2021) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 5690 | ||||||||||||
| Mean max temp | 24.0 °C (75.2 °F) | ||||||||||||
| Mean min temp | 10.8 °C (51.4 °F) | ||||||||||||
| Annual rainfall | 271.0 mm (10.67 in) | ||||||||||||
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Ceduna (/səˈdjuːnə/ sə-DEW-nə) is a town in South Australia located on the shores of Murat Bay on the coast, west of the Eyre Peninsula. It lies west of the junction of the Flinders and Eyre Highways around 786 km northwest of Adelaide. The nearby port of Thevenard lies 3 km to the west on Cape Thevenard. It is in the District Council of Ceduna, the federal electoral Division of Grey, and the state electoral district of Flinders.
The name Ceduna is a local Aboriginal Wirangu word, alternatively phoneticized as Chedoona, thought to mean a place to sit down and rest.
The town is a fishing port and a railway hub.