Palmer, South Australia
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| Coordinates: 34°51′07″S 139°09′36″E / 34.852°S 139.160°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | South Australia | ||||||||||||
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| Established | 1860s | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 215 (SAL 2021) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 5237 | ||||||||||||
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Palmer is a town just east of the Adelaide Hills region of South Australia along the Adelaide-Mannum Road, 70 kilometres east-north-east of the state capital, Adelaide and 15 km west-north-west of Mannum (34°51′S 139°9′E / 34.850°S 139.150°E). It is located in the Mid Murray Council local government area.
Palmer has a primary school (opened 1882), a general store, hotel and a Lutheran Church of which Carl Heinrich Loessel was the first pastor, from 22 May 1869 before the church was built, succeeded by the long-serving Pastor Kuss.
There are some rock formations at the Granite Boulders Area Geological Site.