Point Sturt
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Original stone settlers cottage at Nanda Farm, Point Sturt (c. 1855) | |||||||||||||
Point Sturt | |||||||||||||
| Coordinates: 35°29′32″S 138°58′07″E / 35.492196°S 138.96868°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | South Australia | ||||||||||||
| Region | Fleurieu and Kangaroo Island | ||||||||||||
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| Established | 1850s (private sub-division) 31 August 2000 (locality) | ||||||||||||
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| Population | |||||||||||||
| • Total | 69 (shared with part of Milang) (2016 census) | ||||||||||||
| Time zone | UTC+9:30 (ACST) | ||||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+10:30 (ACDT) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 5256 | ||||||||||||
| County | Hindmarsh | ||||||||||||
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Point Sturt is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on the Sturt Peninsula on the west side of Lake Alexandrina about 71 kilometres (44 mi) south-east of the state capital of Adelaide and about 17 kilometres (11 mi) east of the municipal seat of Goolwa.
It is made up of rural living land holdings, primary production and grazing land. The beginning of Point Sturt Road is about 4 km from Clayton Bay and 9 km south of Milang, South Australia. At the end of Point Sturt road there are views across Lake Alexandrina to Raukkan.