Jabuk, South Australia
Encyclopedia
Jabuk is a former township situated 10 km west of Geranium
on the Pinnaroo
railway line and the Mallee Highway
.
Jabuk appears to be named after the nearby Marmon Jabuk Range, but the origin of that name is unclear. It could be named from an Afghan word by a camelleer, or from a local Aboriginal
word.
There is also a War Memorial, institute, football oval and tennis courts.
The Epiphany Lutheran Church, the foundation stone being laid on the 7th of February 1960 has long been closed. There is also a Baptist church which is no longer in use.
Geranium, South Australia
Geranium is a settlement in South Australia. At the 2006 census, Geranium had a population of 240....
on the Pinnaroo
Pinnaroo, South Australia
Pinnaroo is a town in the Murray Mallee region of South Australia, near the border with Victoria 243 km east of Adelaide. Pinnaroo is on the Mallee Highway, and the railway line between Tailem Bend and Ouyen. The roadhouses on the highway are the first food and leg-stretch stop on the bus route...
railway line and the Mallee Highway
Mallee Highway
The Mallee Highway runs east from Tailem Bend in South Australia through cereal-growing farmland at the southern end of the Murray Mallee to Pinnaroo near the border with Victoria, where it crosses route...
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Jabuk appears to be named after the nearby Marmon Jabuk Range, but the origin of that name is unclear. It could be named from an Afghan word by a camelleer, or from a local Aboriginal
Indigenous Australians
Indigenous Australians are the original inhabitants of the Australian continent and nearby islands. The Aboriginal Indigenous Australians migrated from the Indian continent around 75,000 to 100,000 years ago....
word.
There is also a War Memorial, institute, football oval and tennis courts.
Churches