Nildottie, South Australia
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Nildottie is a town located on the Murray River
in South Australia
, Australia
. It is in the Hundred of Nildottie, the County of Albert, and the Local Government Authority of Mid Murray Council. The name is derived from the Aboriginal word 'ngurltartang', which means 'smoke signal hill'. At the 2006 census
, Nildottie had a population of 142.
Murray River
The Murray River is Australia's longest river. At in length, the Murray rises in the Australian Alps, draining the western side of Australia's highest mountains and, for most of its length, meanders across Australia's inland plains, forming the border between New South Wales and Victoria as it...
in South Australia
South Australia
South Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories.South Australia shares borders with all of the mainland...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. It is in the Hundred of Nildottie, the County of Albert, and the Local Government Authority of Mid Murray Council. The name is derived from the Aboriginal word 'ngurltartang', which means 'smoke signal hill'. At the 2006 census
Census in Australia
The Australian census is administered once every five years by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The most recent census was conducted on 9 August 2011; the next will be conducted in 2016. Prior to the introduction of regular censuses in 1961, they had also been run in 1901, 1911, 1921, 1933,...
, Nildottie had a population of 142.