Taplan, South Australia
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Taplan is a town in the Murray Mallee
region of South Australia
near the border with Victoria
. Taplan is an aboriginal word meaning grass tree. The town was laid out by Henry George in 1914.
Murray Mallee
The Murray Mallee is the grain-growing and sheep-farming area of South Australia bounded to the north and west by the Murray River, to the east by the Victorian border, and extending about 50 km south of the Mallee Highway....
region of 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...
near the border with Victoria
Victoria (Australia)
Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....
. Taplan is an aboriginal word meaning grass tree. The town was laid out by Henry George in 1914.