Australian Towns & Cities: South Australia: Bordertown

Australian Towns & Cities
South Australia: Bordertown
Incorporating photos and Information from Michael Greenslade's former Australian Towns, Cities and Highways site

Bordertown (known originally as Border Town), the largest town located along the Dukes Highway, lies 18km west of the SA/VIC border is known for being the birthplace of Bob Hawke, the former Prime Minister of Australia. The town was established in the early 1850's as a halfway depot for gold transported from the Victorian goldfields to Adelaide after a route to Melbourne was surveyed through the Ninety Mile Desert, as the previous route was via the coastline. The town grew initially from servicing the gold traffic and from the pre-existing wool industries. Further growth occurred once the region was opened up with the extension of the railway, water supply from the Murray River and as the road from Adelaide to Melbourne endured more traffic. Nowadays the town has become a prominent commercial centre for the surrounding wheat & wool industries which includes parts of western Victoria and for servicing motorists using the Dukes Highway.

Population: 2953 1
Postcode: 5268
Location: 274 km southeast of Adelaide
Main Roads: Dukes Hwy A8 and Naracoorte Rd B57
Radio Stations: FM: 5TCB FM (106.1 MHz), ABC Radio National (95.7 MHz), ABC News On Radio (105.7 MHz), ABC Classic (104.1 MHz), Flow FM (100.3 MHz) and Triple J (102.5 MHz). AM: ABC South East SA (1161 KHz).

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	Woolshed Street: Woolshed Street Bordertown, between De Courcey and Farquhar Streets, looking towards North Terrace, December 2001. Image © Jamie Scuglia
	Woolshed Street: Bordertown CBD looking towards North Tce, December 2001. Image © Jamie Scuglia
	Bordertown: Woolshed Street, looking south towards Crocker St, Bordertown, December 2001. Image © Jamie Scuglia
	Memorial Clock: Memorial Clock (signifies Bordertown's electricity supply in 1924) in parkland adjacent to the post office and library, December 2001. Image © Jamie Scuglia
	Farquhar Street: Farquhar Street, looking east from McLeod Street, Bordertown, December 2001. Image © Jamie Scuglia
	North Terrace: North Terrace (Old Dukes Hwy), looking east from McLeod Street, Bordertown, December 2001. Image © Jamie Scuglia

1 Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2016 Census QuickStats

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