Brinkley, South Australia

Brinkley is a locality and former township in South Australia west of the Murray River and approximately 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) south west by road from the centre of Murray Bridge.[1] Its boundaries for the long-established locality were formalised in March 2000.[1] It is named for the cadastral division in which it lies, the Hundred of Brinkley, which itself was named after Captain M. Brinkley who in 1860 was the clerk of the state's Executive Council.[2][3]

Brinkley
South Australia
Brinkley
Coordinates35.230°S 139.222°E / -35.230; 139.222
Postcode(s)5253
Location16 km (10 mi) NW of Murray Bridge
LGA(s)Rural City of Murray Bridge
State electorate(s)Hammond
Federal Division(s)Barker
Localities around Brinkley:
Monarto South Gifford Hill
Murray Bridge South
White Sands		 Riverglen
Monteith
Monarto South
Langhorne Creek		 Brinkley Woods Point
Jervois
Langhorne Creek Mulgundawa
Wellington		 Wellington
FootnotesCoordinates[1]

See also

References
  1. "Property Location Browser: Search for 'Brinkley, LOCB' (ID SA0009619)". Government of South Australia. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
  2. "Property Location Browser: Search for 'Hundred of Brinkley, HD' (ID SA0009691)". Government of South Australia. Retrieved 20 June 2016. Area 568 sq kms, (219 1/2 square miles). Captain Brinkley was the Clerk of Executive Council in 1860.
  3. "South Australia. The Government". South Australian Register. 28 April 1860. p. 4. Retrieved 20 June 2016.


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