Eba, South Australia facts for kids
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Railway siding with novelty "passengers", December 2018
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 Eba
Location in South Australia
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| Established | 27 March 2003 | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 5320 | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 38 m (125 ft) | ||||||||||||||
| Location | 10 km (6 mi) SW of Morgan | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Mid Murray Council | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Chaffey | ||||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Barker | ||||||||||||||
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Eba is a locality in the Murray Mallee region of South Australia, between the Mount Lofty Ranges and the Murray River. It is on the Thiele Highway and was on the Morgan railway line, 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) southwest of Morgan near the northwest bend of the Murray River.
History
The locality of Eba occupies the western half of the Hundred of Eba which was declared in 1860 and named after a friend of the governor. The railway siding was named for the hundred when the railway was built in 1878. The current boundaries were created in 2003 for the long-established name. The Morgan railway line was closed in 1969. Little remains of the village today, however it once had a post office, school, blacksmith, grocery business and sawmill sending firewood to Adelaide and a cricket team.
