Mawson Lakes

Mawson Lakes, on the site of the former sheep breeding establishment known as The Levels, is a northern residential suburb of , Australia. It was created in the late 1990s and named in honour of Sir Douglas Mawson, and is located approximately 12 kilometres north of the .
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  • Type: Suburb with 13,200 residents
  • Description: suburb of Adelaide, South Australia
  • Also known as: Mawson Lakes, South Australia” and “Mawson Lakes, South Australia, Australia

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mawson Lakes railway station and Greenfields railway station.

Railway station
is a railway station and bus interchange in the suburb of Mawson Lakes. It is located on the Gawler line, 14.3 kilometres north of .

Railway station
Photo: Normangerman, Public domain.
is located on the Gawler line. Situated adjacent to , in the northern suburb of , it is 15.5 kilometres from .

School building
is a Lutheran high school in Mawson Lakes, a northern suburb of , . Subjects taught include Art & Design, Drama, Music, English, German, Japanese, Mathematics, Physical Education, History, Business Studies, Science, Material Technology, Multimedia, Geography, Christian Living & Home Economics.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bolivar and Wingfield.

Suburb
is an outer northern suburb of , . It is located in the . is situated 6 km northwest of Mawson Lakes.

Suburb
is a suburb situated north of . It lies between the Port River Expressway on the north and Grand Junction Road on the south. The suburb borders to its north and east, bounded by the Gawler railway line and Adelaide-Port Augusta railway line on the east. is situated 6 km southwest of Mawson Lakes.

are three local government areas in the northern suburbs of .

Mawson Lakes

Latitude
-34.81048° or 34° 48′ 38″ south
Longitude
138.61118° or 138° 36′ 40″ east
Population
13,200
Elevation
15 metres (49 feet)
United Nations Location Code
AU MAW
Open location code
4QQW5JQ6+RF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1905706896
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
8349323
Wiki­data ID
Q6794461
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Yue Chinese—“Mawson Lakes” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: 摩臣湖
  • Chinese: 莫森莱克斯
  • French: Mawson Lakes
  • Japanese: モーソンレイクス
  • Persian: ماوسون لیکس، استرالیای جنوبی
  • Russian: Моусон Лейкс
  • Yue Chinese: 摩臣湖

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Localities in the Area

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Highlights include Trinity Green and Mobara Park.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Mawson Lakes”. Photo: YellowMonkey, CC BY-SA 4.0.