South Australia

South Australia has much to offer in terms of city life and culture in Adelaide, with world-class wine and other produce, friendly people, unspoilt environment and a very relaxed pace of life.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Adelaide and Ikara-Flinders Ranges National Park.

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is the capital of the state of South Australia. It lies on the eastern shores of Gulf St Vincent in the central, southern part of the Australian continent.

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If there's one place that many think of the , it's , a South Australian national park best known for its iconic Wilpena Pound, a large naturally formed amphitheatre.

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There is perhaps no better place to see scenery than . This national park is one of the many coastal parks in South Australia, but none quite have sandy beaches and a rugged coastline within a few kilometres like .

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The of South Australia is a large expanse of northern South Australia.

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The County of Adelaide is one of the 49 cadastral counties of South Australia and contains the city of . It was proclaimed on 2 June 1842 by Governor Grey.

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Yorke Peninsula begins at the head of the Gulf of St Vincent and to north of the state capital of . It is west of the city of Adelaide between the and in South Australia.

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The is a coastal region of South Australia offering some spectacular holiday experiences - particularly wildlife interactions. It's one of the biggest peninsulas in Australia, about the size of the .

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The is a name used since the early 21st century for a South Australian government region located in the south east of South Australia which immediately adjoins the continental coastline and the Victorian border.

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The is a peninsula in the Australian state of South Australia located south of the state capital of .

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The Murraylands is in South Australia. The Riverland contains some of South Australia's best canoeing and kayaking backwaters and is superb for houseboat holidays.

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is the third largest island of about 45 minutes by ferry off the coast of South Australia. The island is 160 km across, has an abundance of wildlife, natural scenery, wineries and beaches, and is approximately the size of in Atlantic Canada.
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South Australia

Latitude of center
-30.5344° or 30° 32′ 4″ south
Longitude of center
135.6301° or 135° 37′ 48″ east
Population
1,820,000
Elevation
162 metres (531 feet)
Abbreviation
“SA”
Open­Street­Map ID
node 304951007
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
2061327
Wiki­data ID
Q35715
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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Yue Chinese—“South Australia” goes by many names.
  • Achinese: “Australia Tunong”
  • Afrikaans: “Suid-Australië”
  • Albanian: “Australia Jugore”
  • Albanian: “Australina Jugore”
  • Amharic: “ደቡብ አውስትራሊያ”
  • Arabic: “أستراليا الجنوبية”
  • Arabic: “أوستراليا الجنوبية”
  • Arabic: “جنوب أستراليا”
  • Arabic: “جنوب أوستراليا”
  • Aragonese: “Australia Meridional”
  • Armenian: “Հարավային Ավստրալիա”
  • Asturian: “Australia Meridional”
  • Azerbaijani: “Cənubi Avstraliya”
  • Balinese: “Ostrali Kelod”
  • Basque: “Hego Australia”
  • Belarusian: “Паўднёвая Аўстралія”
  • Bengali: “South Australia”
  • Bengali: “দক্ষিণ অস্ট্রেলিয়া”
  • Betawi: “Ostrali Kidul”
  • Bosnian: “Južna Australija”
  • Breton: “Aostralia ar Su”
  • Breton: “South Australia”
  • Bulgarian: “Южна Австралия”
  • Burmese: “တောင်ဩစတြေးလျပြည်နယ်”
  • Burmese: “တောင်ဩစ‌တြေးလီးယားပြည်နယ်”
  • Catalan: “Austràlia del Sud”
  • Catalan: “Austràlia Meridional”
  • Cebuano: “South Australia”
  • Cebuano: “State of South Australia”
  • Central Kurdish: “ئوسترالیای باشوور”
  • Cherokee: “ᎤᎦᏃᏮ ᎡᎳᏗᏜ”
  • Chinese: “Lâm Ò-chiu”
  • Chinese: “南澳大利亚州”
  • Chinese: “南澳大利亞”
  • Chinese: “南澳大利亞州”
  • Chinese: “南澳大利亞省”
  • Chinese: “南澳州”
  • Chinese: “南澳洲”
  • Chinese: “南澳洲州”
  • Chinese: “南澳省”
  • Cornish: “Ostrali Soth”
  • Cornish: “Soth Ostrali”
  • Corsican: “Australia di u Sudu”
  • Corsican: “Australia Meridiunale”
  • Corsican: “South Australia”
  • Croatian: “Južna Australija”
  • Czech: “ISO 3166-2:AU-SA”
  • Czech: “Jižní Austrálie”
  • Dagbani: “South Australia”
  • Danish: “South Australia”
  • Danish: “Sydaustralien”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Australyay Veroci”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Awıstralya Veroci”
  • Dutch: “South Australia”
  • Dutch: “Zuid-Australie”
  • Dutch: “Zuid-Australië”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جنوب اوستراليا”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ساوث اوستراليا”
  • Esperanto: “SA”
  • Esperanto: “Suda Aŭstralio”
  • Esperanto: “Sudaŭstralio”
  • Estonian: “Lõuna-Austraalia”
  • Faroese: “Suðuravstralia”
  • Fiji Hindi: “South Australia”
  • Fijian: “Ceva Ositerelia”
  • Finnish: “Etelä-Australia”
  • Finnish: “South Australia”
  • French: “Australie du Sud”
  • French: “Australie méridionale”
  • French: “Australie-Méridionale”
  • Galician: “Australia Meridional”
  • Georgian: “სამხრეთ ავსტრალია”
  • Georgian: “სამხრეთი ავსტრალია”
  • German: “AU-SA”
  • German: “South Australia”
  • German: “Staat Süd-Australien”
  • German: “Staat Südaustralien”
  • German: “Süd-Australien”
  • German: “Südaustralien”
  • Greek: “AU-SA”
  • Greek: “SA”
  • Greek: “Νότια Αυστραλία”
  • Greek: “Πολιτεία Νότιας Αυστραλίας”
  • Gujarati: “સાઉથ ઓસ્ટ્રેલિયા”
  • Haitian: “Ostrali Disid”
  • Haitian: “Sid Ostrali”
  • Hawaiian: “‘Aukekulelia Hema”
  • Hawaiian: “ʻAukekulelia Hema”
  • Hebrew: “אוסטרליה הדרומית”
  • Hebrew: “דרום אוסטרליה”
  • Hindi: “दक्षिण ऑस्ट्रेलिया”
  • Hindi: “साउथ आस्ट्रेलिया”
  • Hindi: “साउथ ऑस्ट्रेलिया”
  • Hungarian: “Dél-Ausztrália”
  • Icelandic: “South Australia”
  • Icelandic: “Suður Ástralía”
  • Icelandic: “Suður-Ástralía”
  • Indonesian: “Australia Selatan”
  • Indonesian: “South Australia”
  • Irish: “an Astráil Theas”
  • Irish: “An Astráil Theas”
  • Irish: “Astráil Theas”
  • Irish: “Deisceart na hAstráile”
  • Italian: “Australia Meridionale”
  • Italian: “South Australia”
  • Italian: “Sud Australia”
  • Japanese: “サウス・オーストラリア”
  • Japanese: “サウス・オーストラリア州”
  • Japanese: “サウスオーストラリア”
  • Japanese: “サウスオーストラリア州”
  • Japanese: “南オーストラリア”
  • Japanese: “南オーストラリア州”
  • Japanese: “南豪州”
  • Kannada: “ದಕ್ಷಿಣ ಆಸ್ಟ್ರೇಲಿಯಾ”
  • Karachay-Balkar: “Къыбыла Австралия”
  • Kazakh: “Оңтүстік Аустралия”
  • Kirghiz: “Түштүк Австралия (штат)”
  • Kirghiz: “Түштүк Австралия”
  • Korean: “사우스 오스트레일리아 주”
  • Korean: “사우스 오스트레일리아”
  • Korean: “사우스오스트레일리아”
  • Korean: “사우스오스트레일리아주”
  • Latin: “Australia Australis”
  • Latin: “Australia Meridionalis”
  • Latvian: “Dienvidaustrālija”
  • Latvian: “Dienvidu Austrālija”
  • Latvian: “South Australia”
  • Ligurian: “Australia do Sud”
  • Limburgan: “Zuid-Australië”
  • Limburgan: “Zuud-Australië”
  • Lithuanian: “Pietų Australija”
  • Lombard: “Australia Meridional”
  • Luxembourgish: “Südaustralien”
  • Macedonian: “Јужна Австралија”
  • Magahi: “दक्षिण आस्ट्रेलिया”
  • Malagasy: “Aostralia Atsimo”
  • Malay: “Australia Selatan”
  • Malayalam: “സൗത്ത് ഓസ്‌ട്രേലിയ”
  • Manx: “Yn Austrail Yiass”
  • Maori: “Ahitereiria ki te Tonga”
  • Maori: “Ahitereiria-ki-te-tonga”
  • Marathi: “दक्षिण ऑस्ट्रेलिया”
  • Marathi: “साउथ ऑस्ट्रेलिया”
  • Marathi: “साऊथ ऑस्ट्रेलिया”
  • Mazanderani: “جنوبی استرالیا”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Nàng Ó̤-ciŭ”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Lâm Australia”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “South Australia”
  • Mingrelian: “ობჟათე ავსტრალია”
  • Mongolian: “Өмнөд Австрали”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “ؤستراليا دلجانوب”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “ؤسطراليا دلجانوب”
  • Nepali: “दक्षिण अस्ट्रेलिया”
  • Northern Frisian: “South Australia”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sør Australia”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sør-Australia”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “South Australia”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Southern Australia”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Syd-Australia”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sør-Australia”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “South Australia”
  • Norwegian: “Sør-Australia”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Austràlia del Sud”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Austràlia Meridionala”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Sūþaustraland”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Sūþaustralia”
  • Ossetian: “Хуссар Австрали”
  • Pampanga: “Mauling Australia”
  • Pampanga: “South Australia”
  • Panjabi: “ਸਾਊਥ ਆਸਟਰੇਲੀਆ”
  • Persian: “استرالیای جنوبی”
  • Piemontese: “Australia Meridional”
  • Pitcairn-Norfolk: “Sowth Ostrielya”
  • Polish: “Australia Południowa”
  • Polish: “South Australia”
  • Portuguese: “Austrália do sul”
  • Portuguese: “Austrália do Sul”
  • Portuguese: “Austrália Meridional”
  • Portuguese: “South australia”
  • Portuguese: “Sul da Austrália”
  • Pushto: “سویلي اسټرالیا آیالات”
  • Romanian: “Australia de Sud”
  • Romanian: “South australia”
  • Romansh: “Australia Meridiunala”
  • Romansh: “South Australia”
  • Russian: “Штат Южная Австралия”
  • Russian: “Южная Австралия”
  • Samoan: “Ausetalia i Saute”
  • Sardinian: “Austràlia Meridionale”
  • Saterfriesisch: “South Australia”
  • Scots: “Sooth Australie”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Astràilia a Deas”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Astrailia-a-Deas”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Astràilia-a-Deas”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “South Australia”
  • Serbian: “South Australia”
  • Serbian: “Јужна Аустралија”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Južna Australija”
  • Sicilian: “South Australia”
  • Sindhi: “ڏکڻ آسٽريليا”
  • Sindhi: “سائوٿ آسٽريليا”
  • Sinhala: “දකුණු ඔස්ට්‍රේලියාව”
  • Sinhala: “දකුණු ඕස්ට්‍රේලියාව”
  • Slovak: “Južná Austrália”
  • Slovenian: “AU-SA”
  • Slovenian: “Južna Avstralija”
  • Slovenian: “South Australia”
  • Somali: “Koonfur Australia”
  • South Azerbaijani: “جنوبی اوسترالیا”
  • South Azerbaijani: “گونئی اوستورالیا”
  • Spanish: “Australia del Sur”
  • Spanish: “Australia Meridional”
  • Spanish: “Estado de Australia Meridional”
  • Spanish: “South Australia”
  • Swahili: “Australia Kusini”
  • Swahili: “Australia ya Kati”
  • Swahili: “Australia ya Kusini”
  • Swahili: “South Australia”
  • Swahili: “Southern Australia”
  • Swedish: “Södra Australien”
  • Swedish: “South Australia”
  • Swedish: “Sydaustralien”
  • Tagalog: “South Australia”
  • Tagalog: “Timog Australia”
  • Tagalog: “Timog Australya”
  • Tamil: “தெற்கு அவுஸ்திரேலியா”
  • Tamil: “தெற்கு ஆத்திரேலியா”
  • Tamil: “தெற்கு ஆஸ்திரேலியா”
  • Tatar: “Көньяк Австралия”
  • Telugu: “దక్షిణ ఆస్ట్రేలియా”
  • Thai: “South Australia”
  • Thai: “เซาท์ออสเตรเลีย”
  • Thai: “รัฐเซาท์ออสเตรเลีย”
  • Thai: “รัฐออสเตรเลียใต้”
  • Tok Pisin: “Saut Ostrelia”
  • Tonga (Tonga Islands): “ʻAositelēlia Tonga”
  • Turkish: “Güney Avustralya”
  • Turkish: “South Australia”
  • Ukrainian: “Австралія Південна”
  • Ukrainian: “Південна Австралія”
  • Urdu: “جنوبی آسٹریلیا”
  • Uzbek: “Janubiy avstraliya”
  • Uzbek: “Janubiy Avstraliya”
  • Venetian: “Austrałia de el Sud”
  • Venetian: “South Australia”
  • Vietnamese: “Nam Australia”
  • Vietnamese: “Nam Úc”
  • Vietnamese: “South Australia”
  • Vlaams: “Zuud-Australië”
  • Waray (Philippines): “South Australia”
  • Welsh: “De Awstralia”
  • Western Frisian: “Steat Súd-Austraalje”
  • Western Frisian: “Súd-Austraalje”
  • Western Panjabi: “جنوبی آسٹریلیا”
  • Western Panjabi: “ساؤتھ آسٹریلیا”
  • Wu Chinese: “南澳大利亚州”
  • Yakut: “Соҕуруу Аустралия”
  • Yiddish: “דרום אויסטראליע”
  • Yue Chinese: “南澳大利亞”
  • Yue Chinese: “南澳洲”
  • Yue Chinese: “南澳洲省”
  • “AU-SA”
  • “ma Satoselija”
  • “SA”

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