Electoral district of Rocky River

{{Short description|Former electoral district in South Australia}}

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{{Infobox Australian electorate

|name = Rocky River

|state = sa

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|created = 1938

|abolished= 1985

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|class = Rural

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Rocky River was an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia from March 1938 to December 1985.{{cite web

|url=http://www.parliament.sa.gov.au/AboutParliament/From1836/Documents/StatisticalRecordoftheLegislature1836to20093.pdf

|title=Statistical Record of the Legislature, 1836 - 2007

|publisher=Parliament of South Australia

|access-date=22 January 2014

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190311113513/http://www.parliament.sa.gov.au/AboutParliament/From1836/Documents/StatisticalRecordoftheLegislature1836to20093.pdf

|archive-date=11 March 2019

|url-status=dead

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The electorate was based in the Mid North region, around the towns of Crystal Brook, Gladstone and Port Germein. In 1938, the polling places were Beetaloo Valley, Crystal Brook, Napperby, Hundred of Pirie, Wandearah, Warnertown, Appila, Bundaleer Spring, Caltowie, Georgetown, Gladstone, Gulnare, Laura, Narridy, Stone Hut, Tarcowie, Wirrabara, Yandiah, Baroota, Port Germein, Telowie.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article191435343 |title=ASSEMBLY POLLING PLACES. |newspaper=Laura Standard and Crystal Brook Courier |location=SA |date=11 March 1938 |access-date=25 July 2015 |page=4 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}

John Olsen moved from the abolished Rocky River to Custance at the 1985 election.