Glenroy, South Australia

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| name = Glenroy

| state = sa

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| postcode = 5277

| elevation = 63

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| dist1 = 374

| dir1 = southeast

| location1 = Adelaide, South Australia

| lga = Wattle Range Council

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| coordinates = {{coord|-37.251906738183976|140.79642299907948|display=inline,title}}

| near-n = Struan, Joanna

| near-ne = Wrattonbully

| near-e = Comaum

| near-se = Coonawarra

| near-s = Coonawarra

| near-sw = Maaoupe

| near-w = Maaoupe

| near-nw = Bool Lagoon

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Glenroy is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located in the state's southeast about 374 kilometres southeast of the state capital of Adelaide in the Wattle Range Council.[https://www.wattlerange.sa.gov.au/ Wattle Range Council]

Glenroy is located on the railway line between Wolseley and Mount Gambier, South Australia. It has been closed to traffic since April 1995.{{cite web|title=Friday rewind – bus travel 1940s style |url=http://www.abc.net.au/local/photos/2015/01/16/4163339.htm |publisher=ABC South East SA|date=16 January 2015|accessdate=4 May 2017}}

The Glen Roy Conservation Park is located in Glenroy.{{Citation |editor1-last= Sutherland |editor1-first= Andrea | url= http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/files/sharedassets/public/park_management/parks_pdfs_sml_prks_lwer_se_mp.pdf |title=Small parks of the Lower South East Management Plans: South East South Australia | date=October 1990 | publisher= South Australia, Department of Environment and Planning |pages=3 and 10 | isbn=978-0-7308-0481-9 }}{{Failed verification|date=January 2025|reason=Doesn't appear to be verified by either p. 10 or the map.}}

Glenroy and its railway station were named after a town of a similar name in Scotland.[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/60740013 Names of Railway Stations] 24 March 1915

In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, the population of Glenroy was 76.{{Cite web |title=2021 Glenroy (SA), Census All persons QuickStats |url=https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2021/SAL40510 |access-date=2024-10-01 |website=Australian Bureau of Statistics}}

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