Marama, South Australia

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2022}}

{{Use Australian English|date=March 2013}}

{{Infobox Australian place

| type = town

| name = Marama

| state = sa

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| coordinates = {{coord|35.175437|S|140.1802|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| coord_ref = {{cite web |title=Search results for 'Marama, LOCB' with the following datasets being selected - 'Suburbs and Localities', 'Government Towns', 'Counties', 'Local Government Areas', 'SA Government Regions' and 'Gazetteer' |url= http://location.sa.gov.au/viewer/?map=roads&x=140.29363&y=-35.18982&z=11&uids=19,2,115,11,20,105&pinx=140.181550&piny=-35.173970&pinTitle=Location&pinText=Marama,+Locb |website=Location SA Map Viewer|publisher=Government of South Australia|accessdate=5 May 2018}}

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| established = 23 August 1917 (town)
11 November 1999 (locality)

| established_footnotes = {{cite journal |last1 = Peak |first1= A. H. | title= Town of Marama |journal= The South Australian Government Gazette |date= 23 August 1917 |page= 480|url= http://www8.austlii.edu.au/au/other/sa_gazette/1917/37/480.pdf |accessdate= 5 May 2018 |publisher= Government of South Australia}}{{cite web|last1=Kentish|first1=P.M.|title=Geographical Names Act 1991 Notice to assign boundaries to places (in the District Council of Karoonda East Murray) |url=http://www8.austlii.edu.au/au/other/sa_gazette/1999/160/2321.pdf |website=The South Australian Government Gazette|publisher=South Australian Government|accessdate=5 May 2018|page=2321|date=11 November 1999 }}

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| postcode = 5307{{cite web|title= Postcode for Marama, South Australia|url= https://postcodes-australia.com/areas/sa/adelaide/marama | publisher=Postcodes Australia|accessdate=5 May 2018}}

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| timezone = ACST

| utc = +9:30

| timezone-dst = ACDT

| utc-dst = +10:30

| dist1 = 146

| dir1 = E

| location1 = Adelaide

| dist2 = 28

| dir2 = E

| location2 = Karoonda

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| lga = District Council of Karoonda East Murray

| region = Murray and Mallee

| county = Buccleuch

| stategov = Hammond{{cite web|title=District of Hammond (map) |url=https://www.ecsa.sa.gov.au/publications/electoral-district-of-hammond-pdf/download |publisher=Electoral Commission SA|accessdate=4 May 2018}}

| fedgov = Barker{{cite web|title=Federal electoral division of Barker, boundary gazetted 16 December 2011|url= http://www.aec.gov.au/profiles/sa/files/2011/2011-aec-a4-map-sa-barker.pdf |publisher=Australian Electoral Commission|accessdate=17 September 2015}}

| maxtemp = 23.6

| maxtemp_footnotes = {{cite web|title=Summary (climate) statistics Karoonda (nearest weather station) |url=http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/cw_025006.shtml |publisher=Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology|accessdate=4 May 2018}}

| mintemp = 9.3

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| rainfall = 343.0

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| near-n = Borrika
Sandalwood

| near-ne = Sandalwood

| near-e = Sandalwood
Lameroo
Parrakie

| near-se = Parrakie

| near-s = Jabuk
Geranium
Parrakie

| near-sw = Jabuk

| near-w = Karoonda

| near-nw = Borrika

| near = Marama

| footnotes = Locations
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Marama is a township and locality in the Australian state of South Australia located in the state's south-east about {{convert|146|km}} east of the state capital of Adelaide and about {{convert|28|km}} east of the municipal seat of Karoonda. It was established in December 1914 as a station on the Peebinga railway line, which was closed in 1990.{{cite book|last1=Quinlan |first1=Howard |last2=Newland |first2=John R. |date=2000 |title=Australian railway routes 1854–2000 |location=Redfern, New South Wales |publisher=Australian Railway Historical Society, New South Wales Division |page=54 |isbn=0909650497 }}

The government town of Marama was proclaimed on 23 August 1917 on land in the cadastral unit of the Hundred of Molineux located to the immediate south of the Marama railway station, which had been constructed almost 2 years beforehand. The name, the same as that of the station, derived from an Aboriginal word meaning "black duck".{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article60740013 |title=Names of railway stations |newspaper=The Register (Adelaide) |volume=LXXX |issue=21,331 |location=South Australia |date=24 March 1915 |accessdate=5 May 2018 |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia}} The locality's boundaries, which were created on 11 November 1999, include the site of the government town, located in its approximate centre.

The town is on the Karoonda to Lameroo road. Only a memorial hall, post office and automated telephone exchange remain.{{google maps |url=https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-35.1726499,140.1821281,3a,75y,183.91h,80.38t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1svbQqCNIGrb5NwzxsAOeKTg!2e0?hl=en |title=[Marama Hall] |SV=on |accessdate=1 January 2025 |date=February 2010}}

Marama is located within the federal division of Barker, the state electoral district of Hammond and the local government area of the District Council of Karoonda East Murray.