Mortana, South Australia

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{{Use Australian English|date= June 2018}}

{{Infobox Australian place

| type = suburb

| name = Mortana

| state = sa

| image = Murphys Haystacks.jpg

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| coordinates = {{coord|33.02793|S|134.45313|E|display=title, inline|format=dms|region:AU_type:city_source:GNS-enwiki}}

| coord_ref = {{cite web|title=Search results for ‘Mortana, LOCB' with the following datasets being selected – ‘NPW and Conservation Properties’. 'Suburbs and Localities', 'Counties', 'Local Government Areas',’Postcodes’, 'SA Government Regions’, 'Gazetteer' and ‘Roads’ |url= http://location.sa.gov.au/viewer/?map=roads&x=134.56318&y=-33.04266&z=11&uids=41,19,2,11,18,20,105,136&pinx=134.453130&piny=-33.027930&pinTitle=Location&pinText=Mortana,+Locb |website=Location SA Map Viewer|publisher=Government of South Australia|accessdate=5 June 2018}}

| pop =

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| established = 12 April 2001

| established_footnotes = {{cite web|last1=Lawson|first1=Robert|title=GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT 1991 Notice to Assign Names and Boundaries to Places (in the District Council of Streaky Bay)|url=http://governmentgazette.sa.gov.au/sites/default/files/public/documents/gazette/2001/April/2001_041.pdf|website=The South Australian Government Gazette|publisher=South Australian Government|accessdate=29 May 2018|page=1587|date=12 April 2001}}

| postcode = 5671

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| timezone = ACST

| utc = +9:30

| timezone-dst = ACST

| utc-dst = +10:30

| dist1 =

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| dist2 = 35

| dir2 = southeast

| location2 = Streaky Bay

| region = Eyre Western

| county = Robinson

| lga = District Council of Streaky Bay

| stategov = Flinders{{cite web|title=District of Flinders|url= https://www.ecsa.sa.gov.au/electoral-districts/electoral-district-profiles?view=article&id=827:flinders |publisher=Electoral Commission SA |accessdate=29 May 2018}}

| fedgov = Grey{{cite web|title=Federal electoral division of Grey|url=https://www.aec.gov.au/profiles/sa/grey.htm |publisher=Australian Electoral Commission|accessdate=29 May 2018}}

| maxtemp = 23.1

| maxtemp_footnotes = {{cite web|title=Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics STREAKY BAY (nearest weather station) |url=http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/cw_018079.shtml |publisher=Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology|accessdate=29 May 2018}}

| mintemp = 12.2

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| rainfall = 378.0

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| near-n = Streaky Bay
Maryvale

| near-ne = Maryvale
Inkster

| near-e = Colley

| near-se = Colley

| near-s = Tyringa

| near-sw = Calca

| near-w = Calca

| near-nw = Streaky Bay
Yanerbie

| near = Mortana

| footnotes = Adjoining localities

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Mortana is a rural locality in South Australia, located on the Eyre Peninsula. It is traversed by the Flinders Highway.{{cite web | url=https://www.google.com.au/maps/place/Mortana+SA+5671/@-33.0546112,134.380559,11z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x2ab28b0f5386c4d1:0x4033654628f1ae0 | title=Mortana SA 5671 | publisher=Google Maps | accessdate=13 February 2016}} The boundaries for the locality were established in April 2001 in respect of the long established local name.{{cite web|title=Search result for "Mortana (LOCB)"|url=http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/#|publisher=Department of Planning Transport and Infrastructure|accessdate=26 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161012010923/http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/|archive-date=12 October 2016|url-status=dead}}

Mortana Post Office opened on 2 February 1900 and closed on 31 March 1971.{{cite web | url=https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/viewpodet.w?cdpo=14433 | title=Mortana | publisher=Premier Postal | work=Post Office Finder | accessdate=14 February 2016}} A cricket club once existed there, having been founded in 1912; it also formerly had a school.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article167815847 |title=MORTANA. |newspaper=West Coast Sentinel |location=Streaky Bay, SA |date=20 September 1912 |accessdate=14 February 2016 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}} A railway line to the area was mooted in the 1920s, but did not occur.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article89655974 |title=A WEST COAST RAILWAY. |newspaper=The Chronicle |location=Adelaide |date=27 November 1926 |accessdate=14 February 2016 |page=44 |via=National Library of Australia}}

The Murphy's Haystacks geological formation is located at Mortana, and forms a local tourist attraction.{{cite web | url=http://www.australiantraveller.com/sa/murphys-haystacks-sa/ | title=Murphy's Haystacks, SA | publisher=Australian Traveller | accessdate=14 February 2016}}{{cite web | url=http://www.lonelyplanet.com/australia/south-australia/coffin-bay-to-point-labatt/sights/natural-parks-forests/murphy-s-haystacks | title=Murphy's Haystacks | publisher=Lonely Planet | accessdate=14 February 2016}}

The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Mortana had a population of 16 people.{{Census 2016 AUS|id= SSC40920 |name= Mortana |accessdate=5 June 2018|quick=on}}

Mortana is located within the federal division of Grey, the state electoral district of Flinders and the local government area of the District Council of Streaky Bay.