Mundulla

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

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

{{Infobox Australian place

| type = town

| name = Mundulla

| state = sa

| image = Mundulla 4.jpg

| caption = Mundulla Hotel

| coordinates = {{coord|36.361719|S|140.691391|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| coord_ref = {{cite web|title=Search results for 'Mundulla, LOCB' with the following datasets selected – 'Suburbs and localities', 'Counties', 'Government Towns', 'Hundreds', 'Local Government Areas', 'SA Government Regions' and 'Gazetteer'|url= http://location.sa.gov.au/viewer/?map=roads&x=140.79437&y=-36.38742&z=12&uids=19,2,115,8,11,20,105&pinx=140.692760&piny=-36.360250&pinTitle=Location&pinText=Mundulla,+Locb |website=Location SA Map Viewer|publisher=South Australian Government|access-date=3 October 2019}}

| pushpin_label_position = left

| pop = 436 (state suburb)

| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2016}}

| pop_footnotes={{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC40967 |name=Mundulla (State Suburb)|accessdate=3 October 2018|quick=on}}

| pop2 = 315 (urban centre)

| pop2_year = {{censusAU|2016}}

| pop2_footnotes = {{Census 2016 AUS|id=UCL422038 |name=Mundulla (Urban Centre)|accessdate=3 October 2018|quick=on}}

| established = 3 April 1873 (town)
16 March 2000 (locality)

| established_footnotes =

| postcode = 5270

| elevation =

| elevation_footnotes =

| timezone = ACST

| utc = +9:30

| timezone-dst = ACST

| utc-dst = +10:30

| dist1 = 278

| dir1 = SE

| location1= Adelaide

| dist2 = 10

| dir2 = SW

| location2= Bordertown

| dist3 = 182

| dir3 = N

| location3= Mount Gambier

| lga = Tatiara District Council

| region = Limestone Coast{{cite web|title=Limestone Coast SA Government region|url=http://www.sa.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0003/8589/Limestone_Coast_SA_Government_region.pdf |publisher=The Government of South Australia|access-date=10 October 2014}}

| county = Buckingham{{cite web |url=http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/# |id=SA0047722 |title=Placename Details: Mundulla (LOCB) with the following layers selected – "Suburbs and Localities", "Counties", "Hundreds", "Place names (gazetteer)" and " Development Plan Layers" |work=Property Location Browser |date=4 March 2010 |publisher=Government of South Australia |quote=Town surveyed in May 1872. An enquiry from Council regards the spelling-vide DL.1130/1965. A proposal to alter the spelling to Mundalla by Postmaster General was not approved by Geographical Names Board on 27/10/1972. Boundaries created in March 2000 for the long established name. Mundulla is derived from "mantala" an Aboriginal word meaning "place of thunder". It was spoken of where the ground is undermined with caves, which rumbled when trampled upon. Evil spirits are believed to frequent such places. Incorporates the Government Town of Mundulla. |access-date=11 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161012010923/http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/ |archive-date=12 October 2016 |url-status=dead }}

| stategov = MacKillop{{cite web|title=District of MacKillop Background Profile |url=http://www.ecsa.sa.gov.au/component/edocman/?task=document.download&id=564&Itemid=0 |publisher=Electoral Commission SA |access-date=29 March 2016}}

| fedgov = Barker{{cite web|title=Federal electoral division of Barker |url=http://www.aec.gov.au/profiles/sa/files/2011/2011-aec-a4-map-sa-barker.pdf |publisher=Australian Electoral Commission|access-date=28 March 2016}}

| maxtemp = 21.5

| maxtemp_footnotes = {{BoM Aust stats|site_ref=cw_026100_All|site_name=Padthaway South|access-date=15 June 2017 }}

| mintemp = 8.6

| mintemp_footnotes =

| rainfall = 453.8

| rainfall_footnotes =

| near-n = Cannawigara

| near-ne = Bordertown

| near-e = Bordertown
Bordertown South

| near-se = Western Flat

| near-s = Western Flat

| near-sw = Western Flat

| near-w = Buckingham
Mundulla West

| near-nw = Cannawigara

|footnotes=Adjoining localities

}}

Mundulla is a town and a locality in south eastern South Australia. The town is located in the local government area of Tatiara District Council about {{convert|278|km|mi}} south east of the state capital of Adelaide.

The name of the town is derived from the Aboriginal word mantala meaning "place of thunder", referring to a rumbling sound made when trampling on the earth.{{cite web|title=Morphettville – Munno Para|url=http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/manning/pn/m/m12.htm#mundulla|work=Place names of South Australia|publisher=State Library of South Australia|access-date=7 November 2010}} The Council enquired about the spelling in 1965 and the Postmaster General proposed to change it to Mundalla in 1972, but this was not approved by the Geographical Names Board.

At the 2016 census, the locality had a population of 436 of which 314 lived in its town centre.

The Mundulla school opened in 1878. An Australian rules football club, Mundulla Football Club, compete in the Kowree Naracoorte Tatiara Football League.{{cite news|last=Gerritson|first=Tim|title=Football upset: Pumped up Mundulla downs leader Keith|url=http://blogs.abc.net.au/sa/2009/06/football-upset-pumped-up-mundulla-downs-leader-keith.html?site=northandwest&program=north_and_west_sa_late_afternoons|access-date=7 November 2010|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|date=29 June 2009}}

In 2016 Mundulla was the subject of an episode of Back Roads.{{cite web |url=http://iview.abc.net.au/programs/back-roads/FA1527V001S00 |title=Back Roads Series 2 Ep 1 Mundulla |website=iview.abc.net.au |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |access-date=4 December 2016}}