Paisley, South Australia

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{{Infobox Australian place

| type = town

| name = Paisley

| state = sa

| image = Blanchetown Lutheran Church.JPG

| caption = Advent Lutheran Church, Blanchetown

| pop =

| established =

| gazetted = September 2000

|hundred = Hundred of Paisley

| postcode = 5357

| elevation =

| dist1 = 40

| dir1 = SW

| location1 = Waikerie

| lga = District Council of Loxton Waikerie

| stategov = Chaffey

| fedgov = Barker

| maxtemp =

| mintemp =

| rainfall =

| near-n = Murbko

| near-ne = Stockyard Plain

| near-e = Notts Well

| near-se =

| near-s = Swan Reach

| near-sw = Fisher

| near-w = Blanchetown

| near-nw =

| coordinates = {{coord|34.40|S|139.67|E|display=inline,title}}

}}

Paisley is a locality in the Murray Mallee region of South Australia, across the Murray River from Blanchetown, South Australia.{{cite web |url=http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/# |title=Placename Details: Paisley |id=SA0050164 |work=Property Location Browser |accessdate=25 April 2016 |publisher=Government of South Australia |date=31 July 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161012010923/http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/ |archive-date=12 October 2016 |url-status=dead }} It was formally named in September 2000 for the Hundred of Paisley which contains it. The Hundred of Paisley was named by Governor MacDonnell in 1861 for his private secretary, J. G. Paisley.{{cite web |url=http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/# |title=Placename Details: Hundred of Paisley |id=SA0052975 |work=Property Location Browser |accessdate=25 April 2016 |publisher=Government of South Australia |date=29 January 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161012010923/http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/ |archive-date=12 October 2016 |url-status=dead }}

The Sturt Highway crosses the northwestern corner of Paisley at the eastern end of the Blanchetown Bridge over the Murray River. The Advent Lutheran Church Blanchetown is actually in Paisley, a few hundred metres north of the eastern end of the bridge.

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{{District Council of Loxton Waikerie localities}}

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Category:Towns in South Australia