Pallamana, South Australia

{{Infobox Australian place

| type = town

| name = Pallamana

| state = sa

| image =

| caption =

| pop =

| established =

| postcode = 5254

| elevation = 69

| elevation_footnotes={{cite web |url=http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/ |publisher=Government of South Australia |work=Property Location Browser Report |title=Placename Details: Pallamana Railway Station |id=SA0053016 |date=5 February 2007 |accessdate=18 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161012010923/http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/ |archive-date=12 October 2016 |url-status=dead }}

| dist1 = 12

| dir1 = northwest

| location1 = Murray Bridge

| dist2 = 21

| dir2 = south

| location2 = Palmer

| lga = Rural City of Murray Bridge

| stategov = Hammond

| fedgov = Barker

| maxtemp =

| mintemp =

| rainfall =

| coordinates = {{coord|35.034|S|139.21|E|display=inline,title}}

| near-n = Tepko

| near-ne = Caloote

| near-e = Mypolonga

| near-se = Murray Bridge North

| near-s = Rocky Gully

| near-sw = Monarto

| near-w =

| near-nw = Rockleigh

|footnotes={{cite web |url=http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/ |publisher=Government of South Australia |work=Property Location Browser Report |title=Placename Details: Pallamana (LOCB) |id=SA0044844 |date=5 February 2007 |accessdate=18 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161012010923/http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/ |archive-date=12 October 2016 |url-status=dead }}

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Pallamana is a locality in the Murraylands region of South Australia between the Mount Lofty Ranges and the Murray River, northwest of Murray Bridge.

Transport

Pallamana is where the former Sedan railway line crosses Reedy Creek Road (state route B35) which connects Palmer to Murray Bridge. The former station/siding was originally named Preamimma Railway Station.

The Murray Bridge Airport is in the southeast of the locality of Pallamana. Another airfield named Rollo's Airfield {{Airport codes||YRLO}} is on the western side of Pallamana.{{cite web |url=https://airportnavfinder.com/airport/YRLO/ |title=YRLO: Rollos |publisher=Airport Nav Finder |accessdate=18 January 2019}}

Solar farm proposal

RES Australia proposed to build a solar farm with up to 176 MW capacity and a battery storage facility at Pallamana, south of the Murray Bridge airport, on a {{convert|730|ha|acre|abbr=off|comma=off}} open farmland site. Construction was to start in 2020{{cite web |url=http://www.pallamana-solarfarm.com/ |title=Pallamana Solar Farm |publisher=RES Australia |accessdate=25 October 2019}} but {{As of|2023|12|lc=y}} work had not started.{{cite web|url=http://www.pallamana-solarfarm.com/about-the-project/planning-and-approvals/ |title=Pallamana solar farm |author= |date=January 2024 |website=RES |publisher=Renewable Energy Systems |access-date=13 January 2024 }}

References

Category:Towns in South Australia