Taplan, South Australia

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| pop_year =2011

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| postcode = 5333

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| location1 = Adelaide

| lga = District Council of Loxton Waikerie

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| near-n = Taldra

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| near-e = Murray-Sunset

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| near-sw = Paruna

| near-w = Woodleigh

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Taplan (postcode 5333) is a town in the Murray Mallee region of South Australia near the border with Victoria. Taplan is an Aboriginal word meaning grass tree. The town was laid out by Henry George in 1914.{{cite web |url=http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/ |title=Placename Details: Taplan |id=SA0026537 |work=Property Location Browser |publisher=Government of South Australia |date=23 April 2008 |accessdate=3 April 2016}} The railway from Adelaide to Paringa was laid past the site of the future township in 1913, {{convert|183.25|miles}} by rail from Adelaide. The Taplan Post Office was open from 1 July 1914 to 14 May 1982.{{cite web |url=http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/ |title=Placename Details: Taplan Post office |id=SA0065421 |work=Property Location Browser |publisher=Government of South Australia |date=23 April 2008 |accessdate=25 January 2018}}

Nadda

The next railway siding south of Taplan was named Nadda ({{coordinates |-34.61|140.89|region:AU-SA_type:landmark|display=inline}}). It is now "incorporated into the bounded locality of Taplin" (sic).{{cite web |url=http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/ |title=Placename Details: Nadda |id=SA0002442 |work=Property Location Browser |publisher=Government of South Australia |date=23 April 2008 |accessdate=25 January 2018}} The name was proposed to be changed to Nalyilta (an Aboriginal name for a bough shelter) in 1916, but if it changed, it was changed back soon after.{{cite web |url=http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/ |title=Placename Details: Nalyilta Railway Station |id=SA0032862 |work=Property Location Browser |publisher=Government of South Australia |date=23 April 2008 |accessdate=25 January 2018}} A school opened at Nadda in 1924 and closed in 1962.{{cite web |url=http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/ |title=Placename Details: Nadda School |id=SA0035167 |work=Property Location Browser |publisher=Government of South Australia |date=16 January 2009 |accessdate=25 January 2018}}{{cite web | url=http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/digitalpubs/placenamesofsouthaustralia/N.pdf | title=Place Names of South Australia – N | publisher=State Library of South Australia | accessdate=26 January 2018}} A postal receiving office opened at Nadda on 2 January 1914, became a post office around 1916, and closed on 13 June 1974.{{cite web | url=https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/viewpodet.w?cdpo=14900 | title=Nadda | publisher=Premier Postal | work=Post Office Reference | accessdate=26 January 2018}}

References

Category:Towns in South Australia