Geranium, South Australia
| Geranium South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 35°22′57″S 140°09′36″E / 35.382417°S 140.160006°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 83 (SAL 2021) | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 24 March 1910 (town) 12 August 1999 (locality) | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 5301 | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | ACST (UTC+9:30) | ||||||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | ACST (UTC+10:30) | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Southern Mallee District Council | ||||||||||||||
| Region | Murray and Mallee | ||||||||||||||
| County | Chandos | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Chaffey | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Barker | ||||||||||||||
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| Footnotes | Adjoining localities | ||||||||||||||
Geranium is a town and locality in the Murray Mallee region of South Australia near the Mallee Highway. At the 2006 census, Geranium had a population of 240. It was surveyed in 1910 as the town supporting a station on the Pinnaroo railway line. The name is derived from a native plant prolific in the area.