Monarto South, South Australia
| Monarto South South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 35°07′19″S 139°07′44″E / 35.12194°S 139.12889°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 152 (SAL 2021) | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1973 | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 5254 | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | ACST (UTC+9:30) | ||||||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | ACDT (UTC+10:30) | ||||||||||||||
| Location | 67 km (42 mi) ESE of Adelaide | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Rural City of Murray Bridge | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Kavel | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Barker | ||||||||||||||
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Monarto South is a locality in South Australia 16 km (9.9 mi) west of the Murray River and 65 km (40 mi) south east by road from Adelaide. The Monarto South railway station is north of the South Eastern Freeway between the Callington and Murray Bridge exits, but the locality spans south of the freeway to Chaunceys Line Road and Ferries McDonald Conservation Park.
In the late 1970s Monarto Junction (or "New Murray Town") was proposed to be the site of a new satellite city of Adelaide. By the turn of the century the proposal had been completely abandoned.
Monarto South took its name from the cadastral Hundred of Monarto (established 1847) centred on the original township of Monarto to the north. The name of the hundred was after "Queen Monarto", an aboriginal woman (spouse of a tribal leader) who lived in the area at the time of its proclamation.