Palmer, South Australia
| Palmer South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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Palmer Lutheran Church | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°51′07″S 139°09′36″E / 34.852°S 139.160°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 215 (SAL 2021) | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1860s | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 5237 | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Mid Murray Council | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Schubert | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Barker | ||||||||||||||
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Palmer is a town just east of the Adelaide Hills region of South Australia along the Adelaide-Mannum Road, 70 kilometres east-north-east of the state capital, Adelaide and 15 km west-north-west of Mannum (34°51′S 139°9′E / 34.850°S 139.150°E). It is located in the Mid Murray Council local government area.
Palmer has a primary school (opened 1882), a general store, hotel and a Lutheran Church of which Carl Heinrich Loessel was the first pastor, from 22 May 1869 before the church was built, succeeded by the long-serving Pastor Kuss.
There are some rock formations at the Granite Boulders Area Geological Site.