Owen, South Australia
| Owen South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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Post office and war memorial | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°16′S 138°32′E / 34.267°S 138.533°E | ||||||||||||||
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| Gazetted | 1 May 1879 | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 5460 | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | ACST (UTC+9:30) | ||||||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | ACDT (UTC+10:30) | ||||||||||||||
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| LGA(s) | Wakefield Regional Council | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Goyder | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Grey | ||||||||||||||
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Owen (postcode 5460) is a rural community in the heart of the Adelaide Plains. Owen is 46 metres (150 ft) above sea-level and receives a reliable 416 mm (16.4 in) of rain annually. First settled in about 1865, it is about 80 km (50 mi) north of Adelaide in South Australia and is approximately 40 minutes by road to the nearest main regional centre of Gawler. It is in the Wakefield Regional Council.