Meningie, South Australia

Meningie is an Australian city on the southeast side of Lake Albert in South Australia, situated on the Princes Highway at Coorong 152 km south-east of Adelaide. 2006 there were 940 residents in the city. Besides Menigie are the villages Meningie Meningie West and East.

History

Before the first European settlement five Aboriginesclans the Ngarrindjeri lived in the area of the Coorong and Meningie. When the British colonized this area, their number decreased by disease and massacre of an estimated 3,200 in 1842 to 511 in 1874.

The first Europeans who came to this area was Charles Sturt in 1829, which reached the Lake Alexandria at the mouth of the Murray River on February 9, 1830.

Sturt was followed in the 1840s sheep and cattle ranchers and a road from Adelaide to Melbourne was built. They farmed, the soil and sufficient water provided an opportunity for the successful development of agriculture. Furthermore, there is also a large fishing boat fleet in the port of Meningie.

The name was given to the city by Governor Sir Henry Lionel Galway and she was in 1866 measured.

Tourism

Meningie is located on the shores of Lake Albert and there around the Coorong National Park, the Younghusband Peninsula and Narrung Peninsula. Tourists visit the city especially in the summer to swim to operate to fish and water sports. For tourists and residents of the city is a 18 -hole golf course and the Meningie Cheese Factory Museum, which showcases the history of cheese making from the area. Meningie also offers souvenirs and gifts in shops as well as accommodation in hotels and motels.

Meningie was the first city in the ADSL, broadband Internet access was installed in Australia in October 2003.

Meningie is home to an association of Australian Football, the Meningie Bears that have existed for about 150 years and also the Meningie Motocross Club.

About 18 km from Meningie is the Point Malcolm Lighthouse, the only lighthouse in the country of Australia.