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Also known as Eudunda, South Australia, Eudunda, South Australia, Australia

Eudunda is a town in the Mid North region of South Australia, situated north-east of Adelaide in the jurisdiction of the Regional Council of Goyder. As of 2021, Eudunda had a population of 815 people. Eudunda is renowned as the birthplace of author and educator Colin Thiele.

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town
Country
Australia
Located in
Grey
Population
601
Elevation
424
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Eudunda, South Australia
postal code
5374
male population
412
female population
413
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Eudunda is a town in the Mid North region of South Australia, situated north-east of Adelaide in the jurisdiction of the Regional Council of Goyder. As of 2021, Eudunda had a population of 815 people. Eudunda is renowned as the birthplace of author and educator Colin Thiele.

== Origin of name == The town name of Eudunda originates from the name of the spring to the west of the town, which local Aboriginal people called judandakawi, meaning "sheltered water". The earliest-known written mention of the name Eudunda was published in The Express and Telegraph in 1872.

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