Meribah | |||||||||||||
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  Meribah | |||||||||||||
| Coordinates:34°42′S140°51′E / 34.700°S 140.850°E /-34.700; 140.850 | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | South Australia | ||||||||||||
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| Elevation | 36 m (118 ft) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 39 (SAL2021)[2] | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 5311 | ||||||||||||
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Meribah is a small settlement in the Brown's Well district of theMurray Mallee region ofSouth Australia. It is 10 kilometres (6 miles) from the border withVictoria, 62 kilometres (39 miles) north ofPinnaroo, and 37 kilometres (23 miles) south-east ofLoxton.
Thetownship was a short-lived terminus of theBarmera railway line in 1913[3][failed verification] until construction extended toParinga later in the year.[4]
The town was proclaimed on 26 November 1914; it was named after a nearby bore styled Meribah, the biblical place whereMoses "struck the rock and water gushed forth".[5][6]
The post office opened in March 1916 and closed in June 1985.[7]
