Kingston On Murray

Kingston On Murray (formerly Thurk and Kingston O.M.)

Kingston On Murray (formerly Thurk and Kingston O.M.) is a town on the south bank of the Murray River in the Riverland region of South Australia. Its name is ultimately derived from Charles Kingston who was Premier of South Australia from 1893-99. At the 2006 census, the town had a population of 257.

The town was surveyed in January 1915 and originally proclaimed as Thurk on 21 November 1918.Its size was reduced on 19 July 1934 and again on 13 July 1939.The name was derived from Thurk Homestead where the word Thurk is itself derived from an aboriginal word tharko that means the mouth.The town's name was changed from Thurk to Kingston O.M. on 19 September 1940. The name was derived from the Kingston Village Settlement Area, a settlement which was established in 1896 and whose name is derived from Charles Kingston, the then Premier of South Australia.The name was altered at the request of residents from Kingston O.M. to Kingston On Murray on 31 March 1994. Erratum published in Government Gazette 24 November 1994 to correct the incorrect use of hyphens in the original Notice to Assign.Boundaries for the locality of Kingston on Murray were created on 28 September 2000 and include the sites of the Kingston Ferry Shack Site and the government town of Kingston On Murray.