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| Locality | Black Hill |
| State | South Australia (SA) |
| Local Government Area | Mid Murray Council |
| Country | Australia |
| Timezone | Australian Central Time (ACST/ACDT) |
| Remoteness | Inner Regional Australia |
| Latitude | -34.68973 |
| Longitude | 139.48773 |
| Population | 37 |
| Density | 0.4 /km² |
| Area | 98.8 km² |
| Elevation | 58 m |
| Postcode | 5353 |
| Area Code | 08 |
| Distance to Adelaide | 85 km east-northeast |
Black Hill is a locality in the Mid Murray Council local government area of South Australia, Australia. It is a small community with a population of 37. The locality covers an area of 98.8 km², giving a population density of about 0.4 people per km². It sits at an elevation of around 58 m above sea level. It lies approximately 85 km east-northeast of Adelaide. Black Hill is located at 34.6897°S, 139.4877°E. It observes Australian Central Time (ACST/ACDT). Postcode: 5353. The Australian Bureau of Statistics classifies the area as Inner Regional Australia.
Black Hill rises from the undulating plains, a modest prominence in the landscape where the air carries the dry scent of sun-baked earth and the distant hum of agricultural machinery. It lies 68.8 km east of Gawler, SA (from Gawler, SA: bearing 99°T), and is situated 22.3 km north-north-east of Mannum. The land here is a study in muted colours – ochre clays, pale straw-coloured grasses bleached by the relentless sun, and the dusty grey-green of scattered eucalypts. Patches of scrubby bush, resilient and wind-swept, cling to the slopes, offering scant shade but a hardy beauty. The sky above is vast and often a piercing blue, stretching to horizons that seem to promise endless space, and at dusk, it bleeds into bruised purples and fiery oranges, painting the sparse vegetation in fleeting, dramatic hues.
The history of Black Hill is inextricably linked to the fertile soils that surround it, a land that has sustained agricultural endeavours for generations. While no grand monuments mark its past, the quiet persistence of farming families, their lives woven into the rhythm of planting and harvest, forms the bedrock of Black Hill's character. The local economy, once perhaps more diversified, now largely relies on the bounty of the land – cereal crops that stretch towards the horizon and grazing livestock that dot the paddocks. There are no bustling harbours or deep mines here, but rather a steady, unpretentious industry that defines the pace of life, a quiet strength evident in the weathered sheds and well-maintained fences that speak of enduring effort.
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This page provides a street and satellite map of Black Hill, South Australia. Live weather conditions with current observations and a 7-day forecast are powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while an editorially written description provides background on Black Hill, in the Mid Murray Council local government area.
Detailed location data for Black Hill includes the postcode (5353), telephone area code (08), and local government area (Mid Murray Council), with an ABS remoteness classification of Inner Regional Australia. These are among the most commonly searched location details for any Australian city, town or locality.
Location data is drawn from Geoscape Administrative Boundaries (GDA2020) and enriched with GeoNames and Australian Bureau of Statistics data, matched by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Black Hill is identified even where the name is shared across multiple localities.
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Location data | Geoscape Administrative Boundaries (GDA2020); enriched with GeoNames and ABS 2021 Census data, matched by coordinate proximity |
| Description | Editorial description generated with AI assistance from verified Geoscape, ABS and GeoNames location data. |