Melton, South Australia — interactive Google street map, satellite and terrain views, Street View, live local weather conditions and 7-day forecasts, real-time local and world news, and an editorial description of Melton, in the Barunga West Council local government area.
| Locality | Melton |
| State | South Australia (SA) |
| Local Government Area | Barunga West Council |
| Country | Australia |
| Timezone | Australian Central Time (ACST/ACDT) |
| Remoteness | Outer Regional Australia |
| Latitude | -34.07362 |
| Longitude | 137.97583 |
| Area | 25.4 km² |
| Postcode | 5552 |
| Area Code | 08 |
| Distance to Adelaide | 111 km north-northwest |
Melton is a locality in the Barunga West Council local government area of South Australia, Australia. The locality covers an area of 25.4 km². It lies approximately 111 km north-northwest of Adelaide. Melton is located at 34.0736°S, 137.9758°E. It observes Australian Central Time (ACST/ACDT). Postcode: 5552. The Australian Bureau of Statistics classifies the area as Outer Regional Australia.
Melton breathes a quiet, sun-weathered character, a place where the land itself seems to exhale a dusty, golden light. It lies 91.6 km north-west of Gawler, SA (from Gawler, SA: bearing 309°T), and is situated 25.2 km east-south-east of Kadina. The terrain here is an expanse of low, gently rolling country, the earth a rich, ochre red that stains the dry grasses and the occasional gnarled acacia. Wide skies dominate, often a pale, washed-out blue that can deepen to a bruised purple at dusk, casting long, soft shadows across the sparse vegetation. The air, especially in the late afternoon, carries a dry warmth, a scent of sun-baked earth and the faint, sweet perfume of flowering saltbush. The character of Melton is one of quiet endurance, a resilience etched into the landscape and the stoic faces of its inhabitants.
This corner of the Barunga West Council has long been shaped by the land’s generosity and its caprices. Historically, it was a place of sheep stations and wheat farms, the broad paddocks stretching towards the horizon, each fence line a patient stitch in the agricultural fabric. The local economy still leans on the land, with grazing and cropping forming the backbone of its sustenance, the rhythm of the seasons dictating the pace of life. While no grand monuments mark its founding, the scattered farmhouses and the weathered woolsheds stand as silent testaments to generations who worked this soil. The very air seems to hum with a quiet history, a subtle echo of the drovers and farmers who navigated this terrain, their lives as entwined with the land as the roots of the hardy native trees.
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This page provides an interactive Google map of Melton, South Australia with street, satellite and terrain views and integrated Street View imagery. 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 Melton, in the Barunga West Council local government area.
Detailed location data for Melton includes the postcode (5552), telephone area code (08), and local government area (Barunga West Council), with an ABS remoteness classification of Outer 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 Melton is identified even where the name is shared across multiple localities.
| Page generated | June 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. |