Tungkillo - An early settler, Samuel Patten, who, in 1861 laid out the present township and called it South Petherton after his home town of the same name in Somerset. The name was officially changed to Tungkillo on 24 January 1906.
Churches
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•Union Chapel 1849-1851
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•Primitive Methodist Chapel 1867-1899. Methodist Church 1900-1977. Uniting Church 1977-. Closed.
Cemetery
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•Tungkillo Cemetery (Cemetery Rd,).
Headstone List (Australian Cemeteries)
Tungkillo (OzBurials)
Cemeteries (Mid Murray Council)
Schools
Tungkillo Primary School 1861-1970 (school closed December 1970).
Links
Tungkillo, South Australia (Wikipedia)
Reference
Butler, Reg. The Quite Waters By Mount Pleasant District Council: Mount Pleasant, SA, 1993.
