Located on the banks of the Murray River, Wellington is upstream of where the river empties into Lake Alexandrina and features accommodation, hotel and historical buildings.

In its heyday the town serviced the local pastoral district and included a school, shops, courthouse and police station. The town was the original crossing of the Murray River for people, livestock, and goods travelling overland between Adelaide and Melbourne, until a bridge was built at Murray Bridge in 1879. The town is named after Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, the first Duke of Wellington (1769-1852). He was a British Army officer and statesman who was one of the leading military and political figures in Britain during the early 19th century, twice serving as Prime Minister.

Population:

184 ¹

Postcode:

5259

Location:

84 km southeast of Adelaide

Main Roads:

Langhorne Ck Rd (B45)

Radio Stations:

FM:
ABC Classic (103.9 MHz), Power FM (98.7 MHz), RadioTAB (88.0 MHz) and Triple J (105.5 MHz)

AM:
5MU (1125 kHz), ABC News Radio (972 kHz), ABC North and West SA (639 kHz), ABC Radio Adelaide (891 kHz), ABC Radio National (927 kHz), ABC Riverland (1062 kHz) and ABC Wimmera (594 kHz)

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NEW Murray River:

Looking northeast over the Murray River and vehicular ferry from Courthouse Reserve, Wellington, December 2015.

Image © Michael Greenslade

¹ Australian Government, Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census Data, 2021, Wellington, Census All persons QuickStats, Suburbs and Localities, SAL41561.