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Sandergrove, South Australia, AustraliaNotes: Sandergrove is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia about 9 km south of Strathalbyn. It was a junction on the Victor Harbor railway line, where the Milang railway line branched off. The railway was authorised in 1881 and closed in 1970. . ![]() Sandergrove Methodist Church and cemetery near Strathalbyn. It opened In 1849 a local farmer, William Rogers subdivided seven town blocks which he called Sandergrove. His mother was Elizabeth Sanders hence the name. A Post Office opened in Sandergrove in 1851 and one town block was reserved for a school. It opened in 1859 and operated until 1952. The main building in town was the Wesleyan Methodist Church which opened in 1867. It has been closed for many years but a few graves remain in the attached cemetery (mainly named Billing or Tucker.) Sandergrove’s main claim to fame was the rail junction about 2 kms from the town which is the start of the spur line to Milang which opened in 1883. Until the line closed a daily train did the 22 minute trip to Milang after meeting the train to or from Adelaide. Until the 1930s this train was met by a steamer at Milang that then carried passengers across Lakes Alexandrina and Albert to Meningie and the Coorong. ![]()
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