Geranium

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Geranium is a town with 60 residents, and has a hall, two churches, a store, a garage, extensive sporting facilities and the only other bowling green in the area make it an important local centre, and an attractive township for farmers to retire to. In an era of centralisation to big towns, Geranium’s future as a small centre seems assured.

It is the location of the area school that serves the western part of the Council area and much of the Coorong Council further west. Bulk handling facilities keep its railway siding active.

In 1999 the Geranium community won South Australia’s Tidiest Town Award. Geranium went on to compete in the National Finals of Australia’s Tidiest Town and won an Award of Excellence for Environmental Action and Education. Geranium lies on the far western border of the Southern Mallee. The Geranium residents put in many hours to achieve this award, indicative of the communal spirit of South Australians, who have the highest participation in the tidy town judging of any state in the nation. Geranium won the competition from a huge field of 316 separate communities and 220 schools, competing with many towns far greater in size and population.