Electoral district of Goyder

Goyder was an electoral district of the South Australian House of Assembly. It was a 9,258 km2 rural electorate located on the Yorke Peninsula and taking in the towns of Ardrossan, Bute, Edithburgh, Kadina, Maitland, Minlaton, Moonta, Port Wakefield, Wallaroo and Yorketown. The electorate was named after George Goyder, a former state Surveyor-General famous for developing Goyder's Line, which indicated the area of the state that had enough rainfall to be suitable for agriculture.

This article is about the former electorate in South Australia. For the electorate in the Northern Territory, see Electoral division of Goyder.

Goyder
South Australia—House of Assembly
2014 extent of the electoral district of Goyder (green) in South Australia
StateSouth Australia
Created1970
Abolished2018
NamesakeGeorge Goyder
Electors24,777 (2014)
Area9,258 km2 (3,574.5 sq mi)
DemographicRural
Coordinates34°34′59″S 137°45′47″E

From the 2018 election, Goyder was renamed to Narungga.

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