| Type: | suburb |
| Gerard | |
| State: | SA |
| Coordinates: | -34.377°N 140.4779°W |
| Coord Ref: | [1] |
| Pop: | 660 (shared with other localities in the ‘State Suburb of Loveday’) |
| Established: | 12 August 1999 |
| Established Footnotes: | [2] |
| Postcode: | 5343[3] |
| Timezone: | ACST |
| Utc: | +9:30 |
| Timezone-Dst: | ACST |
| Utc-Dst: | +10:30 |
| Dist1: | 182 |
| Dir1: | north-east |
| Location1: | Adelaide |
| Dist2: | 12 |
| Dir2: | north-west |
| Location2: | Loxton |
| County: | Hamley |
| Stategov: | Chaffey[4] |
| Fedgov: | Barker[5] |
| Maxtemp: | 23.9 |
| Mintemp: | 9.0 |
| Rainfall: | 259.5 |
| Near-N: | Spectacle Lake |
| Near-Ne: | Winkie |
| Near-E: | Katarapko |
| Near-Se: | Katarapko |
| Near-S: | Pyap |
| Near-Sw: | Pyap |
| Near-W: | Spectacle Lake |
| Near-Nw: | Spectacle Lake |
| Footnotes: | Location Climate [6] Adjoining localities |
Gerard is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located in the Riverland on the northern side of the Murray River about 182km (113miles) north-east of the state capital of Adelaide and about northwest of Loxton.[3]
Its boundaries were created on 12 August 1999.[2]
As of 2012, the land use within Gerard is divided between conservation and agriculture with the former being concerned with the floodplain.[7] The title for land within Gerard held by the Aboriginal Lands Trust who has leased it to the Gerard Community Council.[8]
Gerard is located within the federal division of Barker, the state electoral district of Chaffey and the Pastoral Unincorporated Area of South Australia.[1] [4] [5]