Culburra is a town and locality in the Australian state of South Australia.
, about 158 kilometres (98 mi) south-east of the state capital of Adelaide and about 77 kilometres (48 mi) south-east of the municipal seat of Tailem Bend.
[1][5] "Culburra" is an indigenous name meaning "plenty of sand",[9] and the settlement was previously called Dewson before the name was changed in the early 20th century.
[4] The locality consists of land adjoining the southern boundary of the cadastral unit of the Hundred of Coneybeer and land from the following hundreds – the north-east corner of Colebatch, the south-west corner of Lewis and a portion on its northern boundary of Richards.
[1] Culburra is located within the federal division of Barker, the state electoral district of Mackillop and the local government area of the Coorong District Council.