Monash is in the Berri Barmera Council, state electoral district of Chaffey, and federal Division of Barker.

The tree still stands today, although it was nearly destroyed in a fire caused by a local land owner.

Monash is best known in South Australia as the home of a major adventure playground for adults as well as children with tall, fast and twisty slippery dips and other equipment.

It reopened in 1996 without the high towers, but with better picnic facilities and less "dangerous" equipment now including a giant maze.

In the mid-2000s the flying fox connected to the high towers were removed because citizens viewed them as a safety hazard.