__NOTOC__ Gerard is a locality in the Australian state of

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located in the

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on the northern side of the

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about north-east of the state capital of

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and about northwest of Loxton. Its boundaries were created on 12 August 1999. As of 2012, the land use within Gerard is divided between conservation and

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with the former being concerned with the floodplain. The

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for land within Gerard held by the Aboriginal Lands Trust who has leased it to the Gerard Community Council. Gerard is located within the federal

division of Barker The Division of Barker is an Australian electoral division in the south-east of South Australia. The division was established on 2 October 1903, when South Australia's original single multi-member division was split into seven single-member d ...

, the state

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and the

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of South Australia.

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