Bordertown is a small South Australian town near
the Victorian border. Bordertown is where the
Dukes Highway and the railway line, the two main
routes between Adelaide and Melbourne, cross
Tatiara Creek.

Bordertown is the commercial and administrative
centre of the Tatiara District Council.

The Bordertown district economy is based
primarily on agriculture, with cereal crops and
livestock farming. The largest single employer is
the JBS meatworks abbatoir which processes up to
8000 animals per day and employs around 470
people.