Winulta was a town in the Australian state of South Australia on northern Yorke Peninsula around 10 km from Clinton on the Clinton-Maitland road. It was first settled for farming around 1876. The earliest farmers were William Short, Thomas Kenny and John Sharrad.[6]
Winulta South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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Coordinates | 34°17′S 137°52′E / 34.28°S 137.86°E | ||||||||||||||
Population | 41 (SAL 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 5570 | ||||||||||||||
LGA(s) | Yorke Peninsula Council | ||||||||||||||
Region | Yorke and Mid North[2] | ||||||||||||||
County | Daly[3] Fergusson[3] | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | Narungga[4] | ||||||||||||||
Federal division(s) | Grey[5] | ||||||||||||||
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Footnotes | Adjoining localities[3] |
The nearby "Hundred of Tiparra School" opened in 1884, was renamed "Winulta School" in 1891 and closed in 1950.[7]
Winulta is located within the federal division of Grey, the state electoral district of Narungga and the local government area of the Yorke Peninsula Council.[5][4][3]
See also
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edit- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Winulta (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ "Yorke and Mid North SA Government region" (PDF). The Government of South Australia. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
- ^ a b c d "Search result(s) for Winulta (LOCB) (Record No. SA0026874) with the following layers being selected – "Suburbs and Localities", "Counties", "Hundreds", "Place names (gazetteer)" and "Road labels"". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 28 April 2017.
- ^ a b Narungga (Map). Electoral District Boundaries Commission. 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
- ^ a b "Federal electoral division of Grey" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
- ^ "Y.P. Octogenarian Honored". The Kadina and Wallaroo Times (SA : 1888 – 1954). SA. 30 October 1926. p. 2. Retrieved 25 October 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Manning Dictionary of South Australian Placenames". State Library of South Australia. Retrieved 25 October 2015.