Barunga Gap South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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Coordinates | 33°49′35″S 138°07′27″E / 33.82647082°S 138.12410021°E | ||||||||||||||
Population | 23 (SAL 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 5520 | ||||||||||||||
LGA(s) | Wakefield Regional Council | ||||||||||||||
Region | Mid North | ||||||||||||||
County | Daly | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | Narungga[2] | ||||||||||||||
Federal division(s) | Grey | ||||||||||||||
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Barunga Gap is a locality in South Australia about 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) south west of Snowtown.[3] Barunga Gap was named in reference to the co-located pass between the Barunga Range to the north and Hummock Range to the south. The word 'Barunga' derives from an indigenous term meaning "gap in the range".[4] See Barunga Range § Etymology
Barunga Gap was a station between Bute and Snowtown on the Kadina-Brinkworth railway line from 1879 until it closed in 1993.
Derivation of Name: Barunga Gap (pass); Other Details: Town surveyed in November 1879. Originally proclaimed as Percyton on 15/1/1880. Name approved by Nomenclature Committee to reduce dual locality name. Boundaries created on 21 January 2000 for long established name. Incorporates the Government Town of Barunga Gap.
Derivation of Name: ABNA for gap in the range