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| Yalata South Australia | |||||||||
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 Yalata township looking north-east | |||||||||
  Yalata | |||||||||
| Coordinates | 31°23′03″S 131°37′14″E / 31.384108°S 131.620547°E[1] | ||||||||
| Population | 302 (UCL 2021)[2] | ||||||||
| Established | Mission: 1954, 1994.[citation needed] Locality: 23 October 2003[3] | ||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 5690 | ||||||||
| Elevation | 90 m (295 ft)[citation needed] | ||||||||
| Area | 4563 km2 (1762 sq mi)[citation needed] | ||||||||
| Time zone | ACST (UTC+9:30) | ||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | ACDT (UTC+10:30) | ||||||||
| Location | |||||||||
| LGA(s) | Aboriginal Council of Yalata | ||||||||
| Region | Eyre Western[1] | ||||||||
| County | Hopetoun (part)[1] | ||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Flinders[5] | ||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Grey[6] | ||||||||
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| Footnotes | Adjoining localities[1] | ||||||||
Yalata (/ˈjælətɑː/ yal-ə-TAH), in the isolated far west of South Australia, is both an Indigenous Protected Area and, within that, a township of the same name where an Aboriginal community lives. The township is 206 kilometres (128 mi) west of Ceduna – the nearest town – via the Eyre Highway, and 982 kilometres (610 miles) by road from the state capital, Adelaide. It lies on the traditional lands of the Wirangu people. The settlement began as Yalata Mission in the early 1950s when Pila Nguru people were moved from Ooldea Mission when that closed, after previously being moved from their land in the Great Victoria Desert owing to nuclear testing by the British Government. The old Colona sheep station nearby is now part of Yalata Indigenous Protected Area.
The Atlas of South Australia describes the Yalata area as:[9]
...sandy plain with deep sand and parabolic dunes. The vegetative cover is open mallee scrub with a mixed understory of chenopod shrubs and grasses and low open woodland with a chenopod shrub understory.
- ^ a b c d "Search results for 'Yalata, LOCB' with the following datasets selected – 'Suburbs and localities', 'Counties', 'Local Government Areas', 'SA Government Regions' and 'Gazetteer'". Location SA Map Viewer. South Australian Government. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Yalata (urban centre and locality)". Australian Census 2021.
- ^ "Geographical Names Act 1991 Notice to assign names and boundaries to places" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South AustralIA. 23 October 2003. p. 3859. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
Assign the names Yunta, Blinman, Bookabie, Glendambo, Yalata, Kingoonya, Olary, Innamincka, and Manna Hill to those areas Out of Councils and shown numbered 1 to 9 on Rack Plan 857 (Sheet 3)
- ^ a b c "Yalata" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 15 October 2024.
- ^ "District of Flinders Background Profile". Electoral Commission SA. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
- ^ "Profile of the electoral division of Grey (SA)". Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
- ^ a b c "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics Nullarbor (nearest weather station)". Retrieved 13 August 2019.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Yalata (suburbs and localities)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 15 October 2024.
- ^ McCaskill, Murray, 1926-; Griffin, Trevor, 1935-; Wakefield Press; South Australia Jubilee 150 Board (1986), Atlas of South Australia, South Australian Govt. Printing Division in association with Wakefield Press on behalf of the South Australia Jubilee 150 Board, ISBN 978-0-7243-4696-7
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