Yattalunga, South Australia

Yattalunga
AdelaideSouth Australia
Yattalunga is located in City of Playford
Yattalunga
Yattalunga
Coordinates34°40′48″S 138°48′25″E / 34.680°S 138.807°E / -34.680; 138.807
Population319 (SAL 2021)[1]
Postcode(s)5114
LGA(s)City of Playford
State electorate(s)Schubert
Federal division(s)Spence
Suburbs around Yattalunga:
Bibaringa Kalbeeba Barossa Goldfields
Uleybury Yattalunga Williamstown
One Tree Hill Sampson Flat Humbug Scrub

Yattalunga is a northern suburb of Adelaide, South Australia. It is the eastern in the City of Playford. Yattalunga is east of One Tree Hill, between the Gawler–One Tree Hill Road and the South Para River. The road runs near the top of the ridge separating the South Para River gorge from the Adelaide Plains.

The eastern part of Yattalunga includes most of the Para Wirra Recreation Park.

The name of the suburb is drawn from the name of a historic homestead,[2] which in turn was derived from Yertala or Yattala meaning cascade, waterfall of creek and unga or nga meaning place or locality in a local Australian Aboriginal language, according to state government records citing Norman Tindale in 1949.[3]

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Yattalunga (SA) (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ "Placename Details: Yattalunga (LOCB)". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. 14 April 2015. SA0030859. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
  3. ^ "Placename Details: Yattalunga (HMSD)". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. 6 February 2007. SA0030857. Retrieved 5 February 2016.