Yeelanna, South Australia

Yeelanna
South Australia
Yeelanna is located in South Australia
Yeelanna
Yeelanna
Coordinates34°08′24″S 135°43′44″E / 34.14000°S 135.72889°E / -34.14000; 135.72889
Population85 (SAL 2021)[1]
Established1904
Postcode(s)5632
Location
LGA(s)District Council of Lower Eyre Peninsula
RegionEyre Western[2]
CountyFlinders[2]
State electorate(s)Flinders
Federal division(s)Grey
Localities around Yeelanna:
Mitchell Karkoo
Kapinnie Yeelanna Brooker
Cummins Cockaleechie

Yeelanna (an Aboriginal word meaning "Local Spring") is a town on the Lower Eyre Peninsula in South Australia located 77 kilometres (48 mi) north of Port Lincoln.[3] It is on the Tod Highway and Eyre Peninsula Railway between Lock and Cummins. The Yeelanna district is known for its extremely fertile farming land, where nearly all farms in the district are continuously cropped.[citation needed]

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Yeelanna (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ a b "Search results for "YeelannaLOCB" with the following datasets selected – 'Suburbs and Localities', 'SA Government Regions' and 'Counties'". Location SA Map viewer. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
  3. ^ "2905.0 – Statistical Geography: Volume 2 -- Census Geographic Areas, Australia, 2006". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 8 December 2009.