Innamincka, South Australia

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Innamincka
South Australia
Innamincka township from the north-east;
Cooper Creek is in the foreground and left distance
Innamincka is located in South Australia
Innamincka
Innamincka
Coordinates27°44′48″S 140°44′17″E / 27.746651°S 140.738019°E / -27.746651; 140.738019[1]
Population21 (SAL 2021)[2]
Established17 April 1890 (town)
23 October 2003 (locality)[3][4]
Postcode(s)5731
Elevation57 m (187 ft)
Time zoneACST (UTC+9:30)
 • Summer (DST)ACDT (UTC+10:30)
Location821 km (510 mi) NE of Adelaide
LGA(s)Pastoral Unincorporated Area[1]
RegionFar North[1]
State electorate(s)Stuart[5]
Federal division(s)Grey[6]
Mean max temp[7] Mean min temp[7] Annual rainfall[7]
29.6 °C
85 °F		 15.6 °C
60 °F		 170.1 mm
6.7 in
Localities around Innamincka:
Pandie Pandie Pandie Pandie
Cordillo Downs		 Queensland
Clifton Hill Station Innamincka Queensland
Clifton Hill Station Gidgealpa
Merty Merty
Bollards Lagoon		 Queensland
FootnotesAdjoining localities[1]
Pub, petrol station and general store at Innamincka township in 2007
Cooper Creek crossing at Innamincka

Innamincka, formerly Hopetoun, is a township and locality in north-east South Australia. By air it is 820 kilometres (510 miles) north-east of the state capital, Adelaide, and 365 kilometres (227 miles) north-east of the closest town, Lyndhurst.[1] It is 66 kilometres (41 miles) north-east of the Moomba Gas Refinery. The town lies within the Innamincka Regional Reserve and is surrounded by the Strzelecki Desert to the south and the Sturt Stony Desert to the north. It is linked by road to Lyndhurst via the Strzelecki Track, to the Birdsville Developmental Road via Cordillo Downs Road and Arrabury Road (via Haddon Corner), and the Walkers Crossing Track to the Birdsville Track. The Walkers Crossing Track is closed in summer and only traversable in dry weather.[8][9] The township is situated along the Cooper Creek, a part of the Lake Eyre basin.

  1. ^ a b c d e "Search results for 'Innamincka, LOCB' with the following datasets selected – 'NPW and Conservation Properties', 'Suburbs and Localities', 'Government Towns', 'Hundreds', 'Local Government Areas', 'South Australian Government Regions' and 'Gazetteer'". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australian. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  2. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Innamincka (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. Edit this at Wikidata
  3. ^ Cockburn, John A. (17 April 1890). "Proclamation re the Town of Hopetoun" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australia. pp. 1108–1109. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  4. ^ Government of South Australia (23 October 2003). "Geographical Names Act 1991 Notice to Assign Names and Boundaries to Places" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South AustralIA. 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)
  5. ^ "Electoral district profiles – Stuart". Electoral Commission SA. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
  6. ^ "Profile of the electoral division of Grey (SA)". Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  7. ^ a b c "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics Moomba Airport (nearest weather station)". Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology. Archived from the original on 15 January 2019. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  8. ^ "Getting to Innamincka by road". Innamincka Hotel. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
  9. ^ "The Outback Loop map" (PDF). Government of South Australia. Retrieved 12 December 2021.