Ucolta, South Australia

Ucolta
South Australia
Ucolta is located in South Australia
Ucolta
Ucolta
Coordinates32°59′48″S 138°57′29″E / 32.99658°S 138.95792°E / -32.99658; 138.95792[1]
Population13 (SAL 2021)[2]
Postcode(s)5422
Elevation532 m (1,745 ft)[3]
Time zoneACST (UTC+9:30)
 • Summer (DST)ACST (UTC+10:30)
LGA(s)District Council of Peterborough
RegionYorke and Mid North[1]
CountyKimberley[1]
State electorate(s)Stuart[4]
Federal division(s)Grey[5]
Mean max temp[6] Mean min temp[6] Annual rainfall[6]
21.9 °C
71 °F
7.3 °C
45 °F
365.7 mm
14.4 in
Localities around Ucolta:
Minvalara Dawson Dawson
Minvalara
Peterborough
Sunnybrae
Ucolta Parnaroo
Terowie Terowie Franklyn
FootnotesAdjoining localities[1]

Ucolta is a locality in the Mid North region of South Australia. It is named for a railway station on the Broken Hill-Port Pirie railway line.[7] Trains no longer stop at Ucolta. It is also where the Barrier Highway first meets the railway line, and the Wilmington–Ucolta Road which connects across the northern side of the Mid North, providing the shortest road route from Western Australia and Eyre Peninsula via Port Augusta to Broken Hill and New South Wales.

The name Ucolta was recorded as a native name in 1862, but its meaning has been lost.[3] The former Ucolta Post Office was in the railway station.[8]

  1. ^ a b c d "Search results for 'Ucolta, LOCB' with the following datasets selected - 'Suburbs and localities', 'Counties', 'Hundreds', 'Local Government Areas', 'SA Government Regions', 'Gazetteer', 'Railways' and 'Roads'". Location SA Map Viewer. South Australian Government. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  2. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Ucolta (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. Edit this at Wikidata
  3. ^ a b "Placename Details: Ucolta Railway Station". Property Location Browser. Land Services, Government of South Australia. SA0035163. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
  4. ^ "District of Stuart Background Profile (2014-2018 boundaries)". Electoral Commission SA. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  5. ^ "Federal electoral division of Grey" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  6. ^ a b c "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics YONGALA (nearest weather station)". Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
  7. ^ "Placename Details: Ucolta". Property Location Browser. Land Services, Government of South Australia. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
  8. ^ "Placename Details: Ucolta Post Office". Property Location Browser. Land Services, Government of South Australia. SA0011216. Retrieved 19 September 2015.