Yinkanie, South Australia

Yinkanie
South Australia
Mallee-form trees and paddocks at the site of Yinkanie in 2013
Yinkanie is located in South Australia
Yinkanie
Yinkanie
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Coordinates34°20′S 140°19′E / 34.33°S 140.32°E / -34.33; 140.32
Population24 (SAL 2021)[1]
Established1926
Postcode(s)5332
Location13 km (8 mi) south of Kingston On Murray
LGA(s)District Council of Loxton Waikerie
State electorate(s)Chaffey
Federal division(s)Barker
Localities around Yinkanie:
Woolpunda Moorook Moorook South
Holder Siding Yinkanie New Residence
Boolgun Wappilka
Footnotes[2]

Yinkanie is a locality, formerly a small settlement established at the terminus of the Moorook railway line, in the Murraylands region of South Australia near the River Murray.[note 1] The railway line opened in 1925 and closed in 1971; it was never extended to the river.[4]

Government town plan of Yinkanie, 1927. The plan provided for 45 house blocks, a school, recreation ground and 4 government services sites. A post office and primary school were the sole buildings erected outside the railway station boundary, but were dismantled when demand – small though it had been – declined.
  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Yinkanie (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ "Placename details: Yinkanie (LOCB)". Location SA Viewer. Government of South Australia. 31 March 2010. SA0031588. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
  3. ^ "Geographical names guidelines". Planning and property. Attorney-General's Department (Government of South Australia). August 2020. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
  4. ^ "Yinkanie to Kingston Railway". The Chronicle. Vol. LXIX, no. 3649. South Australia. 28 August 1926. p. 51. Retrieved 4 September 2022 – via National Library of Australia.


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