Bungama, South Australia

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Bungama
South Australia
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Bungama
Coordinates 33°11′49″S138°04′37″E / 33.197°S 138.077°E / -33.197; 138.077
Population116 (SAL 2021) [1]
Postcode(s) 5540
Location
LGA(s) Port Pirie Regional Council
State electorate(s) Stuart
Federal division(s) Grey
Localities around Bungama:
Solomontown Germein Bay Napperby
Coonamia Bungama
Pirie East Warnertown

Bungama is a locality to the east of Port Pirie in the Mid North region of South Australia. It contains the intersection that is the southern entrance to Port Pirie from the Augusta Highway (Highway 1)) onto Warnertown Road, and is bisected by the Adelaide-Port Augusta railway line. It also contains a regional 275kV electricity substation operated by ElectraNet. [2] Bungama is on the plains to the west of the Southern Flinders Ranges. Bungama is also home to the world's first vanadium flow battery. [3]

The locality was named after the now-unused railway station on the railway from Adelaide to Port Pirie. [4] The station was given a local Aboriginal name meaning good. [5]

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References

  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Bungama (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. "Current & Planned Projects / State Map". ElectraNet. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
  3. "Australia's first commercial vanadium-flow battery storage completed in South Australia - ABC News".
  4. "Placename Details: Bungama". Property Location Browser gazetteer. Government of South Australia, Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. 10 October 2009. SA0010890. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
  5. "Placename Details: Bungama Railway Station". Property Location Browser gazetteer. Government of South Australia, Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. 15 September 2008. SA0010891. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 11 March 2015.