Cunyarie, South Australia

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Cunyarie
South Australia
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Cunyarie
Coordinates 32°56′41″S136°16′23″E / 32.94479718°S 136.27314756°E / -32.94479718; 136.27314756 Coordinates: 32°56′41″S136°16′23″E / 32.94479718°S 136.27314756°E / -32.94479718; 136.27314756
Established1927
Postcode(s) 5641
Location32 km (20 mi) NW of Kimba
LGA(s) District Council of Kimba
State electorate(s) Giles
Federal Division(s) Grey
Localities around Cunyarie:
Bungeroo Yeltana Uno
Buckleboo Cunyarie Wilcherry
Pinkawillinie Cortlinye Moseley

Cunyarie is a locality on northern Eyre Peninsula in South Australia. The Hundred of Cunyarie was proclaimed in 1922 and the town was surveyed in November 1927. Land was released, surveyed and apportioned on an application basis, with the latest sections being surveyed as late as the 1960s and 1970s. However, the limiting factor for early settlers was the availability of water, and allocations were generally preferentially selected around rare rocky outcrops or uplands which could afford some opportunities for increased runoff into earthen dams. Indeed, access to water was a critical factor in European settlement of Eyre Peninsula. [1]

Settlement in the area was spurred by the completion of the railway line to Port Lincoln, which reached Buckleboo (the next town on from Cunyarie, and end of the line) in 1926. [1] The town of Cunyarie was surveyed and proclaimed in 1927-28, but declared as ceased to exist in 1962. [2] The town was named for the railway siding, which was named for the cadastral hundred, which in turn was named after the Cunyarie Rockhole in the area, which provides a pool of water in a sheet of exposed granite.

The remnants of the historic Bienke Farm, located off Whyte Road on what is now part of Yeltana Station, and the Cunyarie Rocks Water Supply Structure are both listed on the South Australian Heritage Register. [3] [4] [5]

The Cunyarie Conservation Reserve is adjacent to the former railway station.

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References

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  2. "Placename Details: Cunyarie". Property Location Browser. Land Services, Government of South Australia. SA0055850. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
  3. "Stables, Shed & Yards". South Australian Heritage Register. Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources. Archived from the original on 23 February 2016. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
  4. "Cunyarie Rocks (Emu Rocks) Water Supply Structure". South Australian Heritage Register. Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources. Archived from the original on 23 February 2016. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
  5. "Twentieth Century Heritage Survey Stage Two 1928-1945" (PDF). Retrieved 15 February 2016.