Oodla Wirra, South Australia

Oodla Wirra
Oodla Wirra; South Australia
	Halfway Hotel at Oodla Wirra
	Oodla Wirra
Coordinates	32°52′59″S139°03′47″E / 32.883°S 139.063°E Coordinates: 32°52′59″S139°03′47″E / 32.883°S 139.063°E [1]
Population	3 (2016 census) [2]
Established	1889
Elevation	505 m (1,657 ft) [3]
Location	259 km (161 mi) N of Adelaide
LGA(s)	District Council of Peterborough
Region	Yorke and Mid North [1]
County	Herbert [1]
State electorate(s)	Stuart
	Localities around Oodla Wirra:

Last updated February 01, 2020

Oodla Wirra (formerly Penn) is a small town in the upper Mid North of South Australia. It is on the Barrier Highway approximately halfway from Adelaide to Broken Hill.

When the railway was built in 1880, a siding was provided, named Oodla Wirra. Soon after, a town was surveyed near the siding, but it was named Penn. This naming conflict continued until 1940, when the town was renamed Oodla Wirra, to match the railway station.^[4]^[5]

Railway

Oodla Wirra is a former railway town, as it was on the narrow-gauge railway between Port Pirie and Cockburn (where it connected to the Silverton Tramway to Broken Hill). When the Commonwealth Government replaced the narrow gauge line with a standard gauge line, the revised route passed south and east of the town.

A railway guard was killed in a shunting accident in the Oodla Wirra railyards in 1909.^[6]

In 1889, ironstone flux was mined from a failed silver mine a few miles away, and carted to Oodla Wirra to be transported by rail to the smelters at Port Pirie.^[7]

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References

1 2 3 "Search result for 'Oodla Wirra, LOCB' with the following datasets selected - 'Suburbs and Localities', 'Counties', "Hundreds', 'SA Government Regions', 'Local Government Areas', 'Government Towns' and 'Gazetteer'". Location SA Map Viewer. South Australian government. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Oodla Wirra (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
↑ "Search result for 'Oodla Wirra Railway Station' with the following datasets selected - 'Suburbs and Localities' and 'Gazetteer'". Location SA Map Viewer. South Australian government. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
↑ "Placename Details: Penn". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. 12 May 2011. SA0054343. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
↑ "NEW TOWN NAMES APPROVED". The Advertiser (Adelaide) . South Australia. 26 July 1940. p. 10. Retrieved 5 September 2016– via National Library of Australia.
↑ "RAILWAY ACCIDENT". The Register (Adelaide) . LXXIV (19, 434). South Australia. 25 February 1909. p. 5. Retrieved 23 March 2016– via National Library of Australia.
↑ "A New Local Industry". Petersburg Times . II (102). South Australia. 19 July 1889. p. 4. Retrieved 23 March 2016– via National Library of Australia.

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[LMV-1] 1 2 3 "Search result for 'Oodla Wirra, LOCB' with the following datasets selected - 'Suburbs and Localities', 'Counties', "Hundreds', 'SA Government Regions', 'Local Government Areas', 'Government Towns' and 'Gazetteer'". Location SA Map Viewer. South Australian government. Retrieved 6 February 2018.

[Census2016-2] Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Oodla Wirra (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 8 February 2018.

[LMV-RSTA-3] "Search result for 'Oodla Wirra Railway Station' with the following datasets selected - 'Suburbs and Localities' and 'Gazetteer'". Location SA Map Viewer. South Australian government. Retrieved 6 February 2018.

[4] "Placename Details: Penn". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. 12 May 2011. SA0054343. Retrieved 23 March 2016.

[5] "NEW TOWN NAMES APPROVED". The Advertiser (Adelaide) . South Australia. 26 July 1940. p. 10. Retrieved 5 September 2016– via National Library of Australia.

[6] "RAILWAY ACCIDENT". The Register (Adelaide) . LXXIV (19, 434). South Australia. 25 February 1909. p. 5. Retrieved 23 March 2016– via National Library of Australia.

[7] "A New Local Industry". Petersburg Times . II (102). South Australia. 19 July 1889. p. 4. Retrieved 23 March 2016– via National Library of Australia.