Warooka, South Australia

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Warooka
South Australia
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Warooka
Coordinates 34°59′24″S137°23′56″E / 34.99000°S 137.39889°E / -34.99000; 137.39889 Coordinates: 34°59′24″S137°23′56″E / 34.99000°S 137.39889°E / -34.99000; 137.39889
Population348 (2016 census) [1]
Postcode(s) 5577
Location
LGA(s) Yorke Peninsula Council
State electorate(s) Narungga [2]
Federal Division(s) Grey [3]
Localities around Warooka:
Corny Point [4] The Pines
Point Souttar
Point Turton
Spencer Gulf [4]
Hardwicke Bay [4]
White Hut [4] Warooka Yorketown [4]
Marion Bay [4] Foul Bay
Investigator Strait [4]
Port Moorowie [4]

Warooka is a town on the Yorke Peninsula in South Australia, known as the 'Gateway to the bottom end'. [5]

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At the 2016 census, Warooka had a population of 348. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Warooka (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 5 April 2018. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. Narungga (Map). Electoral District Boundaries Commission. 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
  3. "Federal electoral division of Grey" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "New Ward Structure 2014". Yorke Peninsula Council. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
  5. "2905.0 - Statistical Geography: Volume 2 -- Census Geographic Areas, Australia, 2006". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 8 December 2009.

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