Weetulta, South Australia

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Weetulta
South Australia

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Uniting church at Weetulta, built in 1906
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Weetulta
Coordinates 34°14′28″S137°38′38″E / 34.24111°S 137.64389°E / -34.24111; 137.64389 Coordinates: 34°14′28″S137°38′38″E / 34.24111°S 137.64389°E / -34.24111; 137.64389
Postcode(s) 5573
Location
LGA(s) Yorke Peninsula Council
Region Yorke and Mid North [1]
County Daly [2]
State electorate(s) Narungga [3]
Federal Division(s) Grey [4]
Localities around Weetulta:
NalyappaNalyappa
Agery 		Agery
Nalyappa
Balgowan 		Weetulta Arthurton
Balgowan Maitland Maitland
Footnotes Adjoining localities [5]

Weetulta is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on the Yorke Peninsula. The locality is in the Yorke Peninsula Council local government area, 162 kilometres (101 mi) west of the state capital, Adelaide. [5]

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South Australia State of Australia

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Yorke Peninsula Region in South Australia

The Yorke Peninsula is a peninsula located north-west and west of Adelaide in South Australia, between Spencer Gulf on the west and Gulf St Vincent on the east. The peninsula is separated from Kangaroo Island to the south by Investigator Strait. The most populous town in the region is Kadina.

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References

  1. ↑ "Yorke and Mid North SA Government region" (PDF). The Government of South Australia. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  2. ↑ "Search result(s) for Weetulta (LOCB) (Record No. SA0019017) with the following layers being selected - "Suburbs and Localities", "Counties", "Hundreds", "Place names (gazetteer)" and "Road labels"". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 28 April 2017.
  3. ↑ Narungga (Map). Electoral District Boundaries Commission. 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
  4. ↑ "Federal electoral division of Grey" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
  5. 1 2 "New Ward Structure 2014". Yorke Peninsula Council. Retrieved 21 October 2015.


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