Wunkar, South Australia

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Wunkar
South Australia
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The Golden Grain Tavern in Wunkar's main street, near the town's grain silos
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Wunkar
Coordinates 34°29′20″S140°18′00″E / 34.489°S 140.3°E / -34.489; 140.3
Population51 (SAL 2021) [1]
Established1925
Postcode(s) 5311
Location27 km (17 mi) W of Loxton
LGA(s) District Council of Loxton Waikerie
State electorate(s) Chaffey
Federal division(s) Barker
Localities around Wunkar:
Boolgun Wappilka Pyap
Maggea Wunkar Loxton
Mantung Caliph Pyap West

Wunkar is a small town in the Murray Mallee region of South Australia. Wunkar was originally a station on the Moorook railway line. [2] The town was surveyed in 1926 after the railway station name was approved in 1925. [3] The railway closed in 1971. Wunkar now lies adjacent to the Stott Highway approximately 27 km west of Loxton. There are bulk grain silos at the former railway station. The school opened in 1925 and closed in 1973.

The southern boundary of the locality of Wunkar on Farr Road includes the former town and railway siding of Tuscan. No infrastructure remains there. In its day, Tuscan had a sawmill and a busy railway siding, [4] but no school. [5] Towards the northern edge of the locality is the site of the former siding of Parrelun railway station, renamed to Myrla in 1925. [6] Myrla had a school opened in 1920. No evidence of it remains today.

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References

  1. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Wunkar (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. ↑ "The Moorook Railway". The Chronicle . Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 12 September 1925. p. 52. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
  3. ↑ "Placename Details: Wunkar". SA0042809. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  4. ↑ "TUSCAN". Murray Pioneer And Australian River Record . Vol. 40, no. 17. South Australia. 24 April 1931. p. 4. Retrieved 3 September 2022– via National Library of Australia.
  5. ↑ "The Correspondence School". The Observer . Vol. LXXXVII, no. 4, 572. South Australia. 5 February 1931. p. 19. Retrieved 3 September 2022– via National Library of Australia.
  6. ↑ "Myrla". Location SA Viewer, gazetteer. SA0048384.



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