Yinkanie South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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![]() Mallee-form trees and paddocks at the site of Yinkanie in 2013 | |||||||||||||||
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Coordinates | 34°20′S140°19′E / 34.33°S 140.32°E | ||||||||||||||
Population | 24 (SAL 2021) [1] | ||||||||||||||
Established | 1926 | ||||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 5332 | ||||||||||||||
Location | 13 km (8 mi) south of Kingston On Murray | ||||||||||||||
LGA(s) | District Council of Loxton Waikerie | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | Chaffey | ||||||||||||||
Federal division(s) | Barker | ||||||||||||||
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Footnotes | [2] |
Yinkanie is a locality, formerly a small settlement established at the terminus of the Moorook railway line, in the Murraylands region of South Australia near the River Murray. [note 1] The railway line opened in 1925 and closed in 1971; it was never extended to the river. [4]