| Yacka South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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.jpg) Load test of the Yacka railway bridge, 1894 | |||||||||||||||
  Yacka | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°34′15″S 138°26′46″E / 33.5708°S 138.4460°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 147 (SAL 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1869 | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 5470 | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 163 m (535 ft) | ||||||||||||||
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| LGA(s) | Northern Areas Council | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Electoral district of Frome | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Division of Grey | ||||||||||||||
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Yacka is a small town in the shallow valley of the Broughton River in the Mid North of South Australia. It lies where the Horrocks Highway (Main North Road) crosses the Broughton River midway between Clare and Gladstone.
The town name is a shortened form of 'Yackamoorundie' an indigenous place name for the area which was used to name Yackamoorundie Creek. The creek, which rises north of Caltowie, makes a significant bend from flowing southwards to flowing westwards near Gulnare about 11 kilometres (6.8 mi), as the crow flies, north-west of Yacka.[2]
Yacka was a station on the Hamley Bridge-Gladstone railway line. It was originally built as narrow gauge in 1894. It was converted to broad gauge in 1927. Due to various reasons, this particular line had become obsolete and the tracks were removed by late 1989.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Yacka (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ "Placename Details: Yacka". Property Location Browser. Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure, Government of South Australia. 31 March 2010. SA0058752. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
Derivation of Name: Abbreviation of Yackamoorundie; Other Details: Town surveyed in 1870, no proclamation. Native name Yaka. Derivation probably from Yackamoorundie Creek. Boundaries created in April 2001 for long established name. Incorporates the Government Town of Yacka.
