Yalata, South Australia

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Yalata
South Australia
Yalata township looking north-east
Yalata is located in South Australia
Yalata
Yalata
Coordinates31°23′03″S 131°37′14″E / 31.384108°S 131.620547°E / -31.384108; 131.620547[1]
Population302 (UCL 2021)[2]
EstablishedMission: 1954, 1994.[citation needed]
Locality: 23 October 2003[3]
Postcode(s)5690
Elevation90 m (295 ft)[citation needed]
Area4563 km2 (1762 sq mi)[citation needed]
Time zoneACST (UTC+9:30)
 • Summer (DST)ACDT (UTC+10:30)
Location
  • 982 km (610 mi) by road and 738 km (459 mi) direct, north-west of Adelaide[4]
  • 206 km (128 mi) by road and 189 km (117 mi) direct, west-north-west of Ceduna[4]
  • 95 km (59 mi) by road and 88 km (55 mi) direct, east of the WA-SA border[4]
LGA(s)Aboriginal Council of Yalata
RegionEyre Western[1]
CountyHopetoun (part)[1]
State electorate(s)Flinders[5]
Federal division(s)Grey[6]
Mean max temp[7] Mean min temp[7] Annual rainfall[7]
23.8 °C
75 °F
10.8 °C
51 °F
252.6 mm
9.9 in
Localities around Yalata:
Nullarbor Nullarbor
Yellabinna
Yellabinna
Chundaria
Nullarbor Yalata Yellabinna
Mitchidy Moola
Great Australian Bight Great Australian Bight
Coorabie
Fowlers Bay
Mitchidy Moola
Fowlers Bay
FootnotesAdjoining localities[1]

Yalata (/ˈjælətɑː/ yal-ə-TAH), in the isolated far west of South Australia, is both an Indigenous Protected Area and, within that, a township of the same name where an Aboriginal community lives. The township is 206 kilometres (128 mi) west of Ceduna – the nearest town – via the Eyre Highway, and 982 kilometres (610 miles) by road from the state capital, Adelaide. It lies on the traditional lands of the Wirangu people. The settlement began as Yalata Mission in the early 1950s when Pila Nguru people were moved from Ooldea Mission when that closed, after previously being moved from their land in the Great Victoria Desert owing to nuclear testing by the British Government. The old Colona sheep station nearby is now part of Yalata Indigenous Protected Area.

The Atlas of South Australia describes the Yalata area as:[9]

...sandy plain with deep sand and parabolic dunes. The vegetative cover is open mallee scrub with a mixed understory of chenopod shrubs and grasses and low open woodland with a chenopod shrub understory.

  1. ^ a b c d "Search results for 'Yalata, LOCB' with the following datasets selected – 'Suburbs and localities', 'Counties', 'Local Government Areas', 'SA Government Regions' and 'Gazetteer'". Location SA Map Viewer. South Australian Government. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  2. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Yalata (urban centre and locality)". Australian Census 2021. Edit this at Wikidata
  3. ^ "Geographical Names Act 1991 Notice to assign names and boundaries to places" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South AustralIA. 23 October 2003. p. 3859. Retrieved 14 April 2019. Assign the names Yunta, Blinman, Bookabie, Glendambo, Yalata, Kingoonya, Olary, Innamincka, and Manna Hill to those areas Out of Councils and shown numbered 1 to 9 on Rack Plan 857 (Sheet 3)
  4. ^ a b c "Yalata" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 15 October 2024.
  5. ^ "District of Flinders Background Profile". Electoral Commission SA. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  6. ^ "Profile of the electoral division of Grey (SA)". Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  7. ^ a b c "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics Nullarbor (nearest weather station)". Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  8. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Yalata (suburbs and localities)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 15 October 2024. Edit this at Wikidata
  9. ^ McCaskill, Murray, 1926-; Griffin, Trevor, 1935-; Wakefield Press; South Australia Jubilee 150 Board (1986), Atlas of South Australia, South Australian Govt. Printing Division in association with Wakefield Press on behalf of the South Australia Jubilee 150 Board, ISBN 978-0-7243-4696-7{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

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