Etadunna, South Australia

Etadunna
South Australia
Etadunna
Coordinates 28°45′32″S 138°30′36″E / 28.759°S 138.510°E / -28.759; 138.510Coordinates: 28°45′32″S 138°30′36″E / 28.759°S 138.510°E / -28.759; 138.510
Population no data available (2016 census)[1]
Established 2013[2]
Postcode(s) 5733[2]
Time zone ACST (UTC+9:30)
 • Summer (DST) ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location
  • 684 km (425 mi) north of Adelaide
  • 108 km (67 mi) north-east of Marree
LGA(s) Pastoral Unincorporated Area[2][3]
Region Far North[4]
State electorate(s) Stuart[5]
Federal Division(s) Grey[6]
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall
28.8 °C
84 °F
13.3 °C
56 °F
161.8 mm
6.4 in
Suburbs around Etadunna:
Lake Eyre Lake Eyre
Mulka
Mulka
Lake Eyre Etadunna Strzelecki Desert
Lake Eyre Clayton Station
Dulkaninna
Murnpeowie
Murnpeowie
Footnotes Location[2]
Coordinates[2]
Climate[7]
Adjoining localities[2]

Etadunna is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located about 684 kilometres (425 miles) north of the capital city of Adelaide and about 108 kilometres (67 miles) north-east of the town of Marree.[2]

The locality name was gazetted on 26 April 2013 in respect to “the long established local name” which is derived from the pastoral lease.[2][8]

Etadunna consists of a landscape that is described as an “extensive dunefield interrupted by large claypans grading into a large playa complex of salt lakes with gypsum dunes, and surrounding plain with channels and dunes.”[9] The Birdsville Track passes through the locality from south to north while the watercourse of Cooper Creek passes from east to west across its northern end. Features associated with the Cooper Creek watercourse include the northern end of Lake Gregory which is located in the locality’s south-eastern corner.[2][10][11]

Places of cultural and natural heritage significance located within the locality include the Coongie Lakes wetland system, the Killalpaninna Mission site, the Lake Palankarinna Fossil Reserve and the ‘shipwreck’ of the barge, MV Tom Brennan.[12]

The principal land uses within the locality are primary production and conservation with the former being associated with the grazing of cattle and the latter concerning the Coongie Lakes wetland system on the locality’s east side.[2][3][13]

Etadunna is located within the federal Division of Grey, the state electoral district of Stuart, the Pastoral Unincorporated Area of South Australia and the state’s Far North region.[2][4][5][6]

References

  1. No population data available until the 2016 census
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Search result for "Etadunna (LOCB)" (Record no SA0067055) with the following layers selected - "Suburbs and Localities", "Place names (gazetteer)" and "Road Labels"". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  3. 1 2 "Development Plan, Land Not Within a Council Area Eyre, Far North, Riverland and Whyalla – 18 October 2012" (PDF). Government of South Australia. 2012. pp. 11–12 and 231–234. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
  4. 1 2 "Far North SA government region" (PDF). The Government of South Australia. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
  5. 1 2 "District of Stuart Background Profile". Electoral Commission SA. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
  6. 1 2 "Federal electoral division of Grey, boundary gazetted 16 December 2011" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  7. "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics Marree (nearest weather station)". Commonwealth of Australia , Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  8. Proposed Locality Boundaries for Pastoral Areas (PDF) (Map). Government of South Australia. 31 October 2012. Rack Plan 951. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
  9. South Australia. Department for Environment and Heritage; South Australian Arid Lands Natural Resources Management Board (author.) (2009), South Australian arid lands biodiversity strategy (PDF), 5 Sandy Deserts Conservation Priorities, [Adelaide] Department for Environment and Heritage, pp. 8–10, ISBN 978-1-921466-92-2
  10. Outback Road Names Sheet 2 of 5 (PDF) (Map). Government of South Australia. January 2014. Rack Plan 768. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  11. Morton, S. R; Barker, R. D. (Robin Dale), 1940-; Doherty, M. D; CSIRO. Division of Wildlife and Ecology; Australia. World Heritage Unit (1995), Natural heritage values of the Lake Eyre Basin in South Australia : world heritage assessment (PDF), CSIRO Division of Wildlife and Ecology, p. Figure 1, retrieved 26 September 2016
  12. "Search result for "Etadunna" with the following datasets selected - "Suburbs and Localities", "Ramsar Wetland Reserves", "SA Heritage Places Indicative Footprints" and "Shipwrecks"". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  13. "SA farmers cash in with organic produce after flooding rains". Adelaide Now. The Advertiser. 10 April 2016. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
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