Bungama, South Australia

Bungama is a locality to the east of Port Pirie in the Mid North region of South Australia. It contains the intersection that is the southern entrance to Port Pirie from the Augusta Highway (Highway 1)) onto Warnertown Road, and is bisected by the Adelaide-Port Augusta railway line. It also contains a regional 275kV electricity substation operated by ElectraNet.[1] Bungama is on the plains to the west of the Southern Flinders Ranges.

Bungama
South Australia
Bungama
Coordinates33.197°S 138.077°E / -33.197; 138.077
Postcode(s)5540
Location
  • 6 km (4 mi) ESE of Port Pirie
  • 218 km (135 mi) N of Adelaide
LGA(s)Port Pirie Regional Council
State electorate(s)Frome
Federal Division(s)Grey
Localities around Bungama:
Solomontown Germein Bay Napperby
Coonamia Bungama
Pirie East Warnertown

The locality was named after the now-unused railway station on the railway from Adelaide to Port Pirie.[2] The station was given a local Aboriginal name meaning good.[3]

References
  1. "Current & Planned Projects / State Map". ElectraNet. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
  2. "Placename Details: Bungama". Property Location Browser gazetteer. Government of South Australia, Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. 10 October 2009. SA0010890. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
  3. "Placename Details: Bungama Railway Station". Property Location Browser gazetteer. Government of South Australia, Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. 15 September 2008. SA0010891. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
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