Winulta, South Australia

Winulta was a town in the Australian state of South Australia on northern Yorke Peninsula around 10 km from Clinton on the Clinton-Maitland road. It was first settled for farming around 1876. The earliest farmers were William Short, Thomas Kenny and John Sharrad.[6]

Winulta
South Australia
Winulta
Coordinates34.28°S 137.86°E / -34.28; 137.86
Population470 (shared with other localities in the ‘State Suburb of Price’) (2011 census)[1]
Postcode(s)5570
LGA(s)Yorke Peninsula Council
RegionYorke and Mid North[2]
CountyDaly[3]
Fergusson[3]
State electorate(s)Narungga[4]
Federal Division(s)Grey[5]
Localities around Winulta:
Arthurton Arthurton
Clinton Centre		 Clinton Centre
Arthurton
Maitland		 Winulta Price
Petersville Petersville
Dowlingville		 Dowlingville
FootnotesAdjoining localities[3]

The nearby "Hundred of Tiparra School" opened in 1884, was renamed "Winulta School" in 1891 and closed in 1950.[7]

Winulta is located within the federal division of Grey, the state electoral district of Narungga and the local government area of the Yorke Peninsula Council.[5][4][3]

See also

References
  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Price )". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
  2. "Yorke and Mid North SA Government region" (PDF). The Government of South Australia. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  3. "Search result(s) for Winulta (LOCB) (Record No. SA0026874) with the following layers being selected - "Suburbs and Localities", "Counties", "Hundreds", "Place names (gazetteer)" and "Road labels"". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 28 April 2017.
  4. Narungga (Map). Electoral District Boundaries Commission. 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
  5. "Federal electoral division of Grey" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
  6. "Y.P. Octogenarian Honored". The Kadina and Wallaroo Times (SA : 1888 - 1954). SA: National Library of Australia. 30 October 1926. p. 2. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
  7. "Manning Dictionary of South Australian Placenames". State Library of South Australia. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
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