Wonuarra, South Australia
| Wonuarra South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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  Wonuarra | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°12′58″S 140°52′48″E / 34.216°S 140.880°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 44 (SAL 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 5340 | ||||||||||||||
| Location | 10 km (6 mi) south of Paringa | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Renmark Paringa Council | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Chaffey | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Barker | ||||||||||||||
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Wonuarra is a locality south-east of Paringa at the eastern end of the South Australian Riverland region. It lies east of the Sturt Highway between Paringa and Yamba, extending from the highway to the Victorian state border.[2]
Wonuarra was on the former Barmera railway line of the South Australian Railways; the Wonuarra siding was the first siding south of Paringa, from where the main commodity dispatched was bagged wheat.[3] The siding was originally named Koora, but renamed to Wonuarra because the original name was easily confused with Noora, further south.[4]
In the 1960s, a branch line was built from the main line near Wonuarra to support construction of the proposed Chowilla Dam.[note 1] It was 27.3 kilometres (17.0 mi) long, and went north-east to Murtho to the south bank of the River Murray. The dam was never built, after the South Australian government negotiated a guaranteed supply of water from the Dartmouth Dam. The railway line was removed without being used.[5][6]
References
[edit]- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Wonuarra (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ "Property Location Browser (Suburbs and Localities)". Government of South Australia, Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. SA0040088. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
- ^ "The Paringa line". Murray Pioneer and Australian River Record (Renmark, SA : 1913 - 1942). Renmark: National Library of Australia. 15 February 1924. p. 1. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
- ^ "Wonuarra". Murray Pioneer and Australian River Record (Renmark, SA : 1913 - 1942). Renmark, SA: National Library of Australia. 15 June 1917. p. 6. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
- ^ "Paringa - Chowilla Railway, S.A". RailPage. Interactive Omnimedia Pty Ltd. Retrieved 30 September 2015.[self-published source]
- ^ "Chowilla branch". RailPage. Interactive Omnimedia Pty Ltd. Retrieved 30 September 2015.[self-published source]
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