Yinkanie, South Australia

Locality in South Australia

34°20′S 140°19′E / 34.33°S 140.32°E / -34.33; 140.32Population24 (SAL 2021)[1]Established1926Postcode(s)5332Location13 km (8 mi) south of Kingston On MurrayLGA(s)District Council of Loxton WaikerieState electorate(s)ChaffeyFederal division(s)Barker
Localities around Yinkanie:
Woolpunda Moorook Moorook South
Holder Siding Yinkanie New Residence
Boolgun Wappilka
Footnotes[2]

Yinkanie is a locality in the Murray Mallee region of South Australia.

Yinkanie was the terminus of the Moorook railway line which opened in 1925 and closed in 1971. The railway was never extended further north.[3]

References

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Yinkanie (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ "Placename Details: Yinkanie (LOCB)". Location SA Viewer. Government of South Australia. 31 March 2010. SA0031588. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
  3. ^ "YINKANIE TO KINGSTON RAILWAY". The Chronicle. Vol. LXIX, no. 3, 649. South Australia. 28 August 1926. p. 51. Retrieved 4 September 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
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