Witchelina, South Australia

Suburb of Pastoral Unincorporated Area, South Australia
30°07′15″S 137°54′44″E / 30.12089008°S 137.91211129°E / -30.12089008; 137.91211129Established2013[1]Postcode(s)5731[3]Time zoneACST (UTC+9:30) • Summer (DST)ACST (UTC+10:30)Location
  • 487 km (303 mi) north of Adelaide city centre
  • 32 km (20 mi) west of Leigh Creek
LGA(s)Pastoral Unincorporated Area[1][2]State electorate(s)Stuart[4]Federal division(s)Grey[5]
Suburbs around Witchelina:
Callanna Callanna[6] Marree Station
Mundowdna
Stuarts Creek
Mulgaria[6]		 Witchelina Mundowdna
Farina Station
Myrtle Station[6]
Lake Torrens Lake Torrens
Beltana Station[6]		 Myrtle Station
FootnotesCoordinates[1]
Multiple Liesegang Rings in sedimentary material at Witchelina, South Australia

Witchelina is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located about 32 kilometres (20 miles) to the north-west of the town of Leigh Creek and about 487 kilometres (303 miles) north of the Adelaide city centre.[6] The locality was established on 26 April 2013 in respect to “the long established local name.” Its name is derived from the former pastoral lease of the same name.[1] Witchelina 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][7] The land use within Witchelina is concerned with the use of the former pastoral lease as a private protected area also known as Witchelina which has fully occupied its extent as of 2010.[6][8]

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References

  1. ^ a b c d "Search result for " Witchelina (LOCB)" (Record no SA0067222)". Property Location Browser. Department of Planning Transport and Infrastructure. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
  2. ^ a b "Development Plan, Land Not Within a Council Area (Flinders)– 29 November 2012" (PDF). Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. 2012. pp. 3, 49 & 50 of 79. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
  3. ^ "Search result for Witchelina, SA". Australia Post. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
  4. ^ a b "District of Stuart Background Profile". Electoral Commission SA. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
  5. ^ a b "Federal electoral division of Grey, boundary gazetted 16 December 2011" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  6. ^ a b c d e f Proposed Locality Boundaries for Pastoral Areas (PDF) (Map). Department for Planning, Transport and Infrastructure, Government of South Australia. 31 October 2012. Rack Plan 951. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
  7. ^ "Far North SA government region" (PDF). The Government of South Australia. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
  8. ^ "Witchelina". Commonwealth of Australia, Department of the Environment. Retrieved 30 September 2015.


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