Cannawigara is a locality in the Limestone Coast region of South Australia. It is crossed by the Dukes Highway and Adelaide-Melbourne railway line northwest of Bordertown. The southern end of the Ngarkat Highway is the Dukes Highway adjacent to the Cannawigara railway station. While the Dukes Highway runs northwest from Bordertown, Cannawigara Road runs due west.
| Cannawigara South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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  Cannawigara | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 36°15′S 140°40′E / 36.25°S 140.67°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 147 (SAL 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 16 March 2000[2] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 5268 | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 71 m (233 ft) | ||||||||||||||
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| State electorate(s) | MacKillop | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Barker | ||||||||||||||
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| Footnotes | [3] | ||||||||||||||
The name of the locality is drawn from the railway station, which in turn was named for an 1851 pastoral lease. The word is an Aboriginal name for a long line of gum trees or a pathway of sticks over soft ground, and one of the six clans in the Tatiara region.[4]
One of the major enterprises in the area is onion growing and there is a large packing shed near the former railway siding.[5]
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References edit
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Cannawigara (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ Lawson, Robert (16 March 2000). "GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT 1991 Notice to Assign Names and Boundaries to Places (in the District Council of Tatiara)" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. South Australian Government. p. 1434. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
- ^ "Placename Details: Cannawigara (LOCB)". Property Location Browser Report. Government of South Australia. 9 October 2007. SA0044779. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
- ^ "Placename Details: Hundred of Cannawigara". Property Location Browser Report. Government of South Australia. 15 March 2010. SA0012114. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
- ^ "In the Packing Shed". Rowett Onions. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
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