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]
| Witchelina South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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  Witchelina | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 30°07′15″S 137°54′44″E / 30.12089008°S 137.91211129°E | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 2013[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 5731[3] | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | ACST (UTC+9:30) | ||||||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | ACST (UTC+10:30) | ||||||||||||||
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| LGA(s) | Pastoral Unincorporated Area[1][2] | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Stuart[4] | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Grey[5] | ||||||||||||||
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| Footnotes | Coordinates[1] | ||||||||||||||
See also edit
References edit
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Search result for Witchelina, SA". Australia Post. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
- ^ a b "District of Stuart Background Profile". Electoral Commission SA. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
- ^ a b "Federal electoral division of Grey, boundary gazetted 16 December 2011" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Far North SA government region" (PDF). The Government of South Australia. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
- ^ "Witchelina". Commonwealth of Australia, Department of the Environment. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
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