Etadunna, South Australia

Etadunna is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located about 684 kilometres (425 miles) north of the capital city of Adelaide and about 108 kilometres (67 miles) north-east of the town of Marree.[1]

Etadunna
South Australia
Etadunna
Coordinates28°45′38″S 138°30′32″E[1]
Population63 (shared) (2016 census)[2][lower-alpha 1]
Established2013[1]
Postcode(s)5733[1]
Time zoneACST (UTC+9:30)
 • Summer (DST)ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location
LGA(s)Pastoral Unincorporated Area[1][3]
RegionFar North[4]
State electorate(s)Stuart[5]
Federal Division(s)Grey[6]
Mean max temp[7]
 Mean min temp[7] Annual rainfall[7]
28.8 °C
84 °F		 13.3 °C
56 °F		 161.8 mm
6.4 in
Suburbs around Etadunna:
Lake Eyre Lake Eyre
Mulka		 Mulka
Lake Eyre Etadunna Strzelecki Desert
Lake Eyre Clayton Station
Dulkaninna
Murnpeowie		 Murnpeowie
FootnotesLocation[1]
Adjoining localities[1]

Location and description

It 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.[1][4][5][6]

Etadunna consists of a landscape that is described as an “extensive dunefield interrupted by large claypans grading into a large playa complex of salt lakes with gypsum dunes, and surrounding plain with channels and dunes”.[8]

The Birdsville Track passes through the locality from south to north, while the watercourse of Cooper Creek passes from east to west across its northern end. Features associated with the Cooper Creek watercourse include the northern end of Lake Gregory, which is located in the locality’s south-eastern corner.[1][9][10]

The principal land uses within the locality are primary production and conservation, with the former being associated with the grazing of cattle and the latter concerning the Coongie Lakes wetland system on the locality’s east side.[1][3][11]

Etadunna was located within an area shared with a number of adjoining localities which was surveyed during the 2016 Australian census in August 2016 and was found to have a population of 63 people.[2][lower-alpha 1]

History

The locality name was gazetted on 26 April 2013 in respect to “the long established local name” which is derived from the pastoral lease called Etadunna Station.[1][12]

Places of cultural and natural heritage significance

Places of cultural and natural heritage significance either wholly or partly located within the locality include:[13][14]

References

Notes
  1. For the 2016 census, the locality of Etadunna was included in the Australian Bureau of Statistics division known as the 'State Suburb of Mungeranie' which also included the following localities (or parts of) and which all shared a population of 63 people - Clayton Station, the south-east part of Cowarie, Dulkaninna, the part of Lake Eyre located east of the lake of the same name, Muloorina, the west part of Mulka and the west part of Mungeranie.[1][2]

Citations
  1. "Search result for "Etadunna, LOCB" with the following datasets selected - "Suburbs and Localities", "Local Government Areas", "SA Government Regions", "Gazetter" and "Roads"". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  2. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Mungeranie (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
  3. "Development Plan, Land Not Within a Council Area Eyre, Far North, Riverland and Whyalla – 18 October 2012" (PDF). Government of South Australia. 2012. pp. 11–12 and 231–234. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
  4. "Far North SA government region" (PDF). The Government of South Australia. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
  5. "District of Stuart Background Profile". Electoral Commission SA. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
  6. "Federal electoral division of Grey, boundary gazetted 16 December 2011" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  7. "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics Marree (nearest weather station)". Commonwealth of Australia , Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  8. South Australia. Department for Environment and Heritage; South Australian Arid Lands Natural Resources Management Board (author.) (2009), South Australian arid lands biodiversity strategy (PDF), 5 Sandy Deserts Conservation Priorities, [Adelaide] Department for Environment and Heritage, pp. 8–10, ISBN 978-1-921466-92-2
  9. Outback Road Names Sheet 2 of 5 (PDF) (Map). Government of South Australia. January 2014. Rack Plan 768. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  10. Morton, S. R; Barker, R. D. (Robin Dale), 1940-; Doherty, M. D; CSIRO. Division of Wildlife and Ecology; Australia. World Heritage Unit (1995), Natural heritage values of the Lake Eyre Basin in South Australia : world heritage assessment (PDF), CSIRO Division of Wildlife and Ecology, p. Figure 1, archived from the original (PDF) on 8 March 2019, retrieved 26 September 2016CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  11. "SA farmers cash in with organic produce after flooding rains". Adelaide Now. The Advertiser. 10 April 2016. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  12. Proposed Locality Boundaries for Pastoral Areas (PDF) (Map). Government of South Australia. 31 October 2012. Rack Plan 951. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
  13. "Search result for "Etadunna" with the following datasets selected - "Suburbs and Localities", "Ramsar Wetland Reserves", "SA Heritage Places Indicative Footprints" and "Shipwrecks"". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
  14. Eyles, Kathy; Larmour, Geoff; Young, Sarah; Australia. Environment Australia; Natural Heritage Trust (Australia). National Wetlands Program (2001), A Directory of important wetlands in Australia (PDF) (3rd ed.), Environment Australia, p. 22, ISBN 978-0-642-54721-7
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