Wirrulla is a small grain belt town located 60 km from Streaky Bay on the Eyre Peninsula. The town is a focus point for many of the surrounding agricultural districts, and features a number of silos used to store grain from the surrounding areas. The name of the town is derived from an aboriginal word meaning "to make haste, to be quick". At the 2006 census, Wirrulla had a population of 241.
The town was established after The Wirrilla Estate owned by Mr D.H. Power was subdivided in 1914, growing around a railway siding. It was, and continues to be a useful stop for travellers making their way to the Gawler Ranges, which lie 40 km to the North of the township.
Wirrulla currently has a number of basic facilities including a hotel, a caravan park and a general store. The town also has an unusual tourist attraction - an inland jetty, possibly one of the few in the world.
The town has a number of sporting and recreational facilities including bowls and golf courses.
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Towns and localities of the District Council of Streaky Bay
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| Governance |
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| Local Government |
- Ceduna DC
- Cleve DC
- Elliston DC
- Franklin Harbour DC
- Kimba DC
- Lower Eyre Peninsula DC
- City of Port Augusta
- City of Port Lincoln
- Streaky Bay DC
- Tumby Bay DC
- City of Whyalla
- Wudinna DC
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| Protected areas |
- Coffin Bay National Park
- Gawler Ranges National Park
- Lake Gilles
- Lincoln National Park
- Memory Cove Wilderness Protection Area
- Munyaroo Conservation Park
- Neptune Islands Conservation Park
- Pinkawillinie Conservation Park
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| Coastal features |
| West coast |
- Anxious Bay
- Calca Peninsula
- Cape Blanche
- Cape Carnot
- Cape Catastrophe
- Cape Finniss
- Cape Radstock
- Cape Wiles
- Coffin Bay Peninsula
- Jussieu Peninsula
- Point Avoid
- Point Labatt
- Point Weyland
- Point Whidbey
- Slade Point
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| East coast |
- Cape Burr
- Cape Donington
- Cape Hardy
- Lipson Cove
- Memory Cove
- Point Lowly
- Yorkey Crossing
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| Islands adjoining Eyre Peninsula coast |
| West coast |
- Avoid Bay Islands
- Baird Bay
- Jones Island
- Unnamed island, Baird Bay
- Cap Island
- Eba Island
- Germein Island
- Grantham Island
- Greenly Island
- Investigator Group
- Liguanea Island
- Neptune Islands
- Nicolas Baudin Island
- Nuyts Archipelago
- Olive Island
- Pigface Island
- Whidbey Isles
- Williams Island
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| East coast |
- Bicker Isles
- Boston Island
- Curlew Island
- Entrance Island
- Hopkins Island
- Lewis Island
- Lipson Island
- Little Island
- Louth Island
- Owen Island
- Sir Joseph Banks Group
- Sleaford Islands
- Smith Island
- Taylor Island
- Thistle Island
- Tumby Island
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| Related and uncategorised |
- The Peninsulas zone (wine)
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