Witchelina, South Australia facts for kids
Quick facts for kids WitchelinaSouth Australia |
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Established | 2013 | ||||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 5731 | ||||||||||||||
Time zone | ACST (UTC+9:30) | ||||||||||||||
• Summer (DST) | ACST (UTC+10:30) | ||||||||||||||
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LGA(s) | Pastoral Unincorporated Area | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | Stuart | ||||||||||||||
Federal Division(s) | Grey | ||||||||||||||
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Footnotes | Coordinates |
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. 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. 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. 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.