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Yumali
South Australia
Yumali mainstreet.jpg
Main Street of Yumali - old General Store, Yumali Garage, payphone & Telstra tower
Yumali is located in South Australia
Yumali
Yumali
Location in South Australia
Population 63 (2016 census)
Established 24 August 2000
Location 137 km (85 mi) SE of Adelaide via
LGA(s) The Coorong District Council
Region Murray and Mallee
County Buccleuch
State electorate(s) Hammond
Federal Division(s) Barker
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall
22.5 °C
73 °F
9.6 °C
49 °F
373.6 mm
14.7 in
Localities around Yumali:
Coomandook Coomandook
Sherlock
Peake
Malinong
Meningie East
Yumali Netherton
Ki Ki
Meningie East Ki Ki
Coonalpyn
Ki Ki
Footnotes Adjoining localities

Yumali is a very small country town in South Australia 162 km (100 miles) southeast of Adelaide on the Dukes Highway (A8). Yumali belongs to The Coorong District Council and is in the State electorate of Hammond and the Federal electorate of Barker. Yumali is in the County of Buccleuch.

Yumali is an aboriginal word meaning "the great land", before that it was known as Wahpunyah Siding. Yumali is situated 100 miles from Adelaide on the Adelaide to Melbourne Express route. Bore water was used to water the community, surrounding farms and Coomandook in 1915, but ceased when the River Murray pipeline was accessible in 1971.

There are tennis courts that still have an active tennis club belonging to the 'Border-Downs Tennis Association'. There is also an old football clubrooms from when Yumali had a team.

The town hall was opened in 1960.

The newly bitumised Tynan Road (Yumali-Sherlock) and then Kulkawarra Rd (Sherlock-Karoonda) gives a more comfortable drive for those traveling between Karoonda and the upper South East and vice versa.

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