Pygery

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Pygery South Australia
Pygery
Coordinates	33°01′0″S 135°25′0″E / 33.01667°S 135.41667°E / -33.01667; 135.41667Coordinates: 33°01′0″S 135°25′0″E / 33.01667°S 135.41667°E / -33.01667; 135.41667
Population	188 (2006)^[1]
Postcode(s)	5655
Location	569 km (354 mi) NW of Adelaide 265 km (165 mi) W of Port Augusta 218 km (135 mi) N of Port Lincoln 6 km (4 mi) NW of Wudinna
LGA(s)	Wudinna District Council
State electorate(s)	Flinders
Federal Division(s)	Grey

Pygery is a town in South Australia on the Eyre Peninsula and on the Eyre Highway, 569 kilometres (354 mi) north-west of the state capital, Adelaide. The town is part of the Wudinna District Council local government area. The town name is derived from the Aboriginal word paitjariti meaning "fighting place".^[2]

At the 2006 census, Pygery and the surrounding area had a population of 188.^[1]

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Pygery (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 7 November 2010.
↑ "Providence - Pygery". Place Names of South Australia. State Library of South Australia. Retrieved 7 November 2010.

v t e Towns and Localities of Wudinna District Council

Addison Carina Cocata Condada Cootra Hill Kappakoola Koongawa Kyancutta Mamblin Minnipa Moorkitabie Mount Damper Palabie Pildappa Pinbong Pordia Pygery Travers Wnnamana Warramboo Wudinna Yaninee

v t e Eyre Peninsula, South Australia

Cities	Port Augusta Port Lincoln Whyalla

Townships	Arno Bay Baird Bay Ceduna Cleve Coffin Bay Cowell Cummins Darke Peak Denial Bay Elliston Iron Knob Kimba Kyancutta Lock Minnipa Poochera Port Kenny Port Neill Pygery Sceale Bay Smoky Bay Streaky Bay Thevenard Tumby Bay Venus Bay Wangary Wirrulla Wudinna Yaninee Yeelanna

National parks	Coffin Bay National Park Gawler Ranges National Park Lake Gilles Conservation Park Lincoln National Park

Islands	Avoid Bay Islands Baird Bay Islands Bicker Isles Boston Island Cap Island Curlew Island Eba Island Entrance Island Flinders Island Germein Island Golden Island Grantham Island Investigator Group Liguanea Island Lipson Island Louth Island Neptune Islands Nicolas Baudin Island Nuyts Archipelago Olive Island Pigface Island Price Island Sir Joseph Banks Group Sleaford Islands Taylor Island Thistle Island Tumby Island Waldegrave Islands Whidbey Isles Williams Island

Councils	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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