Wirrabara, South Australia

Wirrabara
Location of Wirrabara in South Australia

Wirrabara is a settlement in South Australia.[1] At the 2006 census, Wirrabara had a population of 251.[2]

Wirrabara is located in the Southern Flinders Ranges in the mid-north of South Australia, along the Rocky River.

A timber milling industry was established in Wirrabara during the early 1850s. In 1877 the first government forest nursery in Australia was planted in the nearby Wirrabara forest.

References

  1. ↑ "2905.0 - Statistical Geography: Volume 2 -- Census Geographic Areas, Australia, 2006". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 8 December 2009.
  2. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Wirrabara (L) (Urban Centre/Locality)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 30 October 2011.

Coordinates: 33°01′52″S 138°16′05″E / 33.031°S 138.268°E