Barunga Gap, South Australia

Barunga Gap
South Australia
Barunga Gap
Coordinates 33°49′35″S 138°07′27″E / 33.82647082°S 138.12410021°E / -33.82647082; 138.12410021Coordinates: 33°49′35″S 138°07′27″E / 33.82647082°S 138.12410021°E / -33.82647082; 138.12410021
Postcode(s) 5520
LGA(s) Wakefield Regional Council
Region Mid North
County Daly
State electorate(s) Frome
Federal Division(s) Grey
Localities around Barunga Gap:
Wokurna Wokurna Snowtown
Bute Barunga Gap Snowtown
Bute
Ninnes		 Lochiel Bumbunga

Barunga Gap is a locality in South Australia about 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) south west of Snowtown.[1] Barunga Gap was named in reference to the co-located pass between the Barunga Range to the north and Hummock Range to the south. The word 'Barunga' derives from an indigenous term meaning "gap in the range".[2] See Barunga Range § Etymology

Barunga Gap was a station between Bute and Snowtown on the Kadina-Brinkworth railway line (1879-1990).

History

A government town was surveyed in 1879 at Barunga Gap and proclaimed as Percyton in 1880.[3] Later the name was changed to the current designation.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Search for 'Barunga Gap, LOCB'". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. SA0005041. Retrieved 23 June 2017. Derivation of Name: Barunga Gap (pass); Other Details: Town surveyed in November 1879. Originally proclaimed as Percyton on 15/1/1880. Name approved by Nomenclature Committee to reduce dual locality name. Boundaries created on 21 January 2000 for long established name. Incorporates the Government Town of Barunga Gap.
  2. ↑ "Search for 'Hundred of Barunga, HD'". Land Services, Government of South Australia. SA0005062. Retrieved 23 June 2017. Derivation of Name: ABNA for gap in the range
  3. ↑ "Proclamations—Reserve for Town of Percyton" (PDF), South Australian Government Gazette (3 ed.), 1880: 108, 15 January 1880, retrieved 23 June 2017, Town of Percyton: Commencing at a point being the production northerly of the western boundary of section 168, Hundred of Cameron, for about 3,391 links; thence westerly at an angle of 82° 58' for 807 links; thence southerly at right angles for 600 links; thence westerly at right angles for 2.650 links; thence northerly at right angles for 3,400 links; thence easterly at right angles for 2,650 links; thence southerly at right angles for 600 links; thence easterly at right angles for 1,100 links; thence southerly at right angles for 2,200 links; thence westerly at right angles for 293 links to the point of commencement, exclusive of reserve for railway purposes.
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