Wilkatana Station

Wilkatana Station
South Australia
Wilkatana Station
Coordinates 32°11′50″S 137°52′28″E / 32.197336°S 137.874510°E / -32.197336; 137.874510Coordinates: 32°11′50″S 137°52′28″E / 32.197336°S 137.874510°E / -32.197336; 137.874510
Postcode(s) 5713 [1]
Location 17 km (11 mi) north-west of Quorn
LGA(s) unincorporated Area [1]
State electorate(s) Giles [1]
Federal Division(s) Grey [1]
Footnotes Coordinates[2]

Wilkatana Station is a sheep and cattle station in the Far North region of South Australia.[3]

The station lies half way between the southern tip of Lake Torrens and Port Augusta. It is within the Pastoral Unincorporated Area.

The station consists of an arid plain between the Flinders Ranges and Lake Torrens, and exhibits some salt flats.

The traditional owners of the area are the Barngarla people.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Yarrah, 5433". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
  2. Land services, Department of Plannnig, Transport and Infrastructure, accessdate=22 March 2016.
  3. "About - Wilkatana Station". Wilkatana Station. Retrieved 2017-07-06.
  4. This name is one of the names used on the widely used Aboriginal Australia Map, by David Horton (ed.), 1994 published in The Encyclopedia of Aboriginal Australia by AIATSIS. This map also divides Australia into 18 regions (Southwest, Northwest, Desert, Kimberley, Fitzmaurice, North, Arnhem, Gulf, West Cape, Torres Strait, East, Rainforest, Northeast, Eyre, Riverine, Southeast, Spencer and Tasmania).
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