Winninowie, South Australia

Winninowie is a locality in the Mid North of South Australia. It is traversed by the Augusta Highway which is part of the Australian National Highway on Highway 1. It includes the intersection of Horrocks Pass Road, also known as Main North Road with the main highway.^[3] Winninowie is 21 kilometres (13 mi) southeast of Port Augusta,^[4] on the plain between Spencer Gulf on the west and the southern Flinders Ranges on the east.

Winninowie South Australia
Winninowie
Coordinates	32.61°S 137.91°E / -32.61; 137.91[1]
Population	5 (SAL 2021)[2]
Postcode(s)	5700
Location	21 km (13 mi) southeast of Port Augusta
LGA(s)	City of Port Augusta District Council of Mount Remarkable
Region	Far North[1] Yorke and Mid North[1]
County	Frome[1]
State electorate(s)	Stuart
Federal division(s)	Grey
Localities around Winninowie: Spencer Gulf Port Paterson Woolundunga Woolundunga Spencer Gulf Winninowie Woolundunga Nectar Brook Spencer Gulf Miranda Nectar Brook
Footnotes	Adjoining localities[1]

The locality of Winninowie spans the boundary between the local government areas of the City of Port Augusta (which includes the Augusta Highway and Adelaide-Port Augusta railway line), and the District Council of Mount Remarkable. A railway siding at Winninowie opened with the line in 1936; a crossing loop remains there today.^[5] Winninowie Post Office opened on 1 September 1880 and closed on 31 May 1928.^[6]

The boundaries for the locality were first created in 1994 for the long established local name; initially, they only comprised the section within the City of Port Augusta, with the Mount Remarkable section being added in 1997. The name was derived from the Hundred of Winninowie, which in turn stemmed from a word of Aboriginal origin. However, the modern Winninowie locality lies entirely within the Hundred of Davenport, with its eponymous hundred lying directly to its south.^[1]

See also

• List of cities and towns in South Australia

References

1. "Search result(s) for Winninowie, 5700 with the following datasets selected - 'Suburbs and Localities' and 'Gazetteer'". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 7 March 2016.
2. Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Winninowie (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. 
3. "Mid North" (PDF) (Map). Rural road maps (PDF). Naming of State Rural Roads. Government of South Australia. 16 December 2013. Rack Plan 869. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
4. "Winninowie, South Australia" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
5. "Railway Siding At Weeroona Sought". The Advertiser (Adelaide). South Australia. 1 May 1936. p. 24. Retrieved 7 March 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
6. "Winninowie". Post Office Reference. Premier Postal. Retrieved 7 March 2016.