Yalata, South Australia
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Yalata is an Aboriginal community located 200 kilometres (120 mi) west of Ceduna and 140 km (87 mi) south of Ooldea on the edge of the Nullarbor Plain in South Australia. It lies on the traditional lands of the Wirangu people, but the settlement began as Yalata Mission in the early 1950s when Pila Nguru people were moved from Ooldea Mission when that closed, after previously being moved from their land in the Great Victoria Desert owing to nuclear testing by the British Government.
Yalata South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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Coordinates | 31°23′03″S 131°37′14″E[1] | ||||||||||||||
Population | 248 (2016 census)[2] | ||||||||||||||
• Density | 0.05435/km2 (0.14077/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Established | 1954 (mission)); 1994[citation needed] 23 October 2003 (locality)[3] | ||||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 5690[4] | ||||||||||||||
Elevation | 90 m (295 ft)[citation needed] | ||||||||||||||
Area | 4,563 km2 (1,761.8 sq mi)[citation needed] | ||||||||||||||
Time zone | ACST (UTC+9:30) | ||||||||||||||
• Summer (DST) | ACDT (UTC+10:30) | ||||||||||||||
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LGA(s) | Aboriginal Council of Yalata | ||||||||||||||
Region | Eyre Western[1] | ||||||||||||||
County | Hopetoun (part)[1] | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | Flinders[5] | ||||||||||||||
Federal division(s) | Grey[6] | ||||||||||||||
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Footnotes | Adjoining localities[1] |
The old Colona sheep station nearby is now part of Yalata Indigenous Protected Area.
At the 2016 census, Yalata and the surrounding area had a population of 248.[2]