Wirrabara, South Australia
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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.
[edit] References
- ^ "2905.0 - Statistical Geography: Volume 2 -- Census Geographic Areas, Australia, 2006". Australian Bureau of Statistics. http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/Latestproducts/2905.0Appendix82006?opendocument&tabname=Notes&prodno=2905.0&issue=2006&num=&view=. Retrieved 08 December 2009.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Wirrabara (L) (Urban Centre/Locality)". 2006 Census QuickStats. http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/prenav/LocationSearch?collection=Census&period=2006&areacode=UCL429200&producttype=QuickStats&breadcrumb=PL&action=401. Retrieved 30 October 2011.
Coordinates: 33°01′52″S 138°16′05″E / 33.031°S 138.268°E
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