Bungama, South Australia Explained

Type:town
Bungama
State:SA
Postcode:5540
Dist1:6
Dir1:ESE
Location1:Port Pirie
Dist2:218
Dir2:N
Location2:Adelaide
Lga:Port Pirie Regional Council
Stategov:Stuart
Fedgov:Grey
Near-N:Germein Bay
Near-Ne:Napperby
Near-Se:Warnertown
Near-Sw:Pirie East
Near-W:Coonamia
Near-Nw:Solomontown
Coordinates:-33.197°N 138.077°W

Bungama is a locality to the east of Port Pirie in the Mid North region of South Australia. It contains the intersection that is the southern entrance to Port Pirie from the Augusta Highway (Highway 1)) onto Warnertown Road, and is bisected by the Adelaide-Port Augusta railway line. It also contains a regional 275kV electricity substation operated by ElectraNet.[1] Bungama is on the plains to the west of the Southern Flinders Ranges. Bungama is also home to the world's first vanadium flow battery. [2]

The locality was named after the now-unused railway station on the railway from Adelaide to Port Pirie.[3] The station was given a local Aboriginal name meaning good.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Current & Planned Projects / State Map . ElectraNet . 11 March 2015.
  2. https://amp.abc.net.au/article/102515616
  3. Web site: Placename Details: Bungama . SA0010890 . Property Location Browser gazetteer . Government of South Australia, Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure . 10 October 2009 . 11 March 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20161012010923/http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/ . 12 October 2016 .
  4. Web site: Placename Details: Bungama Railway Station . SA0010891 . Property Location Browser gazetteer . Government of South Australia, Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure . 15 September 2008 . 11 March 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20161012010923/http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/ . 12 October 2016 .