Burrungule, South Australia Explained

Type:town
Burrungule
State:sa
Coordinates:-37.7823°N 140.5726°W
Coord Ref:[1]
Elevation:29
Elevation Footnotes:[2]
Timezone:ACST
Utc:+9:30
Timezone-Dst:ACST
Utc-Dst:+10:30
Dist2:20
Dir2:west
Location2:Mount Gambier
Lga:District Council of Grant
Lga2:Wattle Range Council
County:Grey
Region:Limestone Coast
Stategov:Mount Gambier[3]
Fedgov:Barker[4]
Near-N:Glencoe
Near-Ne:Glencoe
Near-E:Wandilo
Compton
Near-Se:Moorak
Near-S:Kongorong
Near-Sw:German Creek
Near-W:Tantanoola
German Creek
Near-Nw:Tantanoola
Footnotes:Adjoining localities

Burrungule is a locality in South Australia.[1]

Most of the locality is in the District Council of Grant, however the northernpart is in the Wattle Range Council. It is traversed by both the Princes Highway and the former Mount Gambier-Beachport railway line which closed to freight in April 1995 and tourist services 1 July 2006.

The locality derives its name from the former railway siding. In turn, the siding derived its name from an Aboriginal word for currant bush, also the name of a legendary hero.[1] [5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Search results for ‘Burrungule, LOCB' with the following datasets being selected - 'Suburbs and Localities', "Government Towns', 'Counties', 'Local Government Areas', 'SA Government Regions’ and 'Gazetteer' . Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. 22 April 2018.
  2. Web site: Search results for ‘Burrungule Railway Station' with the following datasets being selected - 'Suburbs and Localities', 'Gazetteer' and 'Railways' . Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. 30 January 2020.
  3. Web site: Electoral District of Mount Gambier (map) . Electoral Commission SA . 17 April 2018 .
  4. Web site: Federal electoral division of Barker . Australian Electoral Commission. 28 December 2017.
  5. Web site: Placename Details: Burrungule Railway Station . Property Location Browser . 23 August 2017 . SA0011243 . 5 February 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161012010923/http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/ . 12 October 2016 . dead .