Cannawigara, South Australia Explained

Type:town
Cannawigara
State:sa
Established:16 March 2000
Established Footnotes:[1]
Postcode:5268
Elevation:71
Dist1:264
Dir1:southeast
Location1:Adelaide
Dist2:10
Dir2:northwest
Location2:Bordertown
Stategov:MacKillop
Fedgov:Barker
Coordinates:-36.25°N 140.67°W
Near-N:Lowan Vale
Near-Ne:Senior
Near-Se:Bordertown
Near-S:Mundulla
Near-Sw:Buckingham
Near-W:Carew
Near-Nw:Wirrega
Footnotes:[2]

Cannawigara is a locality in the Limestone Coast region of South Australia. It is crossed by the Dukes Highway and Adelaide-Melbourne railway line northwest of Bordertown. The southern end of the Ngarkat Highway is the Dukes Highway adjacent to the Cannawigara railway station. While the Dukes Highway runs northwest from Bordertown, Cannawigara Road runs due west.

The name of the locality is drawn from the railway station, which in turn was named for an 1851 pastoral lease. The word is an Aboriginal name for a long line of gum trees or a pathway of sticks over soft ground, and one of the six clans in the Tatiara region.[3]

One of the major enterprises in the area is onion growing and there is a large packing shed near the former railway siding.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Lawson. Robert. GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT 1991 Notice to Assign Names and Boundaries to Places (in the District Council of Tatiara). The South Australian Government Gazette. South Australian Government. 24 April 2018. 1434. 16 March 2000.
  2. Web site: Placename Details: Cannawigara (LOCB) . Government of South Australia . Property Location Browser Report . SA0044779 . 9 October 2007 . 2 April 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161012010923/http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/ . 12 October 2016 . dead .
  3. Web site: Placename Details: Hundred of Cannawigara . Government of South Australia . Property Location Browser Report . SA0012114 . 15 March 2010 . 2 April 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161012010923/http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/ . 12 October 2016 . dead .
  4. Web site: In the Packing Shed . Rowett Onions . 2 April 2018.