Winkie, South Australia Explained
| Type: | town |
| Winkie |
| State: | sa |
| Coordinates: | -34.3074°N 140.5196°W |
| Coord Ref: | [1] |
| Established: | 20 August 1953 (town)
3 December 1998 (locality) |
| Established Footnotes: | [2] [3] |
| Abolished: | 27 January 1972 (town)[4] |
| Postcode: | 5343[5] |
| Timezone: | ACST |
| Utc: | +9:30 |
| Timezone-Dst: | ACDT |
| Utc-Dst: | +10:30 |
| Dist1: | 188 |
| Dir1: | NE |
| Location1: | Adelaide |
| Dist2: | 8 |
| Dir2: | SE |
| Location2: | Barmera |
| Lga: | Berri Barmera Council |
| Stategov: | Chaffey[6] |
| Fedgov: | Barker[7] |
| Near-N: | Glossop |
| Footnotes: | Location
Adjoining localities[8] |
Winkie is a locality in South Australia, around 11 km southwest of the Riverland town of Berri, and around the same distance southeast of Barmera. It is close to the Murray River, which passes through Berri.
Originally part of Cobdogla Station, marked on early maps as Wink Wink Paddock. The name may mean "river flats". The area was surveyed and channelled during 1911–13 as part of the Berri Irrigation Area. Being extended for soldier settlement after World War 1. In the 1950s there were plans to establish a residential township area, which did not eventuate.[9]
Notes and References
- Web site: Search results for 'Winkie, LOCB' with the following datasets selected - 'Suburbs and localities', 'Counties', 'Government Towns', 'Local Government Areas', 'SA Government Regions' and 'Gazetteer'. Location SA Map Viewer. South Australian Government. 31 March 2019.
- Web site: McEwan. A. Lyell.. CROWN LANDS ACT, 1929–1944, AND IRRIGATION ACT, 1930-1946: TOWN OF WINKlE CONSTITUTED. The South Australian Government Gazette. South Australian Government. 31 March 2019 . 540. 20 August 1953 .
- GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT 1991 Notice to Assign Boundaries and Names to Places (in the District Council of Berri Barmera) . The South Australian Government Gazette . 3 December 1998 . 1711 . 4 December 2018 . Government of South Australia.
- Web site: Shard. A.J.. CROWN LANDS ACT, 1929-1971 AND IRRIGATION ACT, 1930-1971: BERRI IRRIGATION AREA—TOWN OF WINKIE DECLARED TO CEASE TO EXIST . The South Australian Government Gazette. South Australian Government. 31 March 2019 . 230. 27 January 1972.
- Web site: Winkie, South Australia (Postcode) . postcodes-australia.com . 31 March 2016.
- Web site: District of Chaffey Background Profile. ELECTORAL COMMISSION SA. 31 March 2016.
- Web site: Federal electoral division of Barker, boundary gazetted 16 December 2011 . Australian Electoral Commission . 31 March 2016.
- Web site: Search result for "Winkie (Locality Bounded)" (Record no SA0026444) with the following layers being selected - "Suburbs and Localities", "Local Government Areas" and "Road Labels" . Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure . 31 March 2016.
- Web site: Cobdogla, Glossop, Loveday, Monash, Winkie & Overland Corner. Berri-Barmera Council. 11 October 2017.
