Wonna, South Australia Explained

Type:town
Wonna
State:sa
Coordinates:-33.2271°N 139.0768°W
Coord Ref:[1]
Pushpin Label Position:top
Postcode:5419[2]
Region:Yorke and Mid North
County:Kimberley
Lga:Regional Council of Goyder
Stategov:Stuart[3]
Fedgov:Grey[4]
Near-E:Pine Creek
Near-Se:Collinsville
Near-S:Mount Bryan East
Near-Sw:Ulooloo
Near-W:Whyte Yarcowie
Near-Nw:Terowie
Near-N:Franklyn
Near-Ne:Pine Creek
Footnotes:Coordinates
Adjoining localities

Wonna is a rural locality in the Mid North region of South Australia, situated in the Regional Council of Goyder. The modern locality was established in August 2000 when boundaries were formalised for the long established local name.[5]

The cadastral Hundred of Wonna was proclaimed by Governor William Jervois on 31 October 1878.[6] The modern locality covers a little over half of the hundred at the southern end, while also including a significant rural portion of the adjacent Hundred of Terowie; the remainder of the Hundred of Wonna is now in Franklyn.

A government town named Mallett was surveyed in March 1880, but it was not successful and was declared to have ceased to exist on 16 May 1929.[7]

The historic Mungibbie Homestead is one of the oldest surviving buildings in the district and is listed on the South Australian Heritage Register, as is a nineteenth-century former smokehouse off Wonna Road.[8] [9]

The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Wonna had no people living within its boundaries.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Search results for 'Wonna, LOCB' with the following datasets selected – 'Suburbs and localities', 'Counties', 'Hundreds', 'Local Government Areas', 'SA Government Regions' and 'Gazetteer'. Location SA Map Viewer. South Australian Government. 25 December 2018.
  2. Web site: Search result(s) for Wonna, 5419 . Government of South Australia . Location SA Map Viewer . 16 February 2016.
  3. Web site: District of Stuart Background Profile (2014-2018 boundaries) . Electoral Commission SA. 27 December 2017.
  4. Web site: Federal electoral division of Grey . Australian Electoral Commission. 27 December 2017.
  5. Web site: Search result(s) for Wonna, 5419 . Government of South Australia . Property Location Browser . 17 February 2016.
  6. Web site: Search result(s) for Hundred of Wonna . Government of South Australia . Property Location Browser . 17 February 2016.
  7. Web site: Search result(s) for Mallett, Gtown . Government of South Australia . Property Location Browser . 17 February 2016.
  8. Web site: Mungibbie Homestead . Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources . South Australian Heritage Register . 4 May 2016.
  9. Web site: Former Smokehouse . Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources . South Australian Heritage Register . 4 May 2016.