Yumali, South Australia Explained

Type:town
Yumali
State:sa
Coordinates:-35.5099°N 139.7564°W
Coord Ref:[1]
Pushpin Label Position:top
Established:24 August 2000
Dist1:137
Dir1:SE
Location1:Adelaide via
Lga:The Coorong District Council
Region:Murray and Mallee
County:Buccleuch
Stategov:Hammond[2]
Fedgov:Barker[3]
Maxtemp:22.5
Maxtemp Footnotes:[4]
Mintemp:9.6
Rainfall:373.6
Near-N:Coomandook
Sherlock
Near-Ne:Peake
Near-E:Netherton
Ki Ki
Near-Se:Ki Ki
Near-S:Ki Ki
Coonalpyn
Near-Sw:Meningie East
Near-W:Malinong
Meningie East
Near-Nw:Coomandook
Footnotes:Adjoining localities

Yumali is a town in South Australia 162 km (100 miles) southeast of Adelaide on the Dukes Highway (A8). Yumali belongs to The Coorong District Council and is in the State electorate of Hammond and the Federal electorate of Barker. Yumali is in the County of Buccleuch.

Yumali is an aboriginal word meaning "the great land", before that it was known as Wahpunyah Siding. Yumali is situated 100 miles from Adelaide on the Adelaide to Melbourne Express route. Bore water was used to water the community, surrounding farms and Coomandook in 1915, but ceased when the River Murray pipeline was accessible in 1971.

There are tennis courts that still have an active tennis club belonging to the 'Border-Downs Tennis Association'. There is also an old football clubrooms from when Yumali had a team.

The town hall was opened in 1960.

The newly bitumised Tynan Road (Yumali-Sherlock) and then Kulkawarra Rd (Sherlock-Karoonda) gives a more comfortable drive for those traveling between Karoonda and the upper South East and vice versa.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Search results for 'Yumali, 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. 8 February 2018.
  2. Web site: District of Hammond Background Profile. Electoral Commission SA. 12 June 2016.
  3. Web site: Commonwealth Electoral Division of Barker . Australian Electoral Commission . 12 June 2016.
  4. Web site: Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics Summary statistics Tailem Bend (nearest weather station) . Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology. 9 February 2018.