Wilkatana Station

Wilkatana Station is a sheep and cattle station in the Australian state of South Australia located north of the regional city of Port Augusta and south of Lake Torrens. It covers an area of 458 square kilometres (177 sq mi) which is located within the gazetted localities of Wilkatana Station in the west and Yarrah in the east.[1][2][3][4]

Wilkatana Station
Location in South Australia

The station consists of an arid plain between the Flinders Ranges and Lake Torrens, and exhibits some salt flats.

The traditional owners of the area are the Barngarla people.[5]

In April 2013, the land occupying the appropriate western half of the Wilkatana Station was gazetted by the Government of South Australia as a locality under the name Wilkatana Station.[3]

See also

References
  1. "PASTORAL LEASE ASSESSMENT TECHNICAL MANUAL". Department of Environment and Natural Resources. 26 August 2011. p. 5. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
  2. "Search result for ' Wilkatana Station' with the following layers selected - 'Suburbs' and 'Pastoral Stations'". Nature Maps. South Australian government. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
  3. "Search result for 'Wilkatana Station, LOCB' with the following datasets selected - 'Suburbs and Localities', 'Local Government Areas', 'SA Government Regions' and 'Gazetteer'". Location SA Map Viewer. South Australian government. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
  4. "About - Wilkatana Station". Wilkatana Station. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
  5. This name is one of the names used on the widely used Aboriginal Australia Map, by David Horton (ed.), 1994 published in The Encyclopedia of Aboriginal Australia by AIATSIS. This map also divides Australia into 18 regions (Southwest, Northwest, Desert, Kimberley, Fitzmaurice, North, Arnhem, Gulf, West Cape, Torres Strait, East, Rainforest, Northeast, Eyre, Riverine, Southeast, Spencer and Tasmania).
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