Yellabinna, South Australia

For other uses, see Yellabinna.

Yellabinna is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located to the north of the town of Ceduna in the western part of the state.

Yellabinna South Australia
Yellabinna
Coordinates	31°07′26″S 133°19′25″E / 31.123858°S 133.323719°E / -31.123858; 133.323719^[1]
Population	0 (SAL 2016)^[3]^[4]
Established	2013^[1]
Time zone	ACST (UTC+9:30)
• Summer (DST)	ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location	500 km (311 mi) north west of Adelaide city centre 60 km (37 mi) north of Ceduna
LGA(s)	Pastoral Unincorporated Area^[1]^[2]
Region	Eyre Western^[5]
County	Hopetoun (part)^[1] Kintore (part)^[1]
State electorate(s)	Flinders^[6] Giles^[7]
Federal division(s)	Grey^[8]
Mean max temp^[9] Mean min temp^[9] Annual rainfall^[9] 23.5 °C 74 °F 10.5 °C 51 °F 295.0 mm 11.6 in
Suburbs around Yellabinna: See Surrounding localities

The locality was established on 26 April 2013 in respect to “the long established local name.” Its name is derived from the use of “Yellabinna” in the names of the Yellabinna Regional Reserve and the Yellabinna Wilderness Protection Area.^[1]

Yellabinna is located within the federal Division of Grey, the state electoral districts of Flinders and Giles, and the Pastoral Unincorporated Area of South Australia.^[2][6][7][8]

The land use within Yellabinna is mainly concerned with the following protected areas - the Boondina Conservation Park, the Yellabinna Regional Reserve and the Yellabinna Wilderness Protection Area, although the extraction of heavy mineral sands is underway as of 2013 by Iluka Resources at the Jacinth-Ambrosia Mine in the west of the locality.^[10][11][12]

Surrounding localities

Yellabinna which is bounded in part to the north by the Trans-Australian Railway is surrounded by the following localities gazetted under the South Australian Geographical Names Act 1991:^[10][1]

• North: Commonwealth Hill, Mulgathing
• Northeast: Wilgena
• East: Wilgena, Lake Everard
• Southeast: Kondoolka
• South: Yalata, Chundaria, Mitchidy Moola, Bookabie, Nanbona, Penong, Yumbara and Pureba
• Southwest: Yalata
• West: Nullarbor
• Northwest: Maralinga Tjarutja

See also

• List of cities and towns in South Australia
• Mount Finke
• Jacinth Ambrosia Airport

References

1. "Search results for 'Yellabinna, LOCB' with the following datasets selected - 'NPW and Conservation Properties', 'Suburbs and localities', 'Counties', 'Local Government Areas', 'SA Government Regions' and 'Gazetteer'". Location SA Map Viewer. South Australian Government. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
2. "Development Plan, Land Not Within a Council Area Eyre, Far North, Riverland and Whyalla Consolidated – 18 October 2012". Department of Planning Transport and Infrastructure. 2012. pp. 13, 14, 161, & 217. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
3. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Yellabinna (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2016.  
4. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Yellabinna (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2016 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.  
5. "Eyre and Western South Australian Government Region" (PDF). Government of South Australia. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
6. "District of Flinders Background Profile". Electoral Commission SA. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
7. "District of Giles Background Profile". Electoral Commission SA. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
8. "Federal electoral division of Grey, boundary gazetted 16 December 2011" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
9. "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics Ceduna AMO (nearest weather station)". Commonwealth of Australia , Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
10. Proposed Locality Boundaries for Pastoral Areas (Map). Department for Planning, Transport and Infrastructure, Government of South Australia. 31 October 2012. Rack Plan 951. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
11. "Yellabinna Reserves Management Plan" (PDF). Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources (DEWNR). 2013. p. 2. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
12. "Supplementary Document to Yellabinna Reserves Management Plan 2013" (PDF). Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources (DEWNR). 2013a. p. 23. Retrieved 2 September 2015.