Yongala, South Australia

Infobox Australian Place | type = town
name = Yongala
state = sa

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caption = Scene from the hill overlooking Yongala
county = Dalhousie
lga = District Council of Peterborough
postcode = 5493
est =
pop = 80
elevation= 512
maxtemp = 21.8
mintemp = 7.2
rainfall = 363.4
stategov = Stuart
fedgov = Grey
dist1 = 238
dir1 = North
location1= Adelaide via
dist2 = 91
dir2 = East
location2=Port Pirie
dist3 = 11
dir3 = southwest
location3=Peterborough

Yongala is a small town located in the state of South Australia, Australia. It has a population of approximately 80 people and is situated on the Clare Peterborough Road (B79). The town was proclaimed on 23 May 1876 and within 5 years would have a population of 353 as developers anticipated the connection of a railway. The railway instead went through the nearby town of Peterborough.cite web
year = 2007
url = http://www.peterboroughsa.com.au/yongala.php
title = Yongala
publisher = Peterborough Tourist Promotion Association
accessdate = 2007-04-09]

Yongala is situated on a high plateau and winter snowfalls are common. The town holds several records for the lowest minimum temperature in South Australia.

History of settlement

Yongala was established as a hundred and part of the Dalhousie county in 1871 as one of the first of the 12 hundreds to be declared in that county. Land could be purchased in a hundred as soon as it had been declared.cite web
year = 2006
url = http://www.adelaideco-op.familyhistorysa.info/hundreds.html
title = Counties and Hundreds - South Australia
publisher = Adelaide Co-operative History
accessdate = 2007-04-09]

Trivia

The steamship SS "Yongala" launched in 1903 and owned by the Adelaide Steamship Company was named after the town. It sank in a storm in 1911 and the wreck is now protected off the coast of Townsville, Queensland.

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