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Yacka, South Australia

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Postcode(s)
  
5470

Yacka
  
Postal code
  
5470

Federal division
  
Elevation
  
163 m

Local time
  
Monday 5:58 AM

Yacka, South Australia

Location
  
176 km (109 mi) North of Adelaide40 km (25 mi) NW of Clare

State electorate(s)
  
Weather
  
11°C, Wind S at 10 km/h, 80% Humidity

Yacka is a small settlement in the shallow valley of the Broughton River in the Mid North of South Australia. There is a war memorial beside the old State Bank of South Australia building. There is also a nine-hole golf course. At the 2006 census, Yacka had a population of 208.

Map of Yacka SA 5470, Australia

Yacka is where the Horrocks Highway (Main North Road) crosses the Broughton River midway between Clare and Gladstone. It was also on the Gladstone-Balaklava railway, built as narrow gauge in 1894 and converted to standard gauge in 1927. The railway closed by 1993.

The town name is probably shortened from Yackamoorundie Creek and derived from a native name for the place.

References

Yacka, South Australia Wikipedia


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