Yacka, South Australia

Yacka
Town
Load test of the Yacka railway bridge, 1894
Yacka
Coordinates: 33°34′15″S 138°26′46″E / 33.5708°S 138.4460°E / -33.5708; 138.4460
Country	Australia
State	South Australia
LGA	Northern Areas Council
Location	176 km (109 mi) North of Adelaide 40 km (25 mi) NW of Clare
Established	1869
Government
• State electorate	Electoral district of Frome
• Federal division	Division of Grey
Elevation	163 m (535 ft)
Population
• Total	147 (SAL 2021)[2]
Postcode	5470
Localities around Yacka Narridy Gulnare Spalding Koolunga Yacka Broughton River Valley Brinkworth Brinkworth Euromina Marola

Yacka is a small town in the shallow valley of the Broughton River in the Mid North of South Australia. It lies where the Horrocks Highway (Main North Road) crosses the Broughton River midway between Clare and Gladstone.

The town name is a shortened form of 'Yackamoorundie' an indigenous place name for the area which was used to name Yackamoorundie Creek. The creek, which rises north of Caltowie, makes a significant bend from flowing southwards to flowing westwards near Gulnare about 11 kilometres (6.8 mi), as the crow flies, north-west of Yacka.^[3]

Yacka was a station on the Hamley Bridge-Gladstone railway line. It was originally built as narrow gauge in 1894. It was converted to broad gauge in 1927. Due to various reasons, this particular line had become obsolete and the tracks were removed by late 1989.

See also

• Hundred of Yackamoorundie

References

1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Yacka (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. 
2. Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Yacka (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. 
3. "Placename Details: Yacka". Property Location Browser. Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure, Government of South Australia. 31 March 2010. SA0058752. Archived from the original on 7 December 2015. Retrieved 3 September 2015. Derivation of Name: Abbreviation of Yackamoorundie; Other Details: Town surveyed in 1870, no proclamation. Native name Yaka. Derivation probably from Yackamoorundie Creek. Boundaries created in April 2001 for long established name. Incorporates the Government Town of Yacka.