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Bumbunga may refer to: * Bumbunga, South Australia * Lake Bumbunga, South Australia * Province of Bumbunga The Province of Bumbunga () was an Australian secessionist micronation located on a farm at Bumbunga near Snowtown and Lochiel, South Australia, from 1976 until approximately 2000. Its founder and only ruler was a British monkey trainer, uran ...

Bumbunga, South Australia
Bumbunga is a locality in the Mid North of South Australia north of Adelaide. It lies east of Lake Bumbunga. According to anthropologist Norman Tindale the name was derives from ''parnpangka'', the local indigenous (Kaurna) term for 'rain water lake', referring to Lake Bumbunga. The town administration falls under the control of the Wakefield Regional Council for local governance. Bumbunga lies in the state electoral district of Narungga and in the federal electoral division of Grey. The South Australian Government's ''Atlas of South Australia'' describes the Bumbunga environmental subregion as being a low-lying (mean altitude alluvial plains "with salt lakes and occasional dunes." The atlas further describes the subregion as having "grassland cover used for rotation cereal cultivation and livestock grazing" and "low shrubland used for livestock grazing" on salt lake margins. Located on what was traditionally the land of the Kaurna (indigenous) people, the first pioneers a ...
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Lake Bumbunga
Lake Bumbunga is a salt lake located in the Mid North of the state of South Australia, between the town of Lochiel and the farming locality of Bumbunga, approximately 1.5 hours' drive from Adelaide. It is a pink lake, with its colour due to certain algae. Salt has been mined there almost continuously since 1881, and it has become a tourist attraction, along with its "Loch Eel Monster" sculpture in the middle of it. History The lake lies in the traditional lands of the Kaurna people. According to anthropologist Norman Tindale, the name Bumbunga derives from the word ''parnpangka'' in the local Aboriginal language (Kaurna), meaning "rain water lake". Description The lake is situated in the Mid North of South Australia, approximately (1.5 hours' drive) from the state capital city, Adelaide. Easily visible from Highway 1 for a distance of , the Lake Bumbunga is a dramatic departure from the surrounding landscape due to its seasonal pink colouration and wide expanse. The ...
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