Bungama is a locality to the east of
Port Pirie in the
Mid North region of
South Australia. It contains the intersection that is the southern entrance to Port Pirie from the
Augusta Highway (
Highway 1
The following highways are numbered 1.
For roads numbered A1, see list of A1 roads.
For roads numbered B1, see list of B1 roads.
For roads numbered M1, see List of M1 roads.
For roads numbered N1, see list of N1 roads.
For roads numbered ...
)) onto Warnertown Road, and is bisected by the
Adelaide-Port Augusta railway line. It also contains a regional 275kV electricity substation operated by
ElectraNet. Bungama is on the plains to the west of the Southern
Flinders Ranges.
The locality was named after the now-unused railway station on the railway from
Adelaide to Port Pirie. The station was given a local
Aboriginal
Aborigine, aborigine or aboriginal may refer to:
*Aborigines (mythology), in Roman mythology
* Indigenous peoples, general term for ethnic groups who are the earliest known inhabitants of an area
*One of several groups of indigenous peoples, see ...
name meaning ''good''.
References
{{authority control
Mid North (South Australia)
Towns in South Australia