__NOTOC__ Canunda is a locality in the Australian state of

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located on the state’s south-east coast overlooking the body of water known in Australia as the

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and by international authorities as the

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. It is about south-east of the state capital of

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and south of the centre of

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. Boundaries were created in February 1995 for the “long established name” which is reported as being derived from the “Canunda Conservation Park”. Canunda consists of land along the coastline extending from south of the town centre of

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in the north to just before the headland of Cape Banks in the south and the land between the coast and Woakwine Range in the east including the entirety of Lake Bonney SE. The land use within the locality consists of

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and

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with latter being associated with land adjoining the coastline which includes the protected area known as the Canunda National Park. The historic Lake Bonney Woolwash and Fellmongery Sites straddle the boundary of Canunda and the adjoining locality of Millicent. Canunda is located within the federal

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, the state electoral districts of MacKillop and

and the local government areas of the

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and the Wattle Range Council.

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