Chowilla is a

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in the Australian state of

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, located on the northern side of the

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about to the north-east of the capital city of

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and about to the north-east of the town of Renmark, and which is bounded by the border with

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in the east. The locality was established on 26 April 2013 in respect to “the long established local name.” The land use within Chowilla is concerned with the following

protected area Protected areas or conservation areas are locations which receive protection because of their recognized natural, ecological or cultural values. There are several kinds of protected areas, which vary by level of protection depending on the ena ...

s, the Chowilla Game Reserve and the Chowilla Regional Reserve which have fully occupied its extent since its establishment in 2013. There are three historic sites within Chowilla which have been listed on the

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: the

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(or Lunatic Bridge), including nearby remnant posts from the New South Wales-South Australia telegraph line and Littra House, both near Lake Littra, and Todd's Obelisk, near the New South Wales border. The

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which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Chowilla had a population of zero. Chowilla is located within the federal

Division of Barker The Division of Barker is an Australian Electoral Division in the south-east of South Australia. The division was established on 2 October 1903, when South Australia's original single multi-member division was split into seven single-member div ...

, the state

electoral district of Chaffey An election is a formal group decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual or multiple individuals to hold public office. Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy has operate ...

, the

Pastoral Unincorporated Area A pastoral lifestyle is that of shepherds herding livestock around open areas of land according to seasons and the changing availability of water and pasture. It lends its name to a genre of literature, art, and music (pastorale) that depicts ...

of South Australia and the state's

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region.

References

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