__NOTOC__ Gidgealpa is a locality in the Australian state of

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located about north-east of the capital city of

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and about south-west of the town of Innamincka. The locality was established on 26 April 2013 in respect to “the long established local name.” Its name is derived from the former pastoral lease. The locality includes the company town of

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and the

Moomba Airport Moomba Airport is located in the gazetted locality of Gidgealpa, South Australia. Airlines and destinations See also * List of airports in South Australia This is a list of airports in the Australian state of South Australia. __TOC__ ...

. The

Strzelecki Track Strzelecki Track is a mostly unsealed outback track in South Australia, linking Innamincka to Lyndhurst. History The track was pioneered by stockman, drover and cattle thief. Harry Readford, iin 1870, who stole drove 1,000 head of c ...

passes through the locality. The principal land uses within the locality are

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and

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with the former being associated with the exploration for and the production of petroleum, and the latter concerning the Coongie Lakes Ramsar site which is located on the north-west side of the locality. Gidgealpa is located within the federal

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, the state electoral district of Stuart, 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 Far North region.

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