Nundroo is a small

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n town, located approximately west of

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. It is a popular rest stop for travellers due to its location on the Eyre Highway. The area was settled by

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graziers in the 1860s. By the 1870s the Nundroo sheep station had been incorporated in the larger

Yalata Yalata is an Aboriginal community located west of Ceduna and south of Ooldea on the edge of the Nullarbor Plain in South Australia. It lies on the traditional lands of the Wirangu people, but the settlement began as Yalata Mission in the ea ...

and Fowlers Bay sheep runs. In the following decade these vast runs were broken up as the original pastoral leases expired, opening the area up to such activities as grain farming. As an agriculture based town, its industries include sheep production and grain growing farming. Nundroo has its motel, Nundroo Hotel Motel opened in 1957 and a roadhouse, the Nundroo Roadhouse, used a transient stop to Eucla and other nearby towns Coorabie, Bookabie, Fowlers Bay,

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and the major town of

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Nundroo – Nullarbor Travel Guide AustraliaWelcome – Nundroo Hotel Motel Nullabor South Australia
Towns in South Australia Places in the unincorporated areas of South Australia Nullarbor Plain Eyre Highway {{SouthAustralia-geo-stub

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