__NOTOC__ Parawa is a locality in the Australian state of

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located about south of the state capital of

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and about south of the municipal seat in Yankalilla. Parawa consists of land on the ridge of the

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within the Fleurieu Peninsula. Range Road (designated route B37), passes through the locality from east to west along the ridgeline. Parawa which is the Aboriginal name for the headland known as

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was approved by the state's Nomenclature Committee in 1948 in respect to section 332 in the cadastral unit of the

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. Boundaries for the locality were created on 5 August 1999 for the "local established name". The majority of the land use within the locality is "primary production" while some land at its southern boundary has been given protected area status as the

Waitpinga Conservation Park Waitpinga Conservation Park (formerly the Waitpinga National Parks Reserve) is a protected area in the Australian state of South Australia located about south of the town of the Yankalilla in the gazetted locality of Parawa. On 9 November ...

. The

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which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Parawa had 79 people living within its boundaries. Parawa is located within the federal division of

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, the state electoral district of

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and the local government area of the District Council of Yankalilla.

Weather station

Parawa has been the site of an official weather station since 1994.

References

{{authority control Towns in South Australia Fleurieu Peninsula