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Witchelina is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located about to the north-west of the town of Leigh Creek and about north of the Adelaide city centre. 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 A pastoral lease, sometimes called a pastoral run, is an arrangement used in both Australia and New Zealand where government-owned Crown land is leased out to graziers for the purpose of livestock grazing on rangelands. Australia Pastoral lease ...

of the same name. Witchelina is located within the federal

Division of Grey The Division of Grey is an Australian electoral division in South Australia. The division was one of the seven established when the former Division of South Australia was redistributed on 2 October 1903 and is named for Sir George Grey, who wa ...

, the state electoral district of

Stuart Stuart may refer to: Names * Stuart (name), a given name and surname (and list of people with the name) Automobile *Stuart (automobile) Places Australia Generally *Stuart Highway, connecting South Australia and the Northern Territory Northe ...

, the Pastoral Unincorporated Area of South Australia and the state's Far North region. The land use within Witchelina is concerned with the use of the former pastoral lease as a private protected area also known as

Witchelina Witchelina Nature Reserve, in South Australia, is situated on a former pastoral lease known as Witchelina that had operated as both a sheep station and cattle station, before being converted into a nature reserve by the Nature Foundation. The ...

which has fully occupied its extent as of 2010.

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Towns in South Australia Places in the unincorporated areas of South Australia Far North (South Australia) {{SouthAustralia-geo-stub

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