Wokurna, South Australia
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Wokurna is a locality in the
Mid North The Mid North is a region of South Australia, north of the Adelaide Plains and south of the Far North and the outback. It is generally accepted to extend from Spencer Gulf east to the Barrier Highway, including the coastal plain, the southern ...
region of
South Australia South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a state in the southern central part of Australia. It covers some of the most arid parts of the country. With a total land area of , it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories ...
to the west of the
Barunga Range The Barunga Range is a range of hills in the northern Mount Lofty Ranges starting near Clements Gap and Merriton in South Australia's Mid North. At the range's southern end it merges with Hummock Range at Barunga Gap, approximately south wes ...
and southeast of Port Broughton. The name ''Wokurna'' is believed to be an Aboriginal word for "to arrive". There was a school in the area from 1888 to 1923. Part of the Snowtown Wind Farm is on the ridge on the eastern edge of Wokurna.


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