Yaninee is a small town situated on the

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in central

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, west of

Wudinna Wudinna is a town in South Australia. The area was first settled by Europeans in 1861 when Robert George Standley lodged a claim for of land surrounding Weedna Hill ('weedna' later became changed to Wudinna which may be an Aboriginal word meanin ...

. At the , Yaninee and the surrounding area had a population of 120. Established in the late 19th century, Yaninee was once a thriving town servicing the local farming community. Some of the original farming families were the Bubners and the Scholzs. The General Store, now closed, was operated by N.F. and D.T. McEvoy and Mrs Schacke in the 1950s Ray and Grace Wickes in the 1960s. The Lutheran church still stands as do the netball and tennis courts and the football oval still hosts regional games. A photograph of the 1935 premiership ladies' tennis team was in the Adelaide newspaper, The Chronicle on 4 July 1935.

Name

A corruption of the Aboriginal janani – 'to go, walk or travel' and given to the 'Lake Yaninee Run', established by A. Baird in 1865 (lease no. 1204).

History

The Hundred of Yaninee,

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, was proclaimed on 31 July 1913 and the town of Yaninee, 20 km North-West of Wudinna, on 23 March 1916. The Yaninee

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was opened by J.J. McCarthy on 6 March 1918; the Yaninee School opened in 1919 and closed in 1945.

In 1926, it was said that it was a 'go-ahead settlement with its store, garage, wheat sheds and other buildings': A fine hall has just been completed. The surrounding country is mainly devoted to wheat and sheep farming. Last season 50.000 bags of wheat were delivered at the siding… A telegraph line is being constructed along the railway line from Port Lincoln to Thevenard…

References

Eyre Peninsula Towns in South Australia {{SouthAustralia-geo-stub