__NOTOC__ Yellabinna is a locality in the Australian state of

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located to the north of the town of

Ceduna Ceduna may refer to: *Ceduna, South Australia, a town and locality *Ceduna Airport Ceduna Airport is a public airport in Ceduna, South Australia. The airport, which is owned by the District Council of Ceduna is located adjacent to the Eyre ...

in the western part of the state. The locality was established on 26 April 2013 in respect to “the long established local name.” Its name is derived from the use of “Yellabinna” in the names of the

Yellabinna Regional Reserve The Yellabinna Regional Reserve is a protected area in the Australian state of South Australia located about north of Ceduna. To the west it borders Nullarbor Regional Reserve, to the south Yumbarra Conservation Park and Pureba Conservati ...

and the

Yellabinna Wilderness Protection Area Yellabinna Wilderness Protection Area is a protected area in the Australian state of South Australia located in the gazetted locality of Yellabinna about north of the town of Ceduna. The wilderness protection area was proclaimed under the ...

. Yellabinna 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 districts of

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and Giles, and the

Pastoral Unincorporated Area A pastoral lifestyle is that of shepherds herding livestock around open areas of land according to seasons and the changing availability of water and pasture. It lends its name to a genre of literature, art, and music (pastorale) that depicts ...

of South Australia. The land use within Yellabinna is mainly concerned with the following

protected area Protected areas or conservation areas are locations which receive protection because of their recognized natural, ecological or cultural values. There are several kinds of protected areas, which vary by level of protection depending on the ena ...

s - the Boondina Conservation Park, the Yellabinna Regional Reserve and the Yellabinna Wilderness Protection Area, although the extraction of

heavy mineral sands Heavy mineral sands are a class of ore deposit which is an important source of zirconium, titanium, thorium, tungsten, rare-earth elements, the industrial minerals diamond, sapphire, garnet, and occasionally precious metals or gemstones. Heavy mi ...

is underway as of 2013 by

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at the Jacinth-Ambrosia Mine in the west of the locality.

Surrounding localities

Yellabinna which is bounded in part to the north by the

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is surrounded by the following localities gazetted under the South Australian ''Geographical Names Act 1991'': * North: Commonwealth Hill, Mulgathing * Northeast: Wilgena * East: Wilgena,

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* Southeast: Kondoolka * South:

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 ...

, Chundaria, Mitchidy Moola, Bookabie, Nanbona,

Penong __NOTOC__ Penong ( ) is a town and locality on the Nullarbor Plain, in the far west of the state of South Australia located about north-west of the state capital of Adelaide. With no settlements between it and Border Village on the border with ...

, Yumbara and Pureba * Southwest:

* West:

Nullarbor The Nullarbor Plain ( ; Latin: feminine of , 'no', and , 'tree') is part of the area of flat, almost treeless, arid or semi-arid country of southern Australia, located on the Great Australian Bight coast with the Great Victoria Desert to its ...

* Northwest:

Maralinga Tjarutja The Maralinga Tjarutja, or Maralinga Tjarutja Council, is the corporation representing the traditional Anangu owners of the remote western areas of South Australia known as the Maralinga Tjarutja lands. The council was established by the ''Mara ...

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Surrounding localities

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