__NOTOC__ Flinders Ranges is a locality in the Australian state of

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located in the mountain range of the same name, about north of the state capital of

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, about north-east of the municipal seat in

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and about north-east of the regional centre of

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History

Its boundaries were created in April 2013, with the name selected in respect to the ‘long established local name’. Its southern boundary was altered in November 2013 with the addition of land from Hawker and the transfer of land to Shaggy Ridge. The sites of the government towns of Edeowie and Mernmerna are also within its boundaries. These town were both surveyed in 1863. Edeowie Post Office was open from to 1876 and then from 1879 to 1881, while Mernmerna Post Office was open from 1874 to 1881 and then again for a period in 1905.

Geography

Flinders Ranges consists of the part of the mountain range between the ‘town centre’ of Hawker in the south and the 'town centre' of Parachilna in the north, as well as some land to the west of the range. In the north east it contains all of the

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s of the Ikara–Flinders Ranges National Park and Bunkers Conservation Reserve, whose eastern boundaries align with that of the locality. The

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and

The Outback Highway The Outback Highway (possibly also known as Barndioota Road) is a road in South Australia. It runs from Hawker along the western side of the Flinders Ranges through Leigh Creek to Marree. It is designated as part of route B83 from Hawker to ...

both pass through the west side of the locality while the

Flinders Ranges Way Flinders Ranges Way (route B83) is the main road route through the Flinders Ranges in South Australia. It starts from the Augusta Highway at Stirling North, 6 km southeast of Port Augusta. The Flinders Ranges Way extends 209 km to Blin ...

passes through the south-east side. As of 2012, its land use was either

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or conservation. The Marree railway line is the boundary between these uses, with pastoral farming to the west and land to the east zoned for conservation, including the Ikara-Flinders Ranges National Park and the Bunker Conservation Reserve.

Governance

Flinders Ranges is located within the federal

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, the state electoral districts of Giles and

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, the local government area of the

Flinders Ranges Council The Flinders Ranges Council is a local government area (LGA) located in the Flinders Ranges of South Australia. The LGA is approximately 100 km from north to south, and 45 km from east to west, with a total area of 4,198 square kilome ...

, the

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of South Australia, and the state's Far North region.

Heritage listings

Flinders Ranges contains a number of places listed on the

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, including: *

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* Aroona Valley:

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* Aroona Valley: Eddie Pumpa Outstation * Brachina Gorge: Impact Ejecta Horizon Late Precambrian Shales Geological Site * Brachina Road: Enorama Outstation and Mail Station Ruins * Wilpena Pound Geological Landform * Stromatolites in the Precambrian Trezona Formation, Ikara-Flinders Ranges National Park * Wilkawillina Archaeocyathae Geological Site * Oraparinna Diapir * Tufa Waterfall * Enorama Diapir * Appealinna Mine Ruins and Miner's Hut * Blacksmith's Shop, Oraparinna Station * Dingley Dell Homestead Ruins * Wills Homestead Complex Ruins * Hill's Cottage, Wilpena Pound * Wilpena Homestead Complex

Adjoining localities

Flinders Ranges is bounded by the following localities: * Northwest: Motpena, * North: Motpena, Mount Falkland,

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, Gum Creek Station and Agorigina. * Northeast:

Wirrealpa Wirrealpa Station is a pastoral lease that operates as a sheep station and cattle station in South Australia. The property is situated approximately south east of Leigh Creek and north east of Quorn, on the eastern side of the Flinders Ra ...

* East: Wirrealpa, Willow Springs, Upalinna, Prelinna, Mount Havelock and Willippa. * Southeast: Black Hill Station * South: Barndioota, Hawker, Shaggy Ridge and Black Hill Station * Southwest: Wallerberdina * West: Motpena, Wintabatinyana, Lake Torrens Station

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