Wappilka is a locality in the

Murray Mallee The Murray Mallee is a cereal, grain-growing and sheep-farming area in the east of the Australian state of South Australia. The name is not formally designated but is widely used to refer to an area of approximately bounded by the Murray Rive ...

region of

South Australia South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a States and territories of Australia, state in the southern central part of Australia. With a total land area of , it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories by area, which in ...

. Wappilka was founded based on the Wappilka siding on the

Moorook railway line The Yinkanie railway line was a railway line on the South Australian Railways network. Named the Wanbi to Moorook Railway in itenabling Act it never reached its intended destination on the River Murray. The railway ran from a junction with t ...

. The railway opened in 1925 and closed in 1971. The town was surveyed in August 1926 and declared ceased to exist in February 1960. The railway siding received 30,000 bags of wheat in the 1926–1927 season. The name continues to be used for the locality.

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