Wonuarra is a locality south-east of
Paringa at the eastern end of the
South Australia
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Riverland
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region. It lies east of the
Sturt Highway
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Initiall ...
between Paringa and
Yamba, extending from the highway to the
Victorian state border.
Wonuarra was on the former
Barmera railway line of the
South Australian Railways
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; the Wonuarra siding was the first siding south of Paringa, from where the main commodity dispatched was bagged wheat. The siding was originally named Koora, but renamed to Wonuarra because the original name was easily confused with
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, further south.
In the 1960s, a branch line was built from the main line near Wonuarra to support construction of the proposed
Chowilla Dam.
[At ] It was long, and went north-east to
Murtho to the south bank of the
River Murray
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. The dam was never built, after the South Australian government negotiated a guaranteed supply of water from the
Dartmouth Dam. The railway line was removed without being used.
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Riverland
Towns in South Australia
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