Winkie, South Australia

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Winkie
South Australia
Winkie
Coordinates 34°18′S 140°32′E / 34.300°S 140.533°E / -34.300; 140.533Coordinates: 34°18′S 140°32′E / 34.300°S 140.533°E / -34.300; 140.533
Population 347 (shared with other localities within the "State Suburb of Winkie") (2011 census)[1]
Postcode(s) 5343[2]
Time zone ACST (UTC+9:30)
 • Summer (DST) ACDT (UTC+10:30)
Location
LGA(s) Berri Barmera Council
State electorate(s) Chaffey[3]
Federal Division(s) Barker[4]
Localities around Winkie:
Barmera
Loveday[5]		 Glossop[5] Gurra Gurra[5]
Spectacle Lake
Gerard[5]		 Winkie Gurra Gurra
Bookpurnong [5]
Gerard[5] Katarapko[5] Bookpurnong[5]
Footnotes Location[2]

Winkie is a settlement in South Australia, around 11 km southwest of the Riverland town of Berri, and around the same distance southeast of Barmera. It is close to the Murray River, which passes through Berri. At the 2006 census, Winkie had a population of 706.[6]

Notes and references

  1. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Winkie". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Winkie, South Australia (Postcode)". postcodes-australia.com. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
  3. ↑ "District of Chaffey Background Profile". ELECTORAL COMMISSION SA. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
  4. ↑ "Federal electoral division of Barker, boundary gazetted 16 December 2011" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Search result for "Winkie (Locality Bounded)" (Record no SA0026444) with the following layers being selected - "Suburbs and Localities", "Local Government Areas" and "Road Labels"". Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
  6. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Winkie (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 30 October 2011.
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