Woolpunda, South Australia

Woolpunda is a locality in the Riverland region of South Australia. It is on the south side of the Sturt Highway west of Kingston on Murray. The Woolpunda irrigation scheme was established in the 1920s in the northwestern part of the Hundred of Moorook.

Woolpunda South Australia
Woolpunda
Coordinates	34°12′S 140°13′E
Population	15 (2016 census)[1]
Postcode(s)	5330
Elevation	80 m (262 ft)
LGA(s)	District Council of Loxton Waikerie
State electorate(s)	Chaffey
Federal division(s)	Barker
Localities around Woolpunda: Good Hope Landing Wigley Flat Kanni Woolpunda Kingston on Murray Holder Siding Boolgun, Yinkanie Moorook
Footnotes	[2]

At the 2016 census, the population was 15 people.^[1] The locality has previously had a school house and hall. It still has a water tower positioned on high ground. The water tower was built in 1922^[3] and is 126 feet (38 m) tall.^[4] The pump station to lift water from the Murray River is now in the newer locality of Wigley Flat. The land is used for a mixture of broadacre grain farming and more intensive irrigated fruit and vegetable crops, including grapes and olives.

References

1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Woolpunda". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
2. "Placename Details: Woolpunda (LOCB)". Location SA Viewer. Government of South Australia. 16 July 2008. SA0050256. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
3. Building the Water Tower, Woolpunda. State Library of South Australia. 1922. B 34795. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
4. "GOVERNOR'S TOUR". The Observer. Vol. LXXXV, no. 4, 440. South Australia. 28 July 1928. p. 45. Retrieved 9 January 2021 – via National Library of Australia.