Pimba, South Australia

Pimba is a small settlement lying on the transcontinental railway line in the Australian state of South Australia. It lies at the junction of the Stuart Highway to Alice Springs and the road to Woomera, Roxby Downs and Andamooka. It is 441 kilometres (274 mi) from Adelaide.^[4] There is an iconic roadhouse, named "Spud's Roadhouse", which sells fuel and general shop items and meals and has accommodation.^[8]

Pimba South Australia
Pimba
Coordinates	31°15′18″S 136°47′59″E[1]
Population	25 (SAL 2021)[2]
Established	9 July 2004 (locality)[3]
Postcode(s)	5720[4]
Time zone	ACST (UTC+9:30)
• Summer (DST)	ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location	441 km (274 mi) north of Adelaide 13 km (8 mi) south of Woomera
LGA(s)	Pastoral Unincorporated Area[1]
Region	Far North[1]
State electorate(s)	Giles[5]
Federal division(s)	Grey[6]
Mean max temp[7] Mean min temp[7] Annual rainfall[7] 25.8 °C 78 °F 12.7 °C 55 °F 182.2 mm 7.2 in
Localities around Pimba: Arcoona Arcoona Arcoona Arcoona Pimba Arcoona Arcoona Arcoona Arcoona
Footnotes	Location[4] Adjoining localities[1]

Pimba was originally established as a construction camp for the transcontinental railway in the early 20th century and was retained as a railway siding. It is reported as being surveyed as a township during the 1960s and was gazetted as a locality in August 2004 under the Geographical Names Act 1991 with creation of boundaries along with the retention of the "long established name".^[9][1][3]

Great Southern Rail's Indian Pacific (running between Sydney and Perth) and The Ghan (running between Adelaide, Alice Springs and Darwin, trains still pass Pimba Siding but do not stop; both trains pass the town twice a week in each direction.

Pimba is located within the federal division of Grey, the state electoral district of Giles and the Pastoral Unincorporated Area of South Australia.^[6][5][1] As of 2016, the community within Pimba received municipal services from a South Australian agency, the Outback Communities Authority.^[9]

References

1. "Search results for 'Pimba, LOCB' with the following datasets selected - 'Suburbs and localities', 'Counties', 'Government Towns', 'Local Government Areas', 'SA Government Regions' and 'Gazetteer'". Location SA Map Viewer. South Australian Government. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
2. Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Pimba (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. 
3. Kentish, P.M. (29 July 2004). "GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT 1991 Notice to Assign Names and Boundaries to Places" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australia. p. 2671. Retrieved 16 April 2019. assign the names TARCOOLA, WOOMERA, PIMBA and IRON KNOB, to those areas Out of Councils and shown numbered 1 to 4 on Rack Plan 857 (Sheet 1).
4. "Postcode for Pimba, South Australia". postcodes-australia.com. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
5. "District of Giles Background Profile". Electoral Commission SA. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
6. "Federal electoral division of Grey" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
7. "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics WOOMERA AERODROME(nearest station)". Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
8. Fairfax Media, "Walkabout: Woomera" Archived 2 January 2007 at the Wayback Machine. Accessed 9 April 2007.
9. "Pimba". Outback Communities Authority. Archived from the original on 19 March 2016. Retrieved 19 May 2016.