Cannawigara, South Australia

Cannawigara is a locality in the Limestone Coast region of South Australia. It is crossed by the Dukes Highway and Adelaide-Melbourne railway line northwest of Bordertown. The southern end of the Ngarkat Highway is the Dukes Highway adjacent to the Cannawigara railway station. While the Dukes Highway runs northwest from Bordertown, Cannawigara Road runs due west.

Cannawigara
South Australia
Cannawigara
Coordinates36.25°S 140.67°E / -36.25; 140.67
Population147 (SAL 2021)
Established16 March 2000
Postcode(s)5268
Elevation71 m (233 ft)
Location
State electorate(s)MacKillop
Federal division(s)Barker
Localities around Cannawigara:
Wirrega Lowan Vale Senior
Carew Cannawigara
Buckingham Mundulla Bordertown
Footnotes

The name of the locality is drawn from the railway station, which in turn was named for an 1851 pastoral lease. The word is an Aboriginal name for a long line of gum trees or a pathway of sticks over soft ground, and one of the six clans in the Tatiara region.

One of the major enterprises in the area is onion growing and there is a large packing shed near the former railway siding.

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