{{more citations needed|date=June 2016}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}} {{Use Australian English|date=June 2013}} {{Infobox Australian place | type = town | name = Ungarra | state = sa | image = | caption = | coordinates = {{coord|34|10|45|S|136|02|50|E|display=inline,title}} | pushpin_label_position = | lga = District Council of Tumby Bay | postcode = 5607<ref name=postcode>{{cite web|title= Ungarra, South Australia (Postcode) |url= http://www.postcodes-australia.com/areas/sa/country+south+australia/ungarra |publisher= postcodes-australia.com |access-date=7 March 2016}}</ref> | est = | pop = 241 | pop_year = {{CensusAU|2006}} | pop_footnotes = <ref name=Census2006Y /> | elevation = 116 | elevation_footnotes = <ref name="LMV-MoodyRSTA">{{cite web|title=Search results for "Moody Railway Station, RSTA" with the following datasets selected - 'Suburbs and Localities' and 'Gazetter' |url=http://location.sa.gov.au/viewer/?map=roads&x=135.96072&y=-34.18935&z=12&uids=19,105&pinx=135.977760&piny=-34.157180&pinTitle=Location&pinText=Moody+Railway+Station,+Rsta|website=Location SA Map Viewer |publisher=Government of South Australia|access-date=21 November 2018}}</ref> | maxtemp = 21.3 | mintemp = 11.4 | rainfall = 389.7 |county=Jervois<ref name=PLB/> | region= Eyre Western<ref name=EW>{{cite web|title=Eyre Western SA Government region|url=http://www.sa.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0018/21249/Eyre_Western_SA_Government_region.pdf|publisher=The Government of South Australia|access-date=10 October 2014}}</ref> | stategov = Flinders<ref name=ECSA>{{cite web|title=District of Flinders Background Profile|url=http://www.ecsa.sa.gov.au/component/edocman/?task=document.download&id=551&Itemid=0 |publisher=Electoral Commission of South Australia|access-date=9 September 2015}}</ref> | fedgov = Grey<ref name=AEC>{{cite web|title=Federal electoral division of Grey|url=http://www.aec.gov.au/profiles/sa/files/2011/2011-aec-a4-map-sa-grey.pdf |publisher=Australian Electoral Commission|access-date=24 July 2015}}</ref> | dist1 = 248 | dir1 = West | location1= Adelaide | dist2 = 28 | dir2 = North West | location2= Tumby Bay | near-n =Moody<br>Butler | near-ne =Butler | near-e = Butler<br>Lipson | near-se = Lipson | near-s = Yallunda Flat<br>Tumby Bay | near-sw = Yallunda Flat | near-w = Brooker<br/>Cockaleechie | near-nw = Brooker |footnotes=Climate<ref>{{cite web|title=Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics NORTH SHIELDS (PORT LINCOLN AWS) (nearest station) |url= http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/cw_018192_All.shtml |publisher=Bureau of Meteorology|access-date=16 February 2016}}</ref><br/>Adjoining localities<ref name=PLB>{{cite web |title=Search result for "Ungarra (Locality bounded) " (Record no. SA0068115) with the following layers selected - "Suburbs and Localities" and " Place names (gazetteer)" |url=http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/ |work=Property Location Browser |publisher=Government of South Australia |access-date=21 June 2016 |archive-date=12 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161012010923/http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>}}
'''Ungarra''' is a small swamp town located on the Eyre Peninsula, South Australia about {{convert|248|km}} from the state's capital, Adelaide<ref name=postcode/> and around {{convert|80|km}} north of Port Lincoln. At the 2021 census, Ungarra had a population of 156.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2021 Census, All persons QuickStats. |url=https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2021/SAL41489 |access-date=4 September 2023 |website=Australian Bureau of Statistics}}</ref> This has decreased since the {{CensusAU|2006}}, when Ungarra is recorded to have a population of 241.<ref name=Census2006Y>{{Census 2006 AUS|id=SSC45126|name=Ungarra (State Suburb) |accessdate=29 October 2011|quick=on}}</ref>
The name 'Ungarra' is derived from a nearby waterhole of the same name which is located just to the south of the township.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ungarra Memorial Park |url=https://www.tumbybay.sa.gov.au/community/recreation-and-tourism/parks-and-gardens/ungarra-memorial-park |access-date=4 September 2023 |website=District Council of Tumby Bay}}</ref> It has a Mediterranean climate and receives on average just over 400mm of rainfall every year.
==Overview== The traditional custodians of the land on which Ungarra stands are the Nawu people.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Map of Indigenous Australia |url=https://aiatsis.gov.au/explore/map-indigenous-australia |access-date=4 September 2023 |website=The Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies}}</ref>
Settlers started farming the area in the early 1900s as the Eyre Peninsula Railway from Port Lincoln reached Ungarra in 1909. This provided an incentive for the clearing of what was generally mallee/Melaleuca mix of native vegetation for the growing of wheat. This railway is still in operation and the branchline extended to Buckleboo but now is only operational to Kimba. An important local historic location in the nearby Moody Rock and Tanks where water was collected from a natural outcropping of granite and stored in a large tank for the require water for steam trains. This site is located within the Moody Tank Conservation Park. Moody Rocks Water Tank is listed on the South Australian Heritage Register.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://apps.planning.sa.gov.au/HeritageSearch/HeritageItem.aspx?p_heritageno=16581 | title=Water Tank, Moody Rocks, Moody Tank Conservation Park | publisher=Department for Environment & Water | work=South Australian Heritage Register | access-date=13 February 2016}}</ref>
The Ungarra Memorial Park is located at the southern entrance to the township, containing an old windmill as a memorial to the early colonial settlers of the area.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.tumbybay.sa.gov.au/page.aspx?u=254&c=4302 | title=Ungarra | publisher=District Council of Tumby Bay | access-date=21 June 2016}}</ref> In its heyday, Ungarra sported a bank, a bakery, a school up to year 10, and general store and two churches. While the buildings for many of these enterprises still stand, only the school (R-7) and one of the churches is still in operation. The former bank is now located at the Koppio Smithy Museum at Koppio.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WNF45fKym3gC | title=Postcards: A Few of Our Favourites | publisher=Wakefield Press | author=Kandelaars, Debra, Conlon, Keith and Kandelaars, Ron | year=2004 | pages=191| isbn=9781862545601 }}</ref> The agricultural production around the area has expanded from the original wheat and now includes barley, lupins, faba beans, field peas and canola. There are also livestock industries, particularly sheep-based.
The town has a number of facilities, including sporting grounds and a primary school as well as a lawn bowling green and soldier memorial hall.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://sacommunity.org/org/212558-Ungarra_%2526_Districts_Community_Sporting_Complex | title=Ungarra and Districts Community Sports Complex | publisher=sacommunity.org | access-date=21 June 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | title=Tumby council grant for Ungarra sporting complex upgrade | work=Port Lincoln Times| date=20 December 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.ungarraps.sa.edu.au/index.htm | title=Ungarra Primary School | access-date=21 June 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://sacommunity.org/org/218715-Ungarra_Bowls_Club | title=Ungarra Bowls Club | publisher=sacommunity.org.au | access-date=21 June 2016}}</ref> The school celebrated its centenary in 2014.<ref>{{cite news | title=Ungarra celebrates school centenary | work=Port Lincoln Times | date=16 October 2014 }}</ref> The part-time Ungarra Community Cafe opened in 2015 as a local hub, selling coffee and local fresh produce, and donating some proceeds to local charities and overseas missions.<ref>{{cite news | title=Cafe gives back $2400 | work=Port Lincoln Times | date=2 February 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | title=Cafe donating far and wide | work=Port Lincoln Times | date=6 August 2015 }}</ref> The cafe operates out of the former general store building, which had previously been closed for eight years.<ref>{{cite news | title=Community cafe for Ungarra | work=Port Lincoln Times | date=24 March 2015 }}</ref> The town is part of a popular tourist drive that can be done from Tumby Bay, with no camping or accommodation available within the town. Other conveniences include public toilets and payphone. The town also has clearly visible grain silos operated by Viterra which while being quiet for most of the year spring into life in the November–December period each year.
==Transport== While having a number of unsealed roads running into Ungarra, it is connected to Lipson and the Lincoln Highway via a sealed all-weather road, the sealing of which was only completed in 2004.{{citation needed|date=November 2018}}
Ungarra was served by two freight-only stations of the {{RailGauge|1067mm}} gauge Eyre Peninsula Railway - one is called Moody and the other is called Ungarra.<ref name="LMV-MoodyRSTA"/><ref name="LMV-UngarraRSTA">{{cite web|title=Search results for "Ungarra Railway Station, RSTA" with the following datasets selected - 'Suburbs and Localities' and 'Gazetter' |url=http://location.sa.gov.au/viewer/?map=roads&x=135.98601&y=-34.18112&z=11&uids=19,105&pinx=136.047310&piny=-34.178460&pinTitle=Location&pinText=Ungarra+Railway+Station,+Rsta|website=Location SA Map Viewer |publisher=Government of South Australia |access-date=21 November 2018}}</ref> A {{convert|27|km}} branchline is proposed to Ungarra with the proposed iron ore port of Sheep Hill which is {{convert|20|km}} northeast of Tumby Bay.{{citation needed|date=November 2018}}
==Governance== Ungarra is located within the federal Division of Grey, the state electoral district of Flinders and the local government area of the District Council of Tumby Bay.<ref name=AEC/><ref name=ECSA/><ref name=PLB/>
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==External links== *[http://www.street-directory.com.au/sd_new/mapsearch.cgi?SuburbID=8217&star=5&PCode=5607&heading=&x=136.022209&RegionID=30&y=-34.196689&level=4&CouncilID=496&StateID=6 Street-Directory.com map] *[http://www.street-directory.com.au/sd_new/mapsearch.cgi?star=5&x=136.046414169&y=-34.4007702975&level=3&StateID=6 Street-Directory map 2] *[http://www.ungarraps.sa.edu.au/ Ungarra Primary School]
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Category:Eyre Peninsula