Wrattonbully, South Australia
This article is about the locality in South Australia. For the wine region, see Wrattonbully.
| Wrattonbully South Australia | |||||||||||||
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  Wrattonbully Location in South Australia | |||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 37°10′8″S 140°56′38″E / 37.16889°S 140.94389°ECoordinates: 37°10′8″S 140°56′38″E / 37.16889°S 140.94389°E | ||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 5271[1] | ||||||||||||
| Time zone | ACST (UTC+9:30) | ||||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | ACST (UTC+10:30) | ||||||||||||
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| LGA(s) | Naracoorte Lucindale Council[2] | ||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | MacKillop[2] | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Barker[2] | ||||||||||||
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Wrattonbully is a locality located within the Naracoorte Lucindale Council in the Limestone Coast in the south east of South Australia about 327 kilometres (203 mi) south east of the Adelaide city centre. Wrattonbully gives its name to the wine region surrounding it, the Wrattonbully wine region.[3][4]
Wrattonbully was established following World War II in 1946 as a soldier settlement scheme. Seventeen farms were allocated to returned soldiers. The community hall was established in 1958. Wrattonbully shares a single CFS brigade with the neighbouring locality of Joanna.
References
- 1 2 3 "Wrattonbully, South Australia". Postcodes Australia. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
- 1 2 3 "Naracoorte Lucindale Council". Local Government Association (LGA) of South Australia. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
- ↑ "Wrattonbully". Gazetteer of Australia online. Geoscience Australia, Australian Government.
- ↑ Longbottom, Mardi; Maschmedt, David and Pichler, Markus (2011), Unearthing viticulture in the Limestone Coast (PDF), p. 12, ISBN 978-0-646-56744-0, retrieved 5 November 2014
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