Pygery

Pygery South Australia
Pygery
Coordinates	33°01′0″S 135°25′0″E / 33.01667°S 135.41667°E / -33.01667; 135.41667Coordinates: 33°01′0″S 135°25′0″E / 33.01667°S 135.41667°E / -33.01667; 135.41667
Population	188 (2006 census)^[1]
Postcode(s)	5655
Location	569 km (354 mi) NW of Adelaide 265 km (165 mi) W of Port Augusta 218 km (135 mi) N of Port Lincoln 6 km (4 mi) NW of Wudinna
LGA(s)	Wudinna District Council
State electorate(s)	Flinders
Federal Division(s)	Grey

Pygery is a town in South Australia on the Eyre Peninsula and on the Eyre Highway, 569 kilometres (354 mi) north-west of the state capital, Adelaide. The town is part of the Wudinna District Council local government area. The town name is derived from the Aboriginal word paitjariti meaning "fighting place".^[2]

At the 2006 census, Pygery and the surrounding area had a population of 188.^[1]

References

1 2 Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Pygery (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 7 November 2010.
↑ "Providence - Pygery". Place Names of South Australia. State Library of South Australia. Retrieved 7 November 2010.

Towns and localities of Wudinna District Council

Cocata Gawler Ranges (part) Karcultaby Koongawa Kyancutta Minnipa Mount Damper Pinkawillinie Pygery Warramboo Wudinna Yaninee

Eyre Peninsula, South Australia

Cities

Townships

Governance

Federal division	Grey

State electoral districts	Flinders Giles Stuart

Local Government	Ceduna DC Cleve DC Elliston DC Franklin Harbour DC Kimba DC Lower Eyre Peninsula DC City of Port Augusta City of Port Lincoln Streaky Bay DC Tumby Bay DC City of Whyalla Wudinna DC

Protected areas

Coastal features

West coast	Anxious Bay Calca Peninsula Cape Blanche Cape Carnot Cape Catastrophe Cape Finniss Cape Radstock Cape Wiles Coffin Bay Peninsula Jussieu Peninsula Point Avoid Point Labatt Point Weyland Point Whidbey Slade Point

East coast	Cape Burr Cape Donington Cape Hardy Lipson Cove Memory Cove Point Lowly Yorkey Crossing

Islands adjoining Eyre Peninsula coast

West coast	Avoid Bay Islands Baird Bay Jones Island Unnamed island, Baird Bay Cap Island Eba Island Germein Island Grantham Island Greenly Island Investigator Group Flinders Island Waldegrave Islands Ward Islands Liguanea Island Neptune Islands Nicolas Baudin Island Nuyts Archipelago Smooth Island Olive Island Pigface Island Whidbey Isles Williams Island

East coast	Bicker Isles Boston Island Curlew Island Entrance Island Hopkins Island Lewis Island Lipson Island Little Island Louth Island Owen Island Sir Joseph Banks Group Sleaford Islands Smith Island Taylor Island Thistle Island Tumby Island

Related and uncategorised

The Peninsulas zone (wine)

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