Barunga Gap South Australia |
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Coordinates | 33°49′35″S 138°07′27″E / 33.82647082°S 138.12410021°ECoordinates: 33°49′35″S 138°07′27″E / 33.82647082°S 138.12410021°E | ||||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 5520 | ||||||||||||||
LGA(s) | Wakefield Regional Council | ||||||||||||||
Region | Mid North | ||||||||||||||
County | Daly | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | Frome | ||||||||||||||
Federal Division(s) | Grey | ||||||||||||||
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Barunga Gap is a locality in South Australia about 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) south west of Snowtown. Barunga Gap was named in reference to the co-located pass between the Barunga Range to the north and Hummock Range to the south. The word 'Barunga' derives from an indigenous term meaning "gap in the range".See Barunga Range § Etymology
Barunga Gap was a station between Bute and Snowtown on the Kadina-Brinkworth railway line (1879-1990).
A government town was surveyed in 1879 at Barunga Gap and proclaimed as Percyton in 1880. Later the name was changed to the current designation.