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Winkie
South Australia
Winkie is located in South Australia
Winkie
Winkie
Location in South Australia
Established 20 August 1953 (town)
3 December 1998 (locality)
Abolished 27 January 1972 (town)
Postcode(s) 5343
Time zone ACST (UTC+9:30)
 • Summer (DST) ACDT (UTC+10:30)
Location
  • 188 km (117 mi) NE of Adelaide
  • 8 km (5 mi) SE of Barmera
LGA(s) Berri Barmera Council
State electorate(s) Chaffey
Federal Division(s) Barker
Localities around Winkie:
Barmera
Loveday
Glossop Gurra Gurra
Spectacle Lake
Gerard
Winkie Gurra Gurra
Bookpurnong
Gerard Katarapko Bookpurnong
Footnotes Location
Adjoining localities

Winkie is a locality in South Australia, around 11 km southwest of the Riverland town of Berri, and around the same distance southeast of Barmera. It is close to the Murray River, which passes through Berri.

Originally part of Cobdogla Station, marked on early maps as Wink Wink Paddock. The name may mean "river flats". The area was surveyed and channelled during 1911–13 as part of the Berri Irrigation Area. Being extended for soldier settlement after World War 1. In the 1950s there were plans to establish a residential township area, which did not eventuate.

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