Nantawarra, South Australia
| Nantawarra South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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View of Nantawarra's silos from Highway 1, facing east | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°01′23.1″S 138°13′35.6″E / 34.023083°S 138.226556°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 67 (SAL 2021) | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 5550 | ||||||||||||||
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| LGA(s) | Wakefield Regional Council | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Narungga | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Grey | ||||||||||||||
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Nantawarra is a locality in South Australia located about 120 kilometres (75 miles) north of the Adelaide city centre and within the local government area known as the Wakefield Regional Council. The locality occupies land on both sides of Highway 1 between Port Wakefield in the south and Snowtown in the north. Nantawarra is recognisable from a distance by the presence of the disused grain silos immediately just east of the Adelaide-Port Augusta railway line. The name Nantawarra may derive from the word nantuwara (meaning a northern yerta, or family group) in Kaurna, the language of the indigenous people of this part of South Australia.
In June 2023, the grain silos were planned to be demolished, with uproar from the local community. The silos were demolished in January 2024.