Yatala may refer to any of the following items. For all Australian places named Yatala, the etymology at
Hundred of Yatala
The Hundred of Yatala is a cadastral unit of hundred in South Australia covering much of the Adelaide metropolitan area north of the River Torrens. It is one of the eleven hundreds of the County of Adelaide stretching from the Torrens in the sout ...
applies.
Place names
Australia
Queensland
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Yatala, Queensland
Yatala ( ) is a suburb in the City of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. In the , Yatala had a population of 1,405 people.
Geography
The Albert River bounds the suburb to the north and west.
Etymology
The suburb takes its name from a prop ...
, a suburb of the Gold Coast
South Australia
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River Torrens
The River Torrens (Karrawirra Parri / Karrawirraparri) is the most significant river of the Adelaide Plains. It was one of the main reasons for the siting of the city of Adelaide, capital of South Australia. It flows from its source in the Ad ...
in Adelaide, initially known by European explorers as the Yatala; old name for land beside the river, especially to the north, from which several local names derive:
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Hundred of Yatala
The Hundred of Yatala is a cadastral unit of hundred in South Australia covering much of the Adelaide metropolitan area north of the River Torrens. It is one of the eleven hundreds of the County of Adelaide stretching from the Torrens in the sout ...
, a cadastral hundred in Adelaide,
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District Council of Yatala
The District Council of Yatala was a local government area of South Australia established in 1853 and abolished in 1868.
The council was named after the Hundred of Yatala which was proclaimed in 1846 in the County of Adelaide, Yatala likely der ...
a historic local government area
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District Council of Yatala South
A district is a type of administrative division that in some countries is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions ...
a historic local government area
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District Council of Yatala North
The District Council of Yatala North was a local government area of South Australia on the central Adelaide Plains from 1868 to 1933. It was split from the abolished District Council of Yatala on 18 June 1868. The council area ranged approximatel ...
a historic local government area
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Yatala Labour Prison
Yatala Labour Prison (; ) is a high-security men's prison located in the north-eastern part of the northern Adelaide suburb of Northfield, South Australia. It was built in 1854 to enable prisoners to work at Dry Creek, quarrying rock for road ...
, a prison in Adelaide
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Yatala Vale, South Australia
Yatala Vale is an outer northeastern rural suburb of Adelaide, South Australia. It is located in the City of Tea Tree Gully local government area, and is adjacent to Golden Grove and Fairview Park, as well as the rural districts of Upper Hermit ...
, a suburb of Adelaide
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Electoral district of Yatala
Yatala is a former electorate of the South Australian House of Assembly located within the cadastral Hundred of Yatala. It was one of the original Assembly districts in 1857, abolished in 1902.
Yatala was also the name of an electoral district ...
, historic electorate
**Yatala, a former suburb in the
Corporate Town of Port Adelaide now in
Rosewater, South Australia
Rosewater is one of the western List of Adelaide suburbs, suburbs of Adelaide and is located 10 km north-west of Adelaide's City of Adelaide, central business district. Although mainly residential, there are many shops along Grand Junction ...
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Yatala Harbor Yatala may refer to any of the following items. For all Australian places named Yatala, the etymology at Hundred of Yatala#Etymology, Hundred of Yatala applies.
Place names Australia
Queensland
* Yatala, Queensland, a suburb of the Gold Coast
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, a bay in Spencer Gulf,
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Yatala Harbour Upper Spencer Gulf Aquatic Reserve __NOTOC__
Yatala Harbour Upper Spencer Gulf Aquatic Reserve is a marine protected area in the Australian state of South Australia covering the full extent of Yatala Harbor on the east side of Spencer Gulf including land within the locality of Mi ...
, a protected area
* a misspelling of
Yalata (disambiguation) __NOTOC__
Yalata may refer to:
Places Australia
*Fowlers Bay, South Australia, a town formerly known as Yalata
**Fowlers Bay, the bay on which the town of Fowlers Bay, South Australia is situated
**Yalata Station, a former pastoral lease associated ...
Sri Lanka
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Yatala Vehera, an ancient Buddhist stupa in Tissamaharama, Sri Lanka
Other
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''Yatala'' (clipper ship) a sailing ship running between England and South Australia
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''Yatala'' (harvestman), an Arachnid genus
See also
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List of ships named Yatala
''Yatala'' was a British clipper ship that was built in England in 1865 and wrecked on the north coast of France in 1872. She spent her seven-year career with Anderson, Thomson and Co's Orient Line, sailing between London and South Australia.
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