Yamba, South Australia
Yamba is a locality in the eastern Riverland of South Australia. It is the last place in South Australia on the Sturt Highway before crossing into Victoria. It is the site of a permanent fruit fly inspection checkpoint, and a large advertisement in the shape of an arc of a vehicle tyre spanning the road.
| Yamba South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 34.36°S 140.86°E | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 5340 | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 27 m (89 ft)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Location | 17 km (11 mi) southeast of Renmark | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Chaffey | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Barker | ||||||||||||||
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| Footnotes | [2] | ||||||||||||||
Yamba was previously served by a station on the Barmera railway line.
Fruit fly checkpoint
On the westward journey, Yamba is the first place in South Australia on the Sturt Highway, and is usually a mandatory stop at the fruit fly biosecurity checkpoint as fruit is not permitted to be carried into South Australia to preserve the state's fruit-fly-free status. The checkpoint has operated since 1957,[3] when it was quickly established in response to a fruit fly outbreak at Mildura.[4] The primary threat on this route is Queensland fruit fly.
References
- "Placename Details: Yamba Railway Station". Property Location Browser Report. Government of South Australia. 9 May 2008. SA0029523. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
- "Placename Details: Yamba (LOCB)". Property Location Browser Report. Government of South Australia. 7 November 2011. SA0029515. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
- "Yamba". History of Agriculture in South Australia. Primary Industries and Resources South Australia. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
- "Swift action after outbreak of fruit fly in Mildura area" (PDF). The Murray Pioneer. 14 March 1957. Retrieved 24 February 2018.