Oodla Wirra, South Australia
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Halfway Hotel at Oodla Wirra | |||||||||||||
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| Coordinates: 32°52′59″S 139°03′47″E / 32.883°S 139.063°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | South Australia | ||||||||||||
| Region | Yorke and Mid North | ||||||||||||
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| Established | 1889 | ||||||||||||
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| Elevation | 505 m (1,657 ft) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 5 (SAL 2021) | ||||||||||||
| County | Herbert | ||||||||||||
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Oodla Wirra (formerly Penn) is a small town in the upper Mid North of South Australia. It is on the Barrier Highway approximately halfway from Adelaide to Broken Hill.
When the railway was built in 1880, a siding was provided, named Oodla Wirra. Soon after, a town was surveyed near the siding, but it was named Penn. This naming conflict continued until 1940, when the town was renamed Oodla Wirra, to match the railway station.