Cunyarie is a locality on northern Eyre Peninsula in South Australia.

However, the limiting factor for early settlers was the availability of water, and allocations were generally preferentially selected around rare rocky outcrops or uplands which could afford some opportunities for increased runoff into earthen dams.

Indeed, access to water was a critical factor in European settlement of Eyre Peninsula.

[2] The town of Cunyarie was surveyed and proclaimed in 1927-28, but declared as ceased to exist in 1962.

The remnants of the historic Bienke Farm, located off Whyte Road on what is now part of Yeltana Station, and the Cunyarie Rocks Water Supply Structure are both listed on the South Australian Heritage Register.