[11] Settlers started farming the area in the early 1900s as the Eyre Peninsula Railway from Port Lincoln reached Ungarra in 1909.

This provided an incentive for the clearing of what was generally mallee/Melaleuca mix of native vegetation for the growing of wheat.

Moody Rocks Water Tank is listed on the South Australian Heritage Register.

[13] In its heyday, Ungarra sported a bank, a bakery, a school up to year 10, and general store and two churches.

[14] The agricultural production around the area has expanded from the original wheat and now includes barley, lupins, faba beans, field peas and canola.

The town has a number of facilities, including sporting grounds and a primary school as well as a lawn bowling green and soldier memorial hall.