[3] Established in the late 19th century, Yaninee was once a thriving town servicing the local farming community.

The Lutheran church still stands as do the netball and tennis courts and the football oval still hosts regional games.

A photograph of the 1935 premiership ladies' tennis team was in the Adelaide newspaper, The Chronicle on 4 July 1935.

[4] A corruption of the Aboriginal janani – 'to go, walk or travel' and given to the 'Lake Yaninee Run', established by A. Baird in 1865 (lease no.

[5] In 1926, it was said that it was a 'go-ahead settlement with its store, garage, wheat sheds and other buildings': A fine hall has just been completed.