Yongala is a small town located in the state of South Australia, Australia, and is located along on the Clare-Peterborough Road (B79), 238 km (148 mi) from Adelaide, the state capital.

According to the Manning index, the name comes from an Aboriginal phrase yongla-cowie — "good water place",[3] although he gives another reading as "brother".

[6] The SS Yongala launched in 1903 and owned by the Adelaide Steamship Company was named after the town.

It sank in a storm in 1911 off the coast of Townsville, Queensland and its wreck site is protected by the Commonwealth Historic Shipwrecks Act 1976.

It is situated on a plateau of 512 metres (1,680 ft) and winter snowfalls can occur.