Canowie, South Australia

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Canowie
South Australia
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Canowie
Coordinates 33°23′S138°46′E / 33.39°S 138.76°E / -33.39; 138.76 Coordinates: 33°23′S138°46′E / 33.39°S 138.76°E / -33.39; 138.76
Established1865
Postcode(s) 5419
LGA(s) Regional Council of Goyder
State electorate(s) Stuart
Federal Division(s) Grey
Localities around Canowie:
Belalie East
Mayfield Canowie Hallett
Hacklins Corner Willalo

Canowie is a locality in the Mid North region of South Australia. A town was surveyed in 1865, however little remains of the township today. The current boundaries of the locality were created in 2000. Its name is believed to be derived from Kanya-Owie, the Aboriginal name for a rock waterhole. [1]

A government town at Canowie was surveyed in July 1865, but was declared to have been diminished in December 1930. [2] Canowie Post Office opened on 1 September 1867 and closed on 22 February 1924. [3]

The remnants of the old Canowie Station pastoral lease are now to the north of the locality in Belalie East.

Canowie has the Hallett Power Station gas-fired power station within its bounds, and the Brown Hill part of the Hallett Wind Farm along the western boundary.

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References

  1. "Placename Details: Canowie". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. 4 March 2010. SA0012133. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
  2. "Placename Details: Canowie (Gtwn)". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. 4 March 2010. SA0012133. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
  3. "Canowie". Post Office Reference. Premier Postal. Retrieved 12 May 2016.