Koonoona, South Australia

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Koonoona
South Australia
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Koonoona
Coordinates 33°49′50″S138°55′44″E / 33.830540°S 138.9288°E / -33.830540; 138.9288
Population7 (SAL 2021) [1]
Postcode(s) 5417 [2]
LGA(s) Regional Council of Goyder
State electorate(s) Stuart [2]
Federal division(s) Grey [2]
Localities around Koonoona:
Porter Lagoon Burra Burra
Porter Lagoon Koonoona Burra
Black Springs Apoinga Emu Downs
FootnotesCoordinates [3]

Koonoona is a rural locality in the Mid North region of South Australia, situated in the Regional Council of Goyder. [2] It was established in August 2000, when boundaries were formalised for the "long established local name". [3] It occupies the north-western corner of the cadastral Hundred of Apoinga. [4]

The area was originally the territory of the Ngadjuri people. [5] It was named after the Koonoona Station and Merino stud, which was established in 1863 by Walter Duffield and T. S. Porter. [6] [7] Koonoona Station was described in 1929 as "one of the oldest estates in this district" and "noted for the breed of its merino sheep"; another correspondent in 1933 labelled it "one of the most important [Merino studs] in the Commonwealth". [8] [7]

Koonoona Provisional School opened in 1894, was declared half-time with Gum Creek in 1903, and closed in 1915. [9]

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References

  1. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Koonoona (Suburb and Locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Search result(s) for Koonoona, 5417". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
  3. 1 2 "Search result(s) for Koonoona, 5417". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
  4. ↑ "Search result(s) for Hundred of Apoinga". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
  5. ↑ Emmaus to Worlds End: a history of the Robertstown Council Area. The Area – Its Settlement and Development: District Council of Robertstown. 1986.
  6. ↑ "Place Names of South Australia – K". State Library of South Australia. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
  7. 1 2 "KOONOONA MERINOS". The Chronicle . Vol. LXXVI, no. 4, 007. Adelaide. 31 August 1933. p. 5 (Stud Stock Supplement). Retrieved 27 November 2016– via National Library of Australia.
  8. ↑ "KOONOONA". Burra Record . Vol. 50, no. 51. South Australia. 25 December 1929. p. 6. Retrieved 27 November 2016– via National Library of Australia.
  9. ↑ Emmaus to Worlds End: a history of the Robertstown Council Area. District Council of Robertstown. 1986. p. 166.
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